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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 19:36:50 GMT -5
Beware for all cats are secretly cultists of the great old one Catthulhu...  beware your sanity ye friends of cats.... -M |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 19:36:53 GMT -5
I was the opposite. I was highly allergic to pet dander (from cats or dogs) as a kid. Used to have a lot of other allergies too, to the point of getting weekly allergy shots, but around junior high I outgrew the need for shots and eventually it didn't bother me (or my allergies) at all to have pets in the house. Same, but we did have about lots of outside cats. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 16, 2014 19:37:18 GMT -5
I LOVE cats, but I am so damn allergic to them. I can walk into a house and tell almost immediately if a cat resides in the home. The roof of my mouth will start itching uncontrollably, then my nose, and then my eyes.  My first wife and I had a cat named Spock. I was allergic also but I wanted my wife to be happy so I took all kinds of medicine to be able to keep the cat. Eventually, I had so bad an asthma attack that it required me to be hospitalized. We got rid of it after that. I have 2 dogs now and I'm fine. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 19:44:43 GMT -5
Beware for all cats are secretly cultists of the great old one Catthulhu... Quite appropriate, given HPL's love for cats (not that he actually lived with one past his childhood ... that's Lovecraft for you). |
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Post by coke & comics on Nov 16, 2014 20:33:12 GMT -5
Here are my cats, Selina and Kyle. Though I haven't seen them in 8 months.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 20:34:50 GMT -5
I LOVE cats, but I am so damn allergic to them. I can walk into a house and tell almost immediately if a cat resides in the home. The roof of my mouth will start itching uncontrollably, then my nose, and then my eyes. My first wife and I had a cat named Spock. I was allergic also but I wanted my wife to be happy so I took all kinds of medicine to be able to keep the cat. Eventually, I had so bad an asthma attack that it required me to be hospitalized. We got rid of it after that. I have 2 dogs now and I'm fine. This is how I almost reacted when I had my pet rats. I was fine with them for the first 6 months, then something happened. I tried switching their bedding, but it wasn't that. It was their urine. More specifically, it was their urine after it dried. I had to wear a mask to clean their cage, and I could no longer hold them. And I loved those adorable little dog-like buggers. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 20:36:20 GMT -5
This is how I almost reacted when I had my pet rats. No wonder you like Rat Queens. |
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Post by shaxper on Nov 16, 2014 20:42:59 GMT -5
Here are my cats, Selina and Kyle. If there were a CCF no prize, this post would have earned it. Heck, let's pretend there is and you did  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 20:47:35 GMT -5
This is how I almost reacted when I had my pet rats. No wonder you like Rat Queens. Rats really are brilliant pets. But, they're messy, and require daily clean up, and a LOT of people end up allergic to them. But they're ADORABLE. They also do not live nearly long enough. I will have to put up some pics of my rats. I had Guthrie, Schmilsson, and Grinderman. Guthrie was my fatty ratty, and I had to put him on a diet of strictly lab blocks. And he protested. Their cage looked like this:  And I would put a bowl of lab blocks in, and he (being the pig he was) would snag up all the blocks and run to the top of the cage. He'd start eating them and realize they sucked, so he'd run back to the bowl looking for the usual collard greens, eggs, and various cereals I would feed them. But there wouldn't be any there. So, he'd run back up to the top, and his blocks were the exact size of those rectangle spaces in the cage, and he would jam one into one of the spaces, pull his arm back, and punch the block out. Their cage was located next to my office desk, and so, he'd do this while I was sitting at my desk, and he'd nail me with the block everytime. Jerk Rat. God, I miss those rats. |
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Post by hondobrode on Nov 16, 2014 22:57:39 GMT -5
No wonder you like Rat Queens. Rats really are brilliant pets. But, they're messy, and require daily clean up, and a LOT of people end up allergic to them. But they're ADORABLE. They also do not live nearly long enough. I will have to put up some pics of my rats. I had Guthrie, Schmilsson, and Grinderman. Guthrie was my fatty ratty, and I had to put him on a diet of strictly lab blocks. And he protested. Their cage looked like this: And I would put a bowl of lab blocks in, and he (being the pig he was) would snag up all the blocks and run to the top of the cage. He'd start eating them and realize they sucked, so he'd run back to the bowl looking for the usual collard greens, eggs, and various cereals I would feed them. But there wouldn't be any there. So, he'd run back up to the top, and his blocks were the exact size of those rectangle spaces in the cage, and he would jam one into one of the spaces, pull his arm back, and punch the block out. Their cage was located next to my office desk, and so, he'd do this while I was sitting at my desk, and he'd nail me with the block everytime. Jerk Rat. God, I miss those rats. I didn't know what the technical term was until looking it up just now, but I'm musophobic (the fear of rats). Not thrilled with mice, gerbils, hamsters, anything rodent like that, but I am terrified of rats. Ugh |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 23:01:17 GMT -5
I didn't know what the technical term was until looking it up just now, but I'm musophobic (the fear of rats). Not thrilled with mice, gerbils, hamsters, anything rodent like that, but I am terrified of rats. Ugh Do yourself a favor and never read/listen to this story then...  -M Mephisto likes the power of suggestion, it's the core of temptation, don't do it (do it do it do it do it)  |
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Post by berkley on Nov 16, 2014 23:22:28 GMT -5
I just found out the last year or so that there used to be a band called HP Lovecraft back in the late 60s. Haven't listened to them enough yet to say what I think, but the little I've heard sounds pretty typical of some of the heavier psych rock of the era - here's their Dreams in the Witch House album:
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2014 0:23:29 GMT -5
Rats really are brilliant pets. But, they're messy, and require daily clean up, and a LOT of people end up allergic to them. But they're ADORABLE. They also do not live nearly long enough. I will have to put up some pics of my rats. I had Guthrie, Schmilsson, and Grinderman. Guthrie was my fatty ratty, and I had to put him on a diet of strictly lab blocks. And he protested. Their cage looked like this: And I would put a bowl of lab blocks in, and he (being the pig he was) would snag up all the blocks and run to the top of the cage. He'd start eating them and realize they sucked, so he'd run back to the bowl looking for the usual collard greens, eggs, and various cereals I would feed them. But there wouldn't be any there. So, he'd run back up to the top, and his blocks were the exact size of those rectangle spaces in the cage, and he would jam one into one of the spaces, pull his arm back, and punch the block out. Their cage was located next to my office desk, and so, he'd do this while I was sitting at my desk, and he'd nail me with the block everytime. Jerk Rat. God, I miss those rats. I didn't know what the technical term was until looking it up just now, but I'm musophobic (the fear of rats). Not thrilled with mice, gerbils, hamsters, anything rodent like that, but I am terrified of rats. Ugh Strange that you fear one rodent more than others. I don't like reptiles, and I'm not completely sure how different I'd feel if a frog or cobra approached me. I guess the size of the reptile is a factor, but I consider all of them things that need to stay the hell away from me. |
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Post by berkley on Nov 17, 2014 1:19:21 GMT -5
I can't remember how old Hondobrode is, but when I was a kid there was this horror novel called Willard that was quite a thing for a while - they even made a movie of it, which I haven't seen. It was all about rats. The Michael Jackson hit, Ben, was from the sequel.
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Post by the4thpip on Nov 17, 2014 1:54:00 GMT -5
I LOVE cats, but I am so damn allergic to them. I can walk into a house and tell almost immediately if a cat resides in the home. The roof of my mouth will start itching uncontrollably, then my nose, and then my eyes. Me too. Lolcats online is as close as I can get to enjoying the company of a cat. |
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