Know When To Meow No / myLot

United States

February 3, 2016 5:17pm CST

Tiger Cat was sitting on my desk making a pest of himself, as he often does, when I realized I hadn't taken any pictures of him or Joe Cat with my new camera. As it turned out, Tiger Cat didn't much appreciate being hounded by Paparazzi Dad and refused to pose for a decent picture. I got my revenge though when I caught him in this pose looking hung over, as though he'd enjoyed too much catnip the night before. Joe Cat didn't like being left out of the action and had made one of his rare trips (these days) downstairs to see what was going on. I was able to get a picture of him trying to get Tiger Cat's attention. Putting the two photos together, it looks like Tiger Cat is hopelessly under the influence of catnip and Joe Cat is trying to talk him down before Tiger does something rash. If you have cats, do they ever act eerily human?

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

4 Feb 16

Whatever their behaviour you can't but just love them. I do not have cats now but several stray ones have given us company

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169449)

• United States

4 Feb 16

What lovely visitors.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

5 Feb 16

@DWDavis actually I always felt they belonged to us. There was one who would come exactly at the same time announcing his arrival and wait at the kitichen door. He knew there would be food for him the moment he arrived. He had an injury and I just could not touch it. I used to spray from a distance. He did not like all that and so he vanished

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

4 Feb 16

We've had several strays come and live on our front porch. We feed them and vet them, and mourn when they're gone.

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AmberLynn

@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)

• United States

3 Feb 16

I do not have cats at this time. However, from past experiences, sometimes I really do wonder. They act so very human. On a side note, Chihuahuas are prone to act like cats

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AmberLynn

@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)

• United States

4 Feb 16

@DWDavis Could very well be. I don't think I've heard of it happening but it makes you wonder as they are such small creatures and in many ways act like the cat.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

5 Feb 16

@Marty1 Chihuahuas seem to be much more selective about who they like than most dogs. It is hard to win over a Chihuahua, much like it is hard to win over a cat if it doesn't like you right off.

DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

4 Feb 16

I've often wondered if Chihuahuas might not be a cat/dog cross somewhere back along the line.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

3 Feb 16

He really does look the worse for wear.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

3 Feb 16

He was about to scratch an itch when I took the picture..

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Kristen Howe

@KristenH (33591)

• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

4 Feb 16

Cute cats. I have two cats. They act like acts and drive me crazy more or less.

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Kristen Howe

@KristenH (33591)

• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

4 Feb 16

@petatonicsca My cats are senior cats too. They do nap a lot. Well, one does in particular.

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Denise

@petatonicsca (7070)

• Japan

4 Feb 16

I have two right now too. They are old and sleep a lot, but they spent their rash youth driving me crazy.

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Siduri

@msiduri (5687)

• United States

3 Feb 16

Tiger Cat looks like he's holding some important paper for ransom.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

4 Feb 16

Tiger Cat doesn't like it when his spot on my desk is covered with papers. He will usually push them off onto the floor.

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Siduri

@msiduri (5687)

• United States

4 Feb 16

@DWDavis Tiger Cat definitely has his preferences. I once had a cat who didn't like the attention I was paying the monitor and would place herself between me and it quite regularly. She developed a talent for jumping on the keyboard and hitting CTL + ALT + DEL I'm pretty sure it was deliberate.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

5 Feb 16

@msiduri Joe Cat is the one who will get in the way of my keyboarding. He will also start randomly moving my mouse with his foot if he wants attention.

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Linda Cann Pearson

@LindaCPearson (2240)

• United States

4 Feb 16

Tiger Cat does look a bit hung over but I've seen hungover humans look much worse! Mildred also likes an occasional hit of catnip!!

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

4 Feb 16

Tiger hasn't forgiven me for taking that picture.

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marcyaz

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

4 Feb 16

I have a kitten that looks like your tiger cat. We have named our O'Henry. He is a rascal and tries to jump on the other cats and sometimes he wants to claw at them.

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marcyaz

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

5 Feb 16

@DWDavis lol That is for sure he will learn his place.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

4 Feb 16

I imagine they'll teach him his place when they think the time is right.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502364)

• Italy

4 Feb 16

Joe Cat looks so funny in this photo, he is cute. I have no cats, but the cat of my neighbor comes to visit every day. He thinks that also our house is "his" house.

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MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (91069)

• United States

4 Feb 16

He actually does look hung-over

I've had cats in the past and they all have their own personalities

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Jessica

@JESSY3236 (22246)

• United States

4 Feb 16

I don't have any cats. My fiance has one. I used to have a tiger cat too. Her name was Teresa. I had another cat named Morris. My fiance used to have a cat named Joe.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

4 Feb 16

Joe Cat started out with the grand name of Smokey Joe Kopeknipo. Don't ask where my son came up with the Kopeknipo. It quickly got shortened to Joe. Poor old thing is starting to look his age.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382000)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Feb 16

Tiger Cat certainly looks like he's had a night on the tiles.

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Tiff Gray

@T_gray (7772)

• Salina, Kansas

4 Feb 16

Very cute picture. I love cats, I have had one in the past, but can't have any at the moment. They do have moments of acting human at times.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

4 Feb 16

Tiger Cat is eerily human at times. At night when it's time to lock up, he follows me around and meows at me as i check each door as if to ask if I'm sure it's locked.

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Tiff Gray

@T_gray (7772)

• Salina, Kansas

5 Feb 16

@DWDavis That's too cute. He wants to make sure the family is safe

Denise

@petatonicsca (7070)

• Japan

4 Feb 16

Keep that intrusive machine to yourself, Human. We higher life forms do not like it when you point it at us.

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@nottoooldtowrite (2715)

• Philippines

3 Feb 16

Lol

Tiger Cat really looks hung over. I do not have a cat not a dog as I am allergic.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

3 Feb 16

We have two dogs and two cats. One of our dogs likes to chase the cats and doesn't understand why they don't like to play with him. He's a mini-Schnauzer we adopted from a rescue last year.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169449)

• United States

4 Feb 16

That is quite the pose you discovered. It is just waiting for a caption so you can post it to Facebook.

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