Comments on: Friday Random Ten “Do They Know Its Festivus?” Edition http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:38:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Mnemosyne http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475837 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:19:38 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475837 <i>when she purrs, it sounds like she’s doing it underwater — which might explain why if you’re petting her, your hand gets wet.</i> She's probably drooling -- I had a (female) cat who used to do that. She would lay on my chest and purr and drool while I petted her. Then she'd feel the drool on her chin and shake her head to get it off, splattering me with kitty saliva, which kinda ruined the whole adorableness of it all. when she purrs, it sounds like she’s doing it underwater — which might explain why if you’re petting her, your hand gets wet.

She’s probably drooling — I had a (female) cat who used to do that. She would lay on my chest and purr and drool while I petted her.

Then she’d feel the drool on her chin and shake her head to get it off, splattering me with kitty saliva, which kinda ruined the whole adorableness of it all.

]]> by: Dana http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475819 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:20:51 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475819 Our younger daughter's cat (yes, she's supposedly a family cat, but she's so thoroughly attached to our daughter that she's really our daughter's cat) makes all sorts of weird squeaks and chirps and other noises; when she purrs, it sounds like she's doing it underwater -- which might explain why if you're petting her, your hand gets wet. Our younger daughter’s cat (yes, she’s supposedly a family cat, but she’s so thoroughly attached to our daughter that she’s really our daughter’s cat) makes all sorts of weird squeaks and chirps and other noises; when she purrs, it sounds like she’s doing it underwater — which might explain why if you’re petting her, your hand gets wet.

]]> by: Pan American http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475812 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:39:03 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475812 Oasis- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjkMsJhdgw4" rel="nofollow">Don't Look Back in Anger</a> - Live Manchester "Citeh" Stadium Oasis- Don’t Look Back in Anger - Live Manchester “Citeh” Stadium

]]> by: Mnemosyne http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475811 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:34:35 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475811 <i>My own cat has been known to make noises when she sees birds outside, although it’s more of a stuttering and low-pitched sort of meow than the chirping in that video, which I had never heard before I saw that.</i> IIRC, the theory is that cats make that "chattering" noise to try and sound like a bird so they can lure birds closer. If you watch your cat watching birds, you can also sometimes see them chattering their teeth for the same purpose. Our cats are not allowed to go outside (apartment on a busy street) but they wouldn't even if we lived someplace quieter because Keaton would absolutely decimate the bird population. His favorite game is to jump really high and pull a ball out of the air. Seriously, he gets a good 3-4 feet in the air when he's on a roll. My own cat has been known to make noises when she sees birds outside, although it’s more of a stuttering and low-pitched sort of meow than the chirping in that video, which I had never heard before I saw that.

IIRC, the theory is that cats make that “chattering” noise to try and sound like a bird so they can lure birds closer. If you watch your cat watching birds, you can also sometimes see them chattering their teeth for the same purpose.

Our cats are not allowed to go outside (apartment on a busy street) but they wouldn’t even if we lived someplace quieter because Keaton would absolutely decimate the bird population. His favorite game is to jump really high and pull a ball out of the air. Seriously, he gets a good 3-4 feet in the air when he’s on a roll.

]]> by: Emily http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475807 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:13:15 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475807 That picture is too, too funny. That picture is too, too funny.

]]> by: MikeEss http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475799 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:01:04 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475799 <i>"Rob, I had one like yours too. “Mrr - rr-rp,” he went."</i> I think it's in the Cat ROM... :) (sorry, I'm a computer guy so I see everything as a machine - even animals and people). Every cat I've had, been around, known, will do the same thing... :) “Rob, I had one like yours too. “Mrr - rr-rp,” he went.”

I think it’s in the Cat ROM… :)
(sorry, I’m a computer guy so I see everything as a machine - even animals and people).

Every cat I’ve had, been around, known, will do the same thing… :)

]]> by: haydn60 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475796 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:52:16 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475796 Rob, I had one like yours too. "Mrr - rr-rp," he went. Rob, I had one like yours too. “Mrr - rr-rp,” he went.

]]> by: Louise, Bringer of Party Platters and Heinekens http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475784 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:14:14 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475784 I love the billboard in the background, kicking at the tree! I love the billboard in the background, kicking at the tree!

]]> by: inkybrain http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475782 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:09:33 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475782 1. Calliope - Tom Waits 2. By Your Side - Beachwood Sparks 3. Equally Damaged - Blonde Redhead 4. Brian the Vampire - Xiu Xiu 5. The Burial Song (Outro) - Busta Rhymes 6. Delta Momma Blues - Townes Van Zandt 7. Big Long Now - Nirvana 8. Wander I Go - Patti Smith 9. American Flag - Cat Power 10. Fourteen Rivers, Fourteen Floods - Beck And the bonus: Kick Out the Jams - MC5 1. Calliope - Tom Waits
2. By Your Side - Beachwood Sparks
3. Equally Damaged - Blonde Redhead
4. Brian the Vampire - Xiu Xiu
5. The Burial Song (Outro) - Busta Rhymes
6. Delta Momma Blues - Townes Van Zandt
7. Big Long Now - Nirvana
8. Wander I Go - Patti Smith
9. American Flag - Cat Power
10. Fourteen Rivers, Fourteen Floods - Beck

And the bonus: Kick Out the Jams - MC5

]]> by: Rob, (verb)er of (noun)s http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475778 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:31:34 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/21/friday-random-ten-do-they-know-its-festivus-edition/#comment-475778 Seriously? My own cat has been known to make noises when she sees birds outside, although it's more of a stuttering and low-pitched sort of meow than the chirping in that video, which I had never heard before I saw that. Seriously?

My own cat has been known to make noises when she sees birds outside, although it’s more of a stuttering and low-pitched sort of meow than the chirping in that video, which I had never heard before I saw that.

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