Boards

Choice of Pet?

marcofella [Edit] [Delete] 70 replies 14:40 May 11th, 2005

If you had to choose between Cats or Dogs as a pet, which would you pick?

I grew up around dogs and love dogs. However i've owned cats for the last 10yrs. I guess they are cleaner, less work (well sometimes). And, they can sit on the desk with you while you slave away on the PC! I guess i just love watching tv with a cat perched on my lap!

Anyone?

Tweet This

Share on Facebook

Post to Page

View NestedLinear

Re: Choice of Pet?

Get a fox. The perfect cross between a cat and a dog.

thewarn | 11 May '05, 14:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
Re: Choice of Pet?

I'm going to avoid any 'pussy in your lap' jokes. Possibly...

I'd vote dogs. Cats just piss off all the time, and annoy the neighbours and meow at night when you're trying to get to sleep. Dogs chase sticks. And stuff. A clear winner.

bamos | 11 May '05, 14:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Re: Choice of Pet?
  
  Reticulated Python
  
  ralphcore @bamos | 11 May '05, 14:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Re: Choice of Pet?
    
    Never heard of that breed, is that a dog or cat?
    
    marcofella @ralphcore | 11 May '05, 14:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Re: Choice of Pet?
      
      Id prob go with DOGS! cats are boring.
      
      Nile Monitors are great pets too - grow to 7ft, feed them small birs everyother week, have a lethal tail, razor sharp teeth, both aquatic and tree dwelling, and you can legally buy them from specialist reptile people.
      
      ralphcore @marcofella | 11 May '05, 15:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
Re: Choice of Pet?

bee.

shadyadie | 11 May '05, 15:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Re: Choice of Pet?
  
  C'mon, bee serious now...
  
  Oh, and cat's are the best.
  
  homesick_alien @shadyadie | 11 May '05, 15:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Re: Choice of Pet?
    
    homesick, please, no more of that kinda talk!!!!
    
    marcofella @homesick_alien | 11 May '05, 15:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Re: Choice of Pet?
      
      I can't help it, I don't know how to stop!
      
      It's like god is PUN-ishing me or something...
      
      homesick_alien @marcofella | 11 May '05, 15:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
Re: Choice of Pet?

Cats.

They are a lot cooler, not a stupid slobbering mess.
After my Paperound I now hate dogs, especially big ones.

Picture the scene

Enormous dog bounds towards 14yr old me, barking like crazy and mouth open.

Owner "Don't worry, he's just being friendly"
Friendly my arse, he's trying to kill me!

tom_from_sparks | 11 May '05, 15:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Re: Choice of Pet?
  
  llama
  
  badger_lady @tom_from_sparks | 11 May '05, 15:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Re: Choice of Pet?
    
    armadillo
    
    commandercool @badger_lady | 11 May '05, 15:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Re: Choice of Pet?
    
    uuurrghh.... they've got horrible tongues!
    
    marcofella @badger_lady | 11 May '05, 15:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Re: Choice of Pet?
      
      armadillos or llamas??
      
      commandercool @marcofella | 11 May '05, 15:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        Fuck that, blend the two together. Lllamadillo! That'd look ace. Like an armour plated camel.
        
        bamos @commandercool | 11 May '05, 15:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        with the same horrible tongue, only much much longer aarrghhhhh, the horror, THE HORROR!
        
        marcofella @bamos | 11 May '05, 15:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        It'd be able to climb trees using it's super-long tongue as a leverage device. Which would look even more freaky.
        
        bamos @marcofella | 11 May '05, 15:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        *too late, i didn't hear any of that... i've already ran to the hills shreaking in horror*
        
        marcofella @bamos | 11 May '05, 15:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        Like the Ace Frehley of the mutant pet world!
        
        thewarn @marcofella | 11 May '05, 15:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        i have a friend who is a geneticist (if that's what they're called)
        perhaps i can fix you up with one for a small fee...
        
