Ask the cats (do not confront) in the most polite way possible (so as not to piss off any cat lovers) to remove their claw-filled paws from your $32K+ automobile. Failing that, get a gun and blow their furry asses to kingdom come! Failing that, get a freakin' garage!

 

OK, I'll step up.

I'm one of those assholes who condones doing away with the cat as a humane act. The best method would one which is painless and quick, something like a shotgun, cinder block, or truck. Barring that, poisoning would still be more humane than the slow death of FIV (kitty AIDS), feline leukemia, rabies, parasites, infection or starvation. This is not to mention the possibility of their cat being attacked by raccoons, dogs, coyotes, wolves, foxes, or hawks. Then there are the 4 wheeled possibilities. People who let their cats out are potentially exposing their babies to these possibilities EVERY single time they open their door. If their owners cared for the cats one bit they would keep them indoors where they belong.

Before you lecture me about what a sick, twisted individual I might be know this: I have had cats & dogs my whole life. Presently we have three cats we share our house with. My wife volunteers at a local no-kill cat rescue 6 days a month. We love our animals, and they are VERY well cared for.

 

With all due respect to Colombino's initial post, someone please lock down this ridiculously devolved thread...

 

yes, let's shut down this thread.

chroot, though ... well done.
really, that's all that's left to say.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by snoopy
[B]OK, I'll step up.

I'm one of those assholes who condones doing away with the cat as a humane act.

 

I will hug my two beautiful dogs and one kinda ok cat before I go to bed tonight - and hope they NEVER run into the likes of some of you. If they do, YOU better hope you never run into the likes of me...

Most abusers of people start with thoughts and/or acts of creulity toward animals.

 

I'm not a cat hater (although I like dogs more) but cats led me to be homeless as of yesterday.

The cats of the neighbor downstairs jumped up on a table and knocked a candle over. My neighbor lost everything she owned and I cannot live in my place due to the smoke damage. I have the clothes on my back and the rest are at the cleaners.

I will say that leaving a candle unattended with animals is not smart in defense of the cats.

As a side note - all three cats died from the smoke in the fire.

So, bottom line - I'm not real happy with my neighbor or cats right now.

 

And just for the record... all "humane" things have been tried. The powder than covers 2000 square feet (didn't work in a 20x20 space), the pepper, the shoo-ing away, you name it. And once again, not saying that I did anything... that wouldn't be too nice would it?

But then again, I'm sure that car cover number one, which fell victim to someones well-cared for "pet" thoughtfully and innocently shredding the area by the front and rear driver-side stires ($150) didn't mind being replaced by car cover number two (another $150). And nothing says success like a stockbroker smelling like cat piss as he rolls his freshly-sprayed car cover up in the warm Orlando morning sun.

Did I mention that my friend's Honda Accord's interior now smells like cat pee, too? How dare he leave his windows partially opened at night to air out his car? It's another innocent, loving, well-cared for pet that decided to leave it's mark in his car. The only upside is that his car is now referred to as "the litter box." The Litter Box... that's kinda funny. But not to him, of course.

Strangely, no one in my neighborhood (nor his) came to me to tell me (or him) that it was their cat that ruined my cover (or his interior). After all, it was somebody's pet, right? And all pet owners are responsible, right? Yeah. Tell my credit card statement- circa January 2000- that as another order went to California Car Cover Company.

And once again... not saying that'd I do anything- no, no, no, that would be wrong. But someone has to be responsible for their "pets" and if they don't, bad, bad things might end up accidentally happening. Not that I condone any of that. At all. Even for $300 worth of car covers. Or $50 trips to PetSmart. Or $6.99 for a whole bottle of Febreeze Extra Strength.

Where's Rodney King with all of this going on now? What did he say again?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by meat
[B]I'm not a cat hater (although I like dogs more) but cats led me to be homeless as of yesterday.

The cats of the neighbor downstairs jumped up on a table and knocked a candle over.

 

Ldogdotcom,

Then go tell the neighbors! Go door to door, post a note telling everyone that you're going to kill the next cat that messes with your car. At least give these people the benefit of the doubt -- they probably don't realize how much grief their cat is causing you.

Another idea... I've seen these mats that you're supposed to put on top of tables. You plug them in, and when the cat jumps on it, it gets a gentle (but really annoying) shock. Supposedly it works in like two or three jumps.

Maybe you could buy one of those, and adapt it for 12VDC use. I bet it would work well, and wouldn't involve so many dead cats.

- Warren