chased by a cat!

[Mr R@t \(2.3 zulu-alpha\) [comms room 2]]

whilst cycling into town one night I heard a horrendous yowl; looked behind
me, and found that a tom-cat, having seen off one rival, was now running
behind my bike, still yowling! after *me*!

It was quite dark, and I am not too proud to say that this unnerved me to
the extent that I sped up quite rapidly and left the animal some distance
behind, although it certainly chased me for a good 6 metres or so - it was
only some seconds later I realised this was merely /felis silvestris catus/
and not some jungle creature!

I didn't think cats would bother chasing bikes (although mine has vaulted my
bike before to get to its food bowl, and it is normally rather lazy). Was
this just a particularly belligerent specimen?

Alex

[wafflyDIRTYcatLITTERhcsBOX]

>Was
>this just a particularly belligerent specimen?

No, it was just doing it becasue, as a cat, it could.

Cheers, helen s


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[Dave]

"Mr R@t (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2]" > wrote in
message ...
> whilst cycling into town one night I heard a horrendous yowl; looked
behind
> me, and found that a tom-cat, having seen off one rival, was now running
> behind my bike, still yowling! after *me*!
>
> It was quite dark, and I am not too proud to say that this unnerved me to
> the extent that I sped up quite rapidly and left the animal some distance
> behind, although it certainly chased me for a good 6 metres or so - it was
> only some seconds later I realised this was merely /felis silvestris
catus/
> and not some jungle creature!
>
> I didn't think cats would bother chasing bikes (although mine has vaulted
my
> bike before to get to its food bowl, and it is normally rather lazy). Was
> this just a particularly belligerent specimen?
>
> Alex
>
>

Was this cat wearing a hat?...a red and white hooped cartoon topper type
?.....
Noting your handle, Mr R@t, a certain idea springs to mind ;-)
Dave.

[W K]

"wafflyDIRTYcatLITTERhcsBOX" > wrote in message
...
> >Was
> >this just a particularly belligerent specimen?
>
> No, it was just doing it becasue, as a cat, it could.

Its very unlike a cat to expend any energy (I could leave it there) for any
good reason.
I'm very surprised that a cat would behave that even if enormously riled.
They don't have the same sense of human territory that dogs do.

[wafflyDIRTYcatLITTERhcsBOX]

>I'm very surprised that a cat would behave that even if enormously riled.

You've not met Waffles. She's ruler of these here parts - Queen Of All She
Surveys, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Bast, Keeper Of The Rings Of Felis,
All Round Superior Life Form, Dark Avenger Destroyer Of Rodents, and Mummy's
Furry Lady. Weighing all of six pounds, she can leap a six foot fence with a
rabbit in her jaws, and go for the jugular of any unwary deer that happens to
get into *her* garden.

>They don't have the same sense of human territory that dogs do.

Oh but they do - cats are very territorial in nature.

Cheers, helen s


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[Nick Kew]

In article >, one of infinite monkeys
at the keyboard of "Mr R@t \(2.3 zulu-alpha\) [comms room 2]" > wrote:
> only some seconds later I realised this was merely /felis silvestris catus/
> and not some jungle creature!

Don't be deceived. What you saw was just what the cat wanted you to see;
a mere projection of the greater self from L-space.

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(The Economist, July 2002)

[elyob]

"Mr R@t (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2]" > wrote in
message ...
> whilst cycling into town one night I heard a horrendous yowl; looked
behind
> me, and found that a tom-cat, having seen off one rival, was now running
> behind my bike, still yowling! after *me*!
>
> It was quite dark, and I am not too proud to say that this unnerved me to
> the extent that I sped up quite rapidly and left the animal some distance
> behind, although it certainly chased me for a good 6 metres or so - it was
> only some seconds later I realised this was merely /felis silvestris
catus/
> and not some jungle creature!
>
> I didn't think cats would bother chasing bikes (although mine has vaulted
my
> bike before to get to its food bowl, and it is normally rather lazy). Was
> this just a particularly belligerent specimen?
>
> Alex
>
>

And you didn't stop and give it a good kicking? What's the world coming to?