        commandercool @bamos | 11 May '05, 15:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        Fuck Genetics, just build a teleporter like in The Fly.
        
        tom_from_sparks @commandercool | 11 May '05, 15:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        Hey imagine what would come out of that if you threw in MES and the Pope (if he was still alive)!!?!?!?!
        
        marcofella @tom_from_sparks | 11 May '05, 15:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        You'd get a very old miserable bastard with a penchant for sacking the entire catholic church from a cool car.
        
        bamos @marcofella | 11 May '05, 15:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        hahahaha
        
        marcofella @bamos | 11 May '05, 15:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        Nah, he would drink the entire stock of communion wine then mumble and berate the audience at a service.
        
        tom_from_sparks @bamos | 11 May '05, 15:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        ....ordaining an average of 15 billion cardinals every year, of varying quality.
        
        thewarn @tom_from_sparks | 11 May '05, 15:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        that'd be interesting...
        
        ssavzil @tom_from_sparks | 11 May '05, 15:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        A Jack Russell....why?
        Well -
        
        I have 2
        Their both amusing fraggles
        Not intimidated by bigger, tougher dogs
        Their good guard dogs and Phoebe saw off a bunch of Chavs
        
        Psyche @ssavzil | 11 May '05, 15:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        sorry to be an anal pedantic twat, but its they're, not their!
        
        marcofella @Psyche | 11 May '05, 15:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        Which fraggles do they amuse?
        
        thewarn @marcofella | 11 May '05, 15:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        *crosses fingers*
        
        Please be Gobo and Boober, please be Gobo and Boober...
        
        bamos @thewarn | 11 May '05, 15:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        Cats.
        
        I was bitten pretty badly by a dog once.
        
        I still like dogs though.
        
        fullerov @bamos | 11 May '05, 16:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        Dogs are descended from Cerberus and therefore evil.
        
        Cats are descended from lions (like Simba) and therefore cute and perfect pets.
        
        Simple.
        
        thewarn @fullerov | 11 May '05, 16:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        i once got chased by a sausage dog (quite obviously the spawn of satan) so therefore all dogs can shove it.
        
        badger_lady @fullerov | 11 May '05, 16:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        Seriously, chased by a sausage dog?! Don't they run at about 2 miles per hour?! Was it slowest chase ever?? Did you get passed by an old-school milk float while it was going on?!?
        
        bamos @badger_lady | 11 May '05, 16:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        "i once got chased by a sausage dog"
        
        You should have ran over a speed bump. The dog's long body and short legs would cause it to get stuck, leaving you free to jeer at it in safety.
        
        Sausage dogs are great.
        
        Slashclub @badger_lady | 11 May '05, 16:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        theyre suprisingly fast, i went over to pet it innocently and then it turned on me. had to jump over a fence and everything to get away from it
        
        badger_lady @Slashclub | 11 May '05, 16:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        "i once got chased by a sausage dog"
        
        You should have ran over a speed bump. The dog's long body and short legs would cause it to get stuck, leaving you free to jeer at it in safety.
        
        Sausage dogs are great, anyone see the Rottweiler crossed with a sausage dog that got made a few years ago? Hilarious.
        
        Slashclub @badger_lady | 11 May '05, 16:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
Re: Choice of Pet?

I love my little pussy!

julesfella | 11 May '05, 16:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Re: Choice of Pet?
  
  Which Fraggles do they amuse?
  Probably my parents who like the dogs fall into the Muppet category.
  
  I also have three cats who are either mad, stupid or psychotic.
  
  My mum also wants to get a Yak.
  
  Psyche @julesfella | 11 May '05, 17:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Re: Choice of Pet?
    
    A Yak!
    
    Think of all the Yak based dairy products you could enjoy!
    
    tom_from_sparks @Psyche | 11 May '05, 17:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Re: Choice of Pet?
      
