Does Your Cat Own You?

Do you select your friends based on how well your cats like them?

Does your desire to collect cats intensify during times of stress?

Do you buy more than 50 pounds of cat litter a month?

Do you scoop out the litter box after each use? Do you wait at

the box with the scoop in your hand?

Do you think it's cute when your cat swings on the drapes or licks

the butter?

Do you admit to non-cat owners how many cats you really have?

Do you sleep in the same position all night because it annoys your

cats when you move?

Do you kiss your cat on the lips?

Do you feed your cat tidbits from the table with your fork?

Does your cat sit at the table (or ON the table) when you eat?

Does your cat sleep on your head? Do you like it?

Do you have more than four opened but rejected cans of cat food

in the refrigerator?

Do you watch bad TV because the cat is sleeping on the remote?

Did you buy a video tape of fish swimming in an aquarium to entertain

your cat?

Will you stand at the open door indefinitely in the freezing rain

while your cat sniffs the door, deciding whether to go out or come in?

Would you rather spend a night at home with your cat than go out on

a bad date?

Do you give your cat presents and a stocking at Christmas? Do you

spend more for your cat than you do for your spouse?

Do the Christmas cards you send out feature your cat sitting on

Santa's lap? Does your cat sign the card?

Do you put off making the bed until the cat gets up?

Does your cat eat out of cut crystal stemware because you both

watched the same commercial on television?

Do you microwave your cat's food? Prepare it from scratch?

Do you climb out of bed over the headboard or footboard, so

you won't disturb the sleeping cat?

At the store, do you pick up the cat food and kitty litter before

you pick out anything for yourself?

Do you cook a special turkey for your cat on holidays?

Does your cat "insist" on a fancy Sunday breakfast consisting of

an omelet made from eggs, milk, and salmon, halibut, or trout?

Do you have pictures of your cat in your wallet? Do you bring

them out when your friends share pictures of their children?

(Pollsters claim that 40 percent of cat owners carry their pet's

pictures in their wallets, by the way.)

When people call to talk to you on the phone, do you insist that

they say a few words to your cat as well?

Do you accept dates only with those who have a cat? If so, do you

eventually double-date with the cats to see how they get along?

When someone new comes to your house, do you introduce your

cat, by name, to them?

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