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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 01:48pm on 2007-01-21 under
A substance whose great weight
is not proportional to its small inertial mass:
the flesh of a sleeping cat,
especially when in a human's lap
or draped across a shin or ankle
like a breathing, furry shackle, saying,
"Do not leave this bed
until I am done with my own nap."
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posted by [identity profile] ladykathryn.livejournal.com at 07:30pm on 2007-01-21
There is a marvelous book which explains this phenomenon - The Theory of Cat Gravity, by Robin Wood.
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 07:31pm on 2007-01-21
I am definitely going to have to look for that.
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posted by [identity profile] mon462.livejournal.com at 07:59pm on 2007-01-21
*chuckle* So true!
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posted by [identity profile] ammre.livejournal.com at 11:40pm on 2007-01-21
exactly
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posted by [personal profile] gorgeousgary at 01:57am on 2007-01-22
Boots would definitely agree!
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posted by [identity profile] silmaril.livejournal.com at 02:51pm on 2007-01-22
*snicker* Permission to throw this on to [livejournal.com profile] metaquotes?
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 03:03pm on 2007-01-22
Granted!
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posted by [identity profile] writerjanice.livejournal.com at 04:06pm on 2007-01-22
The other night, my son's cat decided to sleep on top of me. It wasn't too bad, she's just 4 pounds of fluff. But my cat also decided that he needed to sleep across/between my feet.

Sleeping flat on your back, with your toes pointed at the bottom corners of the bed is not the most comfortable position...

Janice
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posted by [identity profile] scarlettj9.livejournal.com at 06:46pm on 2007-01-22
And I wouldn't have it any other way. :)
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posted by [identity profile] flaviarassen.livejournal.com at 08:29am on 2007-01-23
This was one of the ways in which I knew that my brother's wife was no
good for him, She used to bitch mightily that, in our family, "I have
a cat on my lap" wasn't just a cheap excuse to get out of doing
anything - it was actually a fully accepted reason for getting other
people to do things for you!

Yes, they are divorced.
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posted by [identity profile] spyderqueen.livejournal.com at 05:52pm on 2007-01-23
Wait, in what dysfunctional family it is NOT a legitimate reason to get someone else to do something?

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posted by [identity profile] anniemal.livejournal.com at 04:55am on 2007-01-30
Great. I now have this image of a family gathering with enough cats to go around. Everyone is sitting around, while their charring dinner bellows smoke from the kitchen. They are crying out: "I can't get it! I've got a cat on my lap!"
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posted by [identity profile] kjc007.livejournal.com at 01:44am on 2007-01-24
That's an excellent poem right there.

Thanks for sharing!
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