In some cases, it's a matter of envy.
Posted on 02/10/2005 11:24:26 AM PST by vannrox
This was probably a Democratic research project, in which case a point is besides the, er...point.
Bibliography
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Look at their supposed bibliography! Arnold and Madonna are in it?
LOL
The truth is cats don't like men with beards ..... unless they happen to live with a man with a beard. Then they don't like men who don't have a beard, unless the man they live with, who has a beard, mistreats them. If they live with a man who mistreats them, then they don't like men at all, and will only respond to a woman. Got it?
Duh, people, it's from the Annals of Improbable Research -- a parody science mag. It's not something we spent tax money on.
One of their articles "How to Build an Atomic Bomb" was found in a Taliban house in Afghanistan, so it's not only FReeper who can be tricked by their stuff.
Did these folks sponsor the book "Why Cats Paint?" :-D
LOL! I will take the beard if it is a choice.
To ensure that the cats were not influenced by stroking or other unconscious cues from the assistant, the assistant was anesthetized prior to each session.
I think this study is bogus and was probably secretly funded by Gillette in order to convince bearded cat owners to buy their products...
If I eat a bagel with peanut butter, and do not carefully remove the remnants from My beard, I am likely to wake up with My cat doing the job for Me. All this seems to prove is that My cat loves peanut butter bagels. He does not do this with pimento cheese bagels.
There must be some conclusion for Me to draw, here, but I am Damned if I can find it, unless it is that some cats love peanut butter.
Cats do not like men with long beards, especially long dark beards.
That’ll teach me to skip the article!
Demon?
I have yet to see a domestic cat that could grow a respectable beard.
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