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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 11:03 AM
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Cat Likes the MINI

this morning, walked out to the car to go to school...Looks like SOMEONE's been checking out the MINI







COMPLETELY around the MINI, and met up where it started
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 11:56 AM
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It was really a cat burglar looking to steal your car....
(uuuuuugh, bad joke)
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 12:21 PM
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Time to rig up a "cat-a-pult". Launch it into another zip code.
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 12:23 PM
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haha...cat burbler...thats funny
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 12:51 PM
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Hey, maybe it WAS a cat burglar - he might have been running around the car to get away. Have you seen the cat since??


So long as the prints are around the car, and not ON the car, no need for a cat-a-pult. Wish I was as lucky in my neighborhood...
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 12:58 PM
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Cats have good taste.



Kinda like chicken.



(Just kidding...I have 2)
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 01:00 PM
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The cat at my house "marked" my mini as his own.
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 01:04 PM
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Hey what is all that white stuff all over your car? We don't see that here in the desert!!!!!!!!...........................mgg
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Lost240
The cat at my house "marked" my mini as his own.
The only cat that applies to is Toonces, 'cause he can drive. If your cat isn't Toonces, and/or can't drive, tell him to lay off the car!
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 02:01 PM
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You ever try to get cat hair off space cloth, wow what a chore.

As for the white stuff, I vaguely remember some from my childhood but don't think they've any here in FL since '89
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 02:03 PM
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I like the Oricari w/ the orange. That looks sweet, I wanted to get the kit but was waiting to pay some bills and now someone else here has a DS/B w/ it and I don't want to seem like a copycat, not sure what I'll do now.
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 02:09 PM
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Here after it rains and dries in the morning u can see where cats sleep on the roof of the car, and where they go down ur windsheild and even their slip marks, {this is in no snow} Looks kinda like cat racing stripes going all the way up the car...

liljack and matchbox
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 02:18 PM
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My cats do the exact same thing everytime I go to my parents house. (no kitties allowed at my pad) all of them do a lap smelling every inch around the bottom then they hop on the hood for a little warm nap. Glad their claws retract.

Side note:re. Toonces the driving cat
We used to call my cat Toonces the driving cat because she looked like Toonces when she would peak in the french doors.
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 06:18 PM
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"COMPLETELY around the MINI, and met up where it started" - addamaniac

Sounds like Alice in Wonderland, and a mighty fine tracking job too!
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 06:29 PM
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Great job on the picsThe evil devil cats{dogs term for them,not mine} do that all the time around my MINI:smile:
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 07:05 PM
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Took my wife's Volvo to go pick up our daughter at preschool. Went around the big sweeping bend in our neighborhood - heard a *crash* in the back. WTF was that???

Then heard a *yowl!* The cat had crawled in through an open window and gone to sleep on the parcel shelf between the back seat and the rear window! Needless to say, our daughter was delighted to see that Midnight wanted to come with me to pick her up at preschool. Needless to say, the CAT was not delighted!

Some 13 years later, the cat likes to sleep on the hood of whichever car was most recently driven. Warmth, I guess. Little paw prints all over Tillie's bonnet. Oh, well. Hasn't slept on the car since the Zaino, though. Hmmm. Maybe Zaino smells/feels funny?

"A cat is Nature's way of telling you your furniture is too nice."

 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 07:21 PM
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A friend of mine had his Camaro parked in his garage a few years ago. The neighborhood cats loved to hang out there at night and he like having them around.

One morning he walked to the garage and discovered that one of the cats had decided to "mark" his satin finised drivers side front Centerline rim.

We tried every cleaner known to civilized man and no matter what we did we could not get the bright green stain off the rim. Must have had something to do with the amonia content in the cat uh, liquid

Scratch one rim!

Aloha!

JCW04
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 08:15 PM
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The Ka used to have that problem till its Evil Twin the SPortKA took care of the cat. (Funny/Tasteless Internet Car commercial)

Paul
 
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 10:03 PM
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That is really cute! My cats have both had a ride in my MINI but are not allowed in the garage...

Love the orange, it's HOT!
 
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