      And people yakking on with the Yak based puns!
      
      tom_from_sparks @tom_from_sparks | 11 May '05, 17:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
Re: Choice of Pet?

Cats are clean, dogs stink; cats amuse themselves, dogs demand your attention all the time; cats meow, dogs bark loudly for no reason.

JDTraynor | 11 May '05, 22:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Re: Choice of Pet?
  
  if your dog stinks, demands your attention all the time and barks loudly, you aren't looking after it right.
  im calling the RSPCA.
  
  wishpig @JDTraynor | 11 May '05, 22:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Re: Choice of Pet?
    
    Dogs frighten me. Not the pit bulls and such, though I can't understand why anyone would want a killer beast in their home; the little ones. Chiau-wa-was and such. Like mutant rats. Scary bastards!
    
    Cats are cool. I am cool. Cats are lazy. I am lazy. Ergo I prefer cats.
    
    My cat is named Pluto. Not after the Disney character, but rather because he is from the netherworld and is the god of war. I am from the netherworld and am the god of war.....
    
    I also feed the Summer cat. Was my neighbors. They moved and forgot to bring their cat. Now I have two cats. Two more cats and I'll transform into a 75 year blue haired old spinster with Social Services knocking on my door.
    
    I wonder what's on TV?
    
    oceanRain @wishpig | 12 May '05, 03:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Re: Choice of Pet?
      
      Correction. I think I got my mythology mixed up. Pluto is god of the dead. Fuck, I forget. Truth be known I picked Pluto cos I thought it sounded cool. *shrugs*
      
      oceanRain @oceanRain | 12 May '05, 03:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        Jack Russells spend their time barking - it's pretty much all they do apart from wreck anything you buy for them.
        
        Psyche @oceanRain | 12 May '05, 09:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Re: Choice of Pet?
    
    "aren't looking after it right." That's the point. Dogs need looking after, cats just need feeding.
    
    JDTraynor @wishpig | 12 May '05, 17:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
Re: Choice of Pet?

i like cats but am allergic, so i am thinking of geetting one lamenated.

gay4conoroberst | 12 May '05, 11:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Re: Choice of Pet?
  
  Get one with long fur, for some reason they are better for people with allergys that short-haired cats.
  
  I like cats and dogs, but I love having a pet dog because she's there all the time, she doesn't just bugger off and return for food or to bring dead birds and mice into the house.
  
  truffles @gay4conoroberst | 12 May '05, 11:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Re: Choice of Pet?
    
    But bringing a dead rodent into the house is a sign of love. ahh
    
    julesfella @truffles | 12 May '05, 11:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Re: Choice of Pet?
  
  Cats. They're much more decadant then dogs, don't bark like a stuck record/sniff people's crotches/relieve themselves in the middle of footpaths etc
  
  I'm allergic to them too though :( psht!
  
  pretty_vacant @gay4conoroberst | 12 May '05, 11:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
Re: Choice of Pet?

depends on the type of dog, really. i'd probably have one of each but dogs are vastly superior.

JacobJones | 12 May '05, 12:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Re: Choice of Pet?
  
  definitely dogs. which apparently means i'm a fascist control freak.
  
  i dunno. i just think they're super cute (and i envy their ability to lick their own arse!)
  
  furvert @JacobJones | 12 May '05, 17:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
Re: Choice of Pet?

Clearly cats.

Smileadelic | 13 May '05, 10:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Re: Choice of Pet?
  
  i have a dog, but i like cats better
  
  trident @Smileadelic | 13 May '05, 10:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
Re: Choice of Pet?

cats

soapy | 13 May '05, 11:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Re: Choice of Pet?
  
  you have to look at this logically.
  who would win in a fight? a cat or a dog? a dog, obviously. therefore dogs are best.
  
  then you could make a SOLID BRONZE DOG and keep it as a trophy.
  dogs make the best trophys.
  
  wishpig @soapy | 13 May '05, 11:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Re: Choice of Pet?
    
