Expressing disinterest in a topic

There is a big poofy black cat who lives across the street from me and he LOVES to stand in my front yard just beyond the wrought iron grillework that encloses my front porch. He lies in wait for Bonnie to come out onto the porch and then struts around and waves his really magnificent big poofy tail around in the air, all to taunt Bonnie, who then goes ballistic about the feline invader. Great fun for the cat I guess, because he does it all the time and seems to quite enjoy Bonnie's frustration.
 

Butterfly said:
There is a big poofy black cat who lives across the street from me and he LOVES to stand in my front yard just beyond the wrought iron grillework that encloses my front porch. He lies in wait for Bonnie to come out onto the porch and then struts around and waves his really magnificent big poofy tail around in the air, all to taunt Bonnie, who then goes ballistic about the feline invader. Great fun for the cat I guess, because he does it all the time and seems to quite enjoy Bonnie's frustration.
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I used to do that with my ex-wife ... :devilish:
 
Well I really have no interest in your topic, just joking, of course. I have noticed people do that, too, and have wondered why they bother. I guess they just want you to know their opinion.
 
Butterfly said:
There is a big poofy black cat who lives across the street from me and he LOVES to stand in my front yard just beyond the wrought iron grillework that encloses my front porch. He lies in wait for Bonnie to come out onto the porch and then struts around and waves his really magnificent big poofy tail around in the air, all to taunt Bonnie, who then goes ballistic about the feline invader. Great fun for the cat I guess, because he does it all the time and seems to quite enjoy Bonnie's frustration.
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Cats love to taunt. I got a "descented" skunk for my 12th birthday (OK, I was a weird kid) who lived indoors most of the time. When someone was out in the yard, we'd tether her to the clothesline on a long leash so she could wander around and catch grasshoppers, which she loved. We had a mama cat with half-grown babies who lived outdoors and they would stand just outside the skunk's reach and taunt her unmercifully until someone chased them away.

One day one of the kittens was asleep in the sun on top of the concrete wellhouse and the skunk managed to work her way out of her harness. Before anyone could grab her, she dashed over to the wellhouse and bit the end of the kitten's tail off. The cats left her alone after that.
 
Shalimar, my Mom had a series of Siamese...don't try to tell them they are cats. You certainly don't want to suggest them to be dogs. Siamese know they are far superior to even their humans...although they tolerate us in their world;).

When I had a multiple-cat household I also had a "bouncer cat" - it was interesting watching him do his thing to restore the social order of the clowder (a group of cats).

Two cats would get into it, he'd come barreling in - he was a BIG cat - and cuff each of the combatants in the head with his mighty paw. They'd go to their respective corners to cool down, he'd turn and wink at me as if to say "Okay, boss - no problems here". :D

Our Kashi was like that. Just a modest sized tabbie...but the cats would grovel like he was Don Corleone. If he was napping he had to approve others sleeping near him. If he gave a quick baring of teeth, the cat in question would race off. If he allowed them to groom him then they might be invited to lay down.
 
My mother's five pound Balinese ran the clowder of five cats, and one dog who thought he was a cat, until she died at twenty one years of age.
 

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