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Sorry, Fido, It’s Just a Guy Thing
NYT ^ | October 3, 2008 | ABBY ELLIN

Posted on 10/06/2008 12:19:43 PM PDT by Daffynition

IF you ask Adam Fulrath who is the love of his life, he will barely blink an eye before responding: Parappa.

Mr. Fulrath, a 37-year-old design director at Time Out New York, keeps five photographs of Parappa, a shorthaired, bicolored, mixed-breed cat, on his desktop. He knows that it might be considered a little weird that a grown man would be so enamored with his kitty, but Mr. Fulrath, who is into video games and comic books and calls himself a “straight, geeky guy,” doesn’t care.

“She’s my primary relationship,” he said.

Mr. Fulrath is one of a growing number of single — and yes, heterosexual — men who seem to be coming out of the cat closet and unabashedly embracing their feline side. To that end, they are posting photographs and videos of their little buddies on YouTube and on Web sites like menandcats.com, and Twittering about them to anyone who will listen.

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TOPICS: Education; Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: genx
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To: uglybiker

Not only do they kill things, they will do it for pleasure.


21 posted on 10/06/2008 1:27:57 PM PDT by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: Daffynition

Second it! =^..^=


22 posted on 10/06/2008 1:29:55 PM PDT by Biggirl ( "John, drop the gloves," Sarah Palin=^..^==^..^==^..^=)
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To: Daffynition

PING this over to Slings and Arrows, will love it. =^..^=


23 posted on 10/06/2008 1:31:02 PM PDT by Biggirl ( "John, drop the gloves," Sarah Palin=^..^==^..^==^..^=)
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To: Lx

Indeed.

My cat will attack the dog if it pisses her off. She just isn’t scared of things.

And you know you’re an important person when the cat leaves you its fruits of hunting.


24 posted on 10/06/2008 2:02:26 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Biggirl; Twinkie; Battle Axe; alnick; ninenot; Tijeras_Slim; John Jorsett; cripplecreek; .38sw; ...
He does.


25 posted on 10/06/2008 2:27:36 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Poisoning the customers is bad for business." --Quark, *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*)
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To: Daffynition

My hubby really likes our cats but he loves me. : )


26 posted on 10/06/2008 2:49:21 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (Catch the Korean Wave, one Bae Yong Joon film at a time!)
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To: tearlenb

What a cool cat! LOL!


27 posted on 10/06/2008 2:51:55 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (Catch the Korean Wave, one Bae Yong Joon film at a time!)
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To: Daffynition

Do REAL men like cats?

Let me check with my bosses... Edgar, Helena, Vicky, Spidercat and Piggy.

They seem to think so.

Edgar has reminded me that I need to clean the litter boxes before I head to work, though.


28 posted on 10/06/2008 2:57:23 PM PDT by Ronin
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To: Ronin

Do REAL men like cats?

I would have to say that REAL men do , in fact, like cats. And, as long as your are here, let me tell you my theory.
When a boy is very young, he treats girls as ‘yucky or icky’. At this age, little girls are usually associated with kitties, boys, with puppies.
As a boy matures, girls are no longer yucky, in fact, they become quite desirable and their associations are tolerated etc.
Show me a MAN who hates cats, and I’ll show you arrested development and latent homosexuality.
Yeah, REAL men like cats !


29 posted on 10/06/2008 3:18:50 PM PDT by Paisan
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To: Slings and Arrows
I know a lot of straight guys who prefer cats over dogs -- my hubby (fiancee at the time) brought his two little psycho princesses to the mix when we got married. The fat one rules the roost, while the weird one just twitches and kills things. They're nice little creatures.

Most of the gay men I've ever known usually had pure bred, exotic breed dogs with witty names. Cats were too banal for them.

30 posted on 10/06/2008 3:36:07 PM PDT by RepoGirl ("I've seen things you wouldn't believe. Sea beams glittering at the Tannhauser gait.")
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To: Mr. K; nickcarraway; unixfox; Lurker; ArrogantBustard
Careful ...


31 posted on 10/06/2008 3:57:01 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

32 posted on 10/06/2008 4:00:11 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition

It’s not unmanly to own a cat. It is unmanly to call your cat your “primary relationship.” Good grief.


33 posted on 10/06/2008 4:03:51 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (*******It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.******)
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To: Syntyr
“Do Real Men Own Cats?”

No one “owns” a cat! Cats have “people” to take care of the mundane tasks.

Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.

34 posted on 10/06/2008 4:04:14 PM PDT by John Jorsett (scam never sleeps)
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To: RJS1950; Clemenza; Syntyr; Lx; uglybiker
The resemblances are uncanny ...


35 posted on 10/06/2008 4:04:42 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Tamar1973

36 posted on 10/06/2008 4:19:43 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Ronin
Why Can't a Man Be More Like a Cat?

Cats like to snuggle, they understand our moods, they don't tell you to get off the phone, they have cute feet, they don't wear toilet paper on their face and my personal favorite: Cats don't always have an alterior motive when they rub up against you.

37 posted on 10/06/2008 4:22:52 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition
I'm a big guy. I have an attitude.

I hunt deer and drive trucks and 4-wheelers in the mud.

I also love Malcolm, who helps me do the time-cards for the guys at work.

Sue me!

38 posted on 10/06/2008 4:25:00 PM PDT by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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To: humblegunner
...signed Malcolm
39 posted on 10/06/2008 4:31:40 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Mr. K

How ORIGINAL!


40 posted on 10/06/2008 4:42:48 PM PDT by Fawn (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxhYampIl7A)
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