Own a laptop and a cat? Is this happening to you right now?

Cats do what they like.

26/02/13 13,454 Views 35 Comments

IF YOU OWN a laptop and/or an iPad, as well as a cat (although, let’s be honest, the cat really owns you) then this might be happening to you right now.

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Cats gravitate towards laptops and iPads like moths to a flame.

They even have their own Twitter account.

Here are just a few examples. Please, feel free to share your own by emailing tips@dailyedge.ie or tweeting @DailyEdge…

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Bo11ocks_to_this 26/02/13 #

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I may be going out on a limb here but I think Emer likes cats.

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- Niall Hirsch 26/02/13 #
  
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  What’s wrong with liking cats?..
  
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- Bo11ocks_to_this 26/02/13 #
  
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  Nothing. I have 3 myself.
  
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- Seán O' Dulaing 26/02/13 #
  
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  I just got this mental image of Bo11ocks_to_this, shining a light in Emer’s face giving her a McCarthyist interrogation.
  
  “Are you or have you ever been a cat lover?”
  
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- Na Fulacht Fia Moore 26/02/13 #
  
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  My own lovely fellah Barney loves to dance on the keyboard of my PC . I think he does it just to wind me up ??
  
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- BigChanntelle55 27/02/13 #
  
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  She doesn’t like cats, check some of her previous rag articles, she is just trying to redeem herself methinks.
  
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- Dexter Gordon 27/02/13 #
  
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  The companionship and loyalty of my cat helped get me through some rough times. Just saying.
  
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Geraldine O Brien Wallace 27/02/13 #

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Pics are very funny……my cat is a little spoilt madam…..she hates when I put my laptop on my lap…..she will sit beside me giving me filthy looks until I remove the laptop and then she will settle onto my lap…..at times I refuse to give in by removing the laptop and she will walk across the keyboard and sit on the keys looking at me like she’s giving me an ultimatum :)

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Seán O' Dulaing 26/02/13 #

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My cat most definitely owns me. She’s actually sprawled out on my suit as I type this.

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- ada grollicks 26/02/13 #
  
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  Amen brother. Every article of clothing I have is covered in cat hair, even if hermetically sealed in cellophane. Ditto with everything else in my house.
  
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- Sam Rhodes 26/02/13 #
  
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  I can make strangers sneeze just by walking past. A lint brush is my only (inadequate) weapon.
  
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ada grollicks 26/02/13 #

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I do own a cat – or he owns me. Anyhoo Nevis 16 years old, and we have none of that behaviour!

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- ada grollicks 26/02/13 #
  
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  Not Nevis. He is! Emer misunderstands. Cats don’t care about computers, mobile phones, whatever. What they care about is anything that takes the ‘owners’ attention away from said cat, and prevents the owner from just sitting and adoring said cat.
  
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Sam Rhodes 26/02/13 #

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Cats computers = infinite cat project: http://www.infinitecat.comnMy cat is obsessed with my laptop (just sent in his pic). If he has a choice of sitting on laptop or newspaper or my knee he goes into an existential crisis.

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Georgina Beacom 26/02/13 #

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My cat spends so much time on my laptop that I created a facebook page for him.

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teabags barry 27/02/13 #

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Dogs are lovely but cats rule!! They are just sooo much fun to watch. Their antics are hilarious and they are much more loyal than people give them credit for. They’re great craic, always up to some divilment!!! Meeeooow.

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Lee Casey 27/02/13 #

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I have 2 myself. One all black and one all white and there good olll spuds

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Sarah Morris 27/02/13 #

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When I was in school, my cat used to sit on my text books when I was trying to do my homework LOL the new kitten justs balls in your face or pucks your hand til you let her up on your lap. She doesn’t like the laptop.

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Maeve Dempsey 27/02/13 #

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Thank you for providing me with today’s aspiration – get as many of these pictures of my cats on my laptop and post them to the Interweb of similar minded cat lovers. I am a certified cat lady.

Also, check out ‘Bread Cats’. Just google image it! Another personal favourite, and yes, I tried it at home!

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Katriona Wallace 27/02/13 #

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doesn’t that cute orange and white cat look a bit like Bagpuss (remember him?).

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Roz 26/02/13 #

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I’m just going to put it out there…I hate cats!…:0

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- Sharon Kelly 26/02/13 #
  
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  Me too!! Love my dog though :)
  
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- ada grollicks 27/02/13 #
  
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  You are not alone. Is it just cats, or animals in general?
  
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- Sean Mc Gowan 27/02/13 #
  
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  Filthy dog lover!!
  
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- ada grollicks 27/02/13 #
  
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  Is that me, Roz or Sharon?
  
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- Sean Mc Gowan 27/02/13 #
  
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  Nobody in particular
  
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- ada grollicks 27/02/13 #
  
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  Ah, don’t be like that. Dogs have their charms. I love dogs (all animals really!) but my personal circumstances don’t permit a dog. The old man/woman cat/dog thing really does apply, each has the same basic needs but thereafter their requirements are different :-)
  
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- Danny McLaughlin 27/02/13 #
  
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  I was the exact same until 4 months ago. A 100% dog fan.
  My father in law heard a kitten caught in a hedge in front of our house. He brought it into the house to the kids.
  I came home and said we couldn’t keep it.
  The kids won me over and named it Kitty. (my daughter is 3. A cat has to be called Kitty..!)
  I must admit, Kitty is worming her way into my affections. :-)
  
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- Roz 27/02/13 #
  
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  Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind being in a room with a cat, but I don’t like them coming up rubbing on me like I’m gonna throw it a €50 ;) I like the clumsy nature of dogs. Oh and yeah I don’t mind kittens..until they grow up and start looking at you with those “ill scratch your eyes out” looks!
  
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- Alan Scott 27/02/13 #
  
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  And just maybe the cat will hate you to.
  
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- Roz 27/02/13 #
  
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  Already had my suspicions Alan;)
  
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- Mary Carroll 27/02/13 #
  
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  Totally agree with u they can win people over, I wanted a cat for ages and my boyfriend was just not having it so I did what I always do and just didnt listen to him and got one anyway.
  Now he loves the cat and we get hours of entertainment out of him the cat rules the house now and even our two dogs love playing with him.
  
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Daithí Ó'Céileachair 27/02/13 #

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Wash you keyboards and touch screens to avoid Toxoplasmosis. The cat is its primary host.

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joseph 27/02/13 #

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can i see some1 to buy me one pls?because i wish icould had an iphone

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weddingcar.ie 27/02/13 #

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Sure every laptop has had the odd pussy on it from time to time. Hmm i mean cat sorry !!!!

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