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Cats are the new aspirin [prevent heart attacks]
Roanoke Times ^ | 2/22/2008

Posted on 02/22/2008 11:46:17 PM PST by bruinbirdman

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To: andyandval

LOL!


41 posted on 02/23/2008 3:53:29 AM PST by tlj18 (2008 is the Year of the Rat. So say the Chinese (zhong ren).)
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To: pepsionice
If I were willing to accept the data...then my first reaction would be why? Logic would dictate that it is not merely having a close pet...which a dog would easily accomplish in this logic. The cat has to have some type of bacteria....that would be helping your body in some fashion. So...as the cat owner quietly sleeps at night...that dang cat is licking your face...transmitting lots of friendly bacteria into you...thus saving your life in the end. Logically...this is the only way that this would work.

I'll give you another possibility: people who choose to own cats are more likely to have laid-back personalities. If one's idea of happiness is coming home and petting a cat on the sofa, one is probably not leading a high-stress life.

42 posted on 02/23/2008 3:53:59 AM PST by Our man in washington
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To: bruinbirdman

All I know is that when my cat pisses on the carpet, it gets my blood pressure up.


43 posted on 02/23/2008 3:59:04 AM PST by Trteamer ( (Eat Meat, Wear Fur, Own Guns, FReep Leftists, Drive an SUV, Drill A.N.W.R., Drill the Gulf, Vote)
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To: bruinbirdman

What are the side effects?Furballs?


44 posted on 02/23/2008 4:12:26 AM PST by Uncle Meat
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To: bruinbirdman

Considering I have six cats, there’s no way I should have had that (thankfully very) small stroke last month. Somebody’s laying down on the job!!!


45 posted on 02/23/2008 4:16:08 AM PST by GodBlessRonaldReagan (Big dog, big dog, bow-wow-wow! We'll crush crime, now, now, now!)
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To: Spktyr

Is that supposed to qualify as humor? If, so, then please keep trying.


46 posted on 02/23/2008 4:27:15 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Truth : Liberals :: Kryptonite : Superman)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Simple rules to live by which I can agree with.

Some people posting here simply don’t get it.


47 posted on 02/23/2008 4:28:17 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Truth : Liberals :: Kryptonite : Superman)
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To: pissant; Spktyr

Bumper sticker for you guys: So many cats, so few recipes.

From an e-mail:

You Don’t Have To Own A Cat To Appreciate This One! You don’t even have to like ‘em!

We were dressed and ready to go out for the New Years Eve Party. We turned on a night light, turned the answering machine on, covered our pet parakeet and put the cat in the backyard. We phoned the local cab company and requested a taxi.

The taxi arrived and we opened the front door to leave the house. The cat we put out in the yard, scoots back into the house. We didn’t want the cat shut in the house because she always tries to eat the bird. My wife goes out to the taxi, while I went inside to get the cat. The cat runs upstairs, with me in hot pursuit.

Waiting in the cab, my wife doesn’t want the driver to know that the house will be empty for the night.. So, she explains to the taxi driver that I will be out soon, “He’s just going upstairs to say Goodbye to my mother.”

A few minutes later, I get into the cab. “Sorry I took so long,” I said, as we drove away. “That stupid idiot was hiding under the bed.. I had to poke her with a coat hanger to get her to come out! She tried to take off, so I grabbed her by the neck. Then, I had to wrap her in a blanket to keep her from scratching me. But it worked! I hauled her fat rump downstairs and threw her out into the back yard!”
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The cab driver hit a parked car.


48 posted on 02/23/2008 4:33:02 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: pissant

“Good. Thanks for getting rid of him. He had mange, tube worms and distemper.”

Reminds me of a lost dog poster:

Lost Dog
Mottled color Heinz 57, male,
recently castrated, blind in one eye,
mange spots, torn right ear and broken tail.
Answers to the name of “Lucky”


49 posted on 02/23/2008 4:35:36 AM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (Global warming is the new Marxism.)
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To: pepsionice

There are all types of ways they could be leaving a substance whether it was a bacteria or something else. It could conceivably be found in glands located on their face. When you see a cat running its face on a corner of a wall or on the side of a box or a chair leg or even on your leg, it’s actually using glands to mark the object or you.

They wouldn’t necessarily be transmitting anything to you while you slept. It could be in the act of giving the cat a scratching along the cheeks as well as on the underside of the face.


50 posted on 02/23/2008 4:37:16 AM PST by Sally'sConcerns (http://www.fda.gov/emaillist.html - Class I (life threatening) recalls email alert sign-up)
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To: Westlander
Seems to work for this cat...


51 posted on 02/23/2008 4:48:37 AM PST by Maigrey (Personally, I carry a gun because I’m too young to die and too old to take an ass kickin’.)
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To: bruinbirdman

the effect can be enhanced with tylenol for the cat.


52 posted on 02/23/2008 4:51:11 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Never say never (there'll be a VP you'll like))
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To: Ronin
Want cats steal your breath away?

I don't trust 'em.

53 posted on 02/23/2008 4:54:50 AM PST by TexasCajun
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

Me too! It’s good for what ails ya!


54 posted on 02/23/2008 5:18:53 AM PST by Ronin (Bushed out!!! Another tragic victim of BDS.)
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To: Maigrey; All


55 posted on 02/23/2008 5:23:22 AM PST by Renfield (Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
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To: bruinbirdman


56 posted on 02/23/2008 5:27:31 AM PST by Renfield (Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
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To: bruinbirdman

I rally like cats, but only when they belong to someone else.


57 posted on 02/23/2008 5:28:43 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: SatinDoll

Lawn makes a nice salad with a little oregano and a tomato slice. Use bleu cheese dressing for best effect.


58 posted on 02/23/2008 5:46:50 AM PST by arthurus
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To: petitfour

Has he tried buffered cats?


59 posted on 02/23/2008 5:48:22 AM PST by arthurus
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To: bruinbirdman; Slings and Arrows; Caipirabob; JRios1968
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60 posted on 02/23/2008 6:08:06 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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