    I choose Matt Damon. Or, is it has to be cat or dog, cat.
    
    MaryMary @wishpig | 13 May '05, 11:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Re: Choice of Pet?
      
      Cats are pretty cool, their far more independant than dogs i.e. you don't have to walk them and they go off and do their own thing.
      
      Their also pretty kick ass - mine chase the dogs!!!
      
      Psyche @MaryMary | 13 May '05, 12:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        Dunno bout that, Sam our cat is scared of my rabbit, if Poppy goes anywhere Sam he runs a mile. Talk about scaredy cat!
        
        julesfella @Psyche | 13 May '05, 12:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        Our old cat was hard-as-nails, despite her name of Pwsi Meri Mew. She once beat up a bulldog, and she also stole a huge (not to mention expensive) Coy Carp (or is it Koi?) from the house behind. Lived till the grande old age of 21, then her legs totally packed in, and we sent her to sleep. Wasn't all good tho, killed one of the gerbils!
        
        The other gerbil killed itself by eating it's plastic hut. Gluttony is a Sin children!
        
        Cat #2 was a stray who just moved in randomly. It was totally mental, had serious issues. We took it to the vets to make sure that all the relevant bits were snipped, and the vet couldn't work out if it were male or female. It used to have these seizures all the time. They got worse and worse. It's dead now.
        
        Worst pets are stick-insects. They look like twigs, and then just to make things more confusing, you put a bunch of twigs in with them! No wonder they started eating each other.
        
        monpot @julesfella | 13 May '05, 13:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        Urgh-stick insects!
        
        Reminds me of when my brother used to keep them when I was little. He used to throw them at me!
        
        *shudder*
        
        julesfella @monpot | 13 May '05, 13:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        Rosie's taken on a large Jack Russell, (one of ours), chased him across the garden and I came home once to find she'd killed some kind of Mole.
        
        Psyche @julesfella | 13 May '05, 13:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        i love dogs.
        
        reasons:
        -my dog bit a jehovah's witness.
        -my other dog killed a rabbit (then my dad made it into stew without telling me and i ate it. yeeurgh)
        -my other dog is really fat and doesn't get offended when we call her Fatty.
        
        wishpig @Psyche | 13 May '05, 14:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        Is 'Fatty' its name? A few months ago I adopted a dog called Snowy. Not like the similarly named dog in Tintin, though. But it is the best dog that's ever existed anywhere ever.
        
        JacobJones @wishpig | 14 May '05, 11:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Choice of Pet?
        
        cats by a country mile- don't get me wrong, i know some great dogs, but cats just seem a lot more friendly. Our cats were a bit screw-loose - they could tell when someone was opening a Riva anywhere in the house - it was so freaky. You'd open it up, look down and see the two of them glaring up at you as if you hadn't fed them for weeks (fat little sods!) - they were also pretty adept at catching wildlife - we came home one day to find SEVEN full sized wood pigeons (the huge woodland variety, not flying rat urban breed) lined up on the doormat, and then the both of them came back with fish about the same size of them in their mouths - we'd only been out for an hour!!!!!
        
        Thus, cats rule, dogs drool!
        
        mooseman @JacobJones | 14 May '05, 12:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Re: Choice of Pet?

Cats simply because they take offence when you mock them. This leads to a game of who can glare the most, cat or human..........bloody cat wins all the time.

cheap-tat | 14 May '05, 20:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
Re: Choice of Pet?

A tarantula to stop people from visitng your house...

Brand_New_Hero | 14 May '05, 20:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
Re: Choice of Pet?

Have you taken a peek at my wordy profile yet? Probably not, but my love affair with cats is underlined in it. They're clean, independent, compact, quiet--lovely!

easymalice | 17 May '05, 14:43 | X | ^ This | Reply

View NestedLinear

« Back to Social

Thread not appearing correctly? Click here to rebuild | Report this

Most Read

Being Discussed

Subscribe