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I haven't posted a "cat lady" story in a few weeks, so....
Here's one where animal control officials told the woman she gets her two dogs back if she gives up her 55 cats. What a deal! (South Bend Tribune)
October 2, 2007 | Permalink
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Word has it that the chinese takeout place near this lady's house is having a big sale on the buffet next week.
Posted by: jimmyjohn | Oct 2, 2007 9:52:57 AM
"I don't like signing off on all these cats; some mean so much to me," Bowie said after the meeting.
Shouldn't THEY all mean so much to you if you have 55 of them?!?
The cats are probably going to be much better off somewhere else, hopefully, if they're adopted.
Posted by: Amy Gdala | Oct 2, 2007 10:03:10 AM
It's interesting: men tend to have the sexual hang-ups or fetishes, while women tend to be insane cat ladies.
What the hell is with these crazy cat ladies?!
Posted by: vksjk | Oct 2, 2007 10:31:57 AM
If I didn't hate dogs, I would have a problem with her getting the mutts back. This lady doesn't deserve any animals, period. Not when 40 out of the nearly 100 that she had have already had to be put down.
Posted by: Keith | Oct 2, 2007 10:42:15 AM
You just know she's going to accumulate a house full of cats again.
Posted by: Phranqlin | Oct 2, 2007 11:02:42 AM
Attention feminists...this is your future. You have chosen work over being a proper wife and consort for your husband. Hope you enjoy the smell of cat pee.
Posted by: Dick Tater | Oct 2, 2007 11:10:30 AM
vksjk
Animal hoarding does seem to be a largely female activity. Rape and murder, on the hand, seem to be largely a male activity.
Posted by: NellAgain | Oct 2, 2007 11:11:56 AM
"Attention feminists...this is your future. You have chosen work over being a proper wife and consort for your husband. Hope you enjoy the smell of cat pee."
Only if the husband is named Dick Tater.
/couldn't resist..
Posted by: Amy Gdala | Oct 2, 2007 11:54:57 AM
NellAgain-
I can't find any point to your commonsensical post, everyone knows men commit the vast vast majority of violent crimes.
Posted by: vksjk | Oct 2, 2007 11:57:30 AM
Given a choice between life with Dick Tater and a house full of cats, nine hundred and ninety nine out of a thousand women surveyed picked the cats.
Posted by: Phranqlin | Oct 2, 2007 12:01:06 PM
We need to find that one woman and stage an intervention.
vkjsk--animal hoarding is a criminal activity, so is violent crime. sexual fetishes are not necessarily criminal and not relegated entirely to men (although they do seem to have cornored the market).
If one had to pick a criminal neighbor, I'm thinking an animal hoarder rates better than a rapist.
Posted by: NellAgain | Oct 2, 2007 12:07:55 PM
Hmm, let me think
Married to Dick Tater..... Crazy Cat Lady.....
Dick Tater..... Crazy Cat Lady.....
Crazy Cat Lady it is!
In all honesty, I really think there is something wrong with these people. I'm sure shrinks have some long Latin name for it. I mean, I love my cat, but there is no way I could clean that many litter boxes out every day. Oh wait, she didn't do it either!
Posted by: bitsy | Oct 2, 2007 12:24:36 PM
NellAgain-
I think animal hoarding, in some jurisdictions, can be treated as a civil ordinance violation (depending on the animals involved) resulting in municipal citations.
Depending on the smell of said cat lady's house, I may lean towards living next to the rapist.
Posted by: vksjk | Oct 2, 2007 12:30:57 PM
Animal hoarding is the "shrink" name for it and, my bad, is not criminal activity in and of itself. But keeping large numbers of any animal can put you in violation of several kinds of statutes. Quite a few of these "cat ladies" get nailed under operating kennels illegally.
The sad thing is that she is perfectly right, most, if not all, of these animals will be euthanized within a week to 30 days. And all of them would have been dead a long time ago if she hadn't sheltered them.
Posted by: NellAgain | Oct 2, 2007 12:46:13 PM
I used to work for a crazy cat lady. She only had a few, but she was young. I saw right where she was headed. It was SO annoying! All she ever talked about was her stupid cats, and she talked like they were people. She obviously had no social skills when it came to the men department, and she was bitter and mean to everyone who even dared breathe too loudly, much less actually make a mistake. This story will be about her in 20 years, I guarantee it.
Posted by: pirate wench | Oct 2, 2007 12:53:29 PM
There are 2 cat ladies in my town. They live a cople blocks from each other and as God is my witness, they actually have effin tea partys for them.
Between the two of them the must have at least 100 cats.
(at least visible at any given time,oh and the smell)
THe city counsel has been contemplating allowing residents to have no more than 5 cats per household because of these loonies.
Posted by: yucca | Oct 2, 2007 2:56:07 PM
It was SO annoying! All she ever talked about was her stupid cats, and she talked like they were people. She obviously had no social skills
What's worse - talking about cats or being an American Idol idiot or WORSE football freak!
I'll take cat talk over that crap anytime!!!
Posted by: Rusty | Oct 2, 2007 5:14:38 PM
Wait - there IS something worse - being a BUSHIE!!!!
Posted by: Rusty | Oct 2, 2007 5:15:45 PM
Back years ago when I worked for the vet we had a client that had 100 cats! She lived in a big old house and we'd actually go there once a year and catch as many as we could and vaccinate them. When she'd bring a new one in we'd fix it for an extremely discounted cost. She was a sweet woman if not a bit crazy. She had 42 litter boxes in the house and she cleaned them twice a week...and the house still stunk to high heaven. These people definitely have mental issues. They think they're helping the animals when in fact they aren't....it's truly sad.
Posted by: cherie | Oct 3, 2007 4:44:56 AM
