Comments on: Cats... in... sinks

Cats... in... sinks

mathowie — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:21:44 -0800

Cats in sinks. Nothing less, nothing more.

By: curtm

curtm — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:24:53 -0800

Succinctly put.

By: billysumday

billysumday — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:25:19 -0800

Awwwwwwww.

By: Tenuki

Tenuki — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:26:05 -0800

So much potential for evil...

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:27:34 -0800

No cats in the server...jrun error?

By: MikeKD

MikeKD — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:28:37 -0800

I want to know what's behind the photographer in this one.

By: amarynth

amarynth — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:31:21 -0800

There's also a "Cats in Sinks" pool at flickr (featuring my very own cat in a sink).

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:31:36 -0800

does anyone read the posts down here?

By: flyboy

flyboy — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:32:03 -0800

Lotsa cats. Lotsa sinks. Lotsa clogged drains.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:32:24 -0800

I have no idea how these people got their cats in their sinks, or why. That said, for as long as mankind has kept domesticated felines in his household, and everywhere that cats share living space with humans, people have asked, "Why is my cat weird?" No answer is forthcoming.

By: TricksterGoddess

TricksterGoddess — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:32:58 -0800

Awww. Little mischievous angels.

By: crunchland

crunchland — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:36:04 -0800

I struggle, day in and day out, to design compelling websites that attract lots of traffic with good an entertaining content. It never occurred to me to focus on cats in sinks. I feel like such a horse's ass.

By: mullingitover

mullingitover — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:37:00 -0800

Another single link FPP. Is there someone I can complain to about this? ;)

By: zoinks

zoinks — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:42:59 -0800

The only time my cat was in the sink was against his will, after he put his tail in the burner of the stove. Scary moment, but he didn't even realize his tail was on fire. He was very confused. "Why are they freaking out and throwing me under the faucet?!" Dumbass cat.

By: slogger

slogger — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:46:24 -0800

on b3ta last friday. you're a few days late...

By: amberglow

amberglow — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:47:10 -0800

this post really needs a DoIt! tag, doncha think, Mr. Spirit Foam?

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:47:53 -0800

If you pay a subscription fee, do you get the videos of the water being turned on?

By: gleuschk

gleuschk — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:50:21 -0800

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:51:07 -0800

It's a shame that I can't flag this as "stupid," user #1. We all know that anything involving people taking pictures of their cats will get its own website (look! Stuff on my cat! Look, it's in a hat! Look, my cat eats pancakes and also its own shit!) but why don't you let that be a surprise for people who randomly google cats+sinks?

By: Joeforking

Joeforking — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:51:39 -0800

Lame

By: Specklet

Specklet — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:54:49 -0800

C'mon, cats in sinks are great! I liked seeing it here, even though I'd already seen it here.

By: jann

jann — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:55:33 -0800

dumbrella riffed on this a while ago.

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:55:49 -0800

Keep Metachat on Metachat, please.

By: hackly_fracture

hackly_fracture — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:57:40 -0800

Imagine all those faucets going on at once . . .

By: grouse

grouse — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:01:37 -0800

Best of the web? I kid because I love.

By: Aknaton

Aknaton — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:01:50 -0800

You want to see water? (That's my kitty. We bathe him monthly or so.)

By: afroblanca

afroblanca — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:04:45 -0800

Cats in Sinks is cool, but it's no Snakes on a Plane.

By: killy willy

killy willy — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:06:59 -0800

the only time my cat is ever in the sink is if she's peeing there. don't think the Internets needs a pic of that. does this site come with free insluin injections?

By: y6y6y6

y6y6y6 — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:20:30 -0800

I remember in 1995 as I started building wesites that my workdays were filled with a sense of pride - I was helping build a new frontier. I felt the Internet would be a free and open forum were the common man could come to cut through the vest swamp of big media and it's barriers to entry. The Internet would give voice to the masses. A new age of freedom was upon us. Now, ten years later, I can see it's become even grander than I could have hoped. Thank you catsinsinks.com. You give hope to all.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:23:48 -0800

Oh my goodness. They have to be stuffed. Dead and stuffed. That's the only way.

By: cenoxo

cenoxo — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:30:14 -0800

Big cat sinking...

By: keswick

keswick — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:31:16 -0800

You know, I like to believe I'm fundamentally a good person. But if I ever came across a cat lounging in a sink, I honestly don't think I could resist turning on the cold water full blast.

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:34:53 -0800

Snake on a plane!

By: underer

underer — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:39:25 -0800

A lot of those sinks are pretty ugly. Clean, but ugly.

By: realcountrymusic

realcountrymusic — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:43:05 -0800

Quatre cinq. via B. Kliban

By: josephtate

josephtate — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:59:58 -0800

I thought only my mother-in-law's one-eyed cat Zonker had this affliction. How wrong I was.

By: mek

mek — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:02:01 -0800

My cat would sleep in the sink with its tail down the garbage disposal. Potential for evil, indeed.

By: qwerty155

qwerty155 — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:29:36 -0800

A while back some friends of mine kinda inherited a cat that obviously wasnt happy with just hanging round the house of its 'official' owner and one night after too many alcoholic beverages (me & me mates, not the cat) it got locked in the house overnight (no catflap or nuffink). Somone got up in the morning to find the kitty squatting over the toilet to take a piss. Now, not only did we find it impressive in terms of dexterity and stuff but also its understanding where is should and should not relieve itself (bearing in mind that this wasnt the cat's normal house and hadn't be trained to do this). Anyway, to cut a long story short, where's the catssquattingoverthetoilet.com website? Cats in sinks is but childs play.

By: zoogleplex

zoogleplex — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:32:52 -0800

My cats won't go anywhere near the sink - they run out of the bathroom right when I turn on the faucet. These must be some kind of alien invasion mutant cats. But they're cute anyway...

By: cenoxo

cenoxo — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:35:36 -0800

Post-sinky kitty = evil, indeed. Prepare yourself: Cat Bathing as a Martial Art

By: johnj

johnj — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:45:56 -0800

anticipation

By: tracicle

tracicle — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:50:35 -0800

I've seen cats that chase the drip from a faucet before -- maybe this is the next phase.

By: ericb

ericb — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:51:44 -0800

Somone got up in the morning to find the kitty squatting over the toilet to take a piss Like this?

By: ericb

ericb — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:52:20 -0800

At least it wasn't "catsinthetoilet.com"!

By: BoringPostcards

BoringPostcards — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:03:35 -0800

Cat pics bring out my sappy side. I love 'em. My own cat has a weird thing about wanting to come into the shower THE VERY MINUTE I turn the water off. Then she just sits there on the wet floor. And she's a Persian, so all that humidity turns her into an afro on feet for awhile. I don't understand what she gets out of this.

By: mbd1mbd1

mbd1mbd1 — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:13:11 -0800

citikitty

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:30:46 -0800

This site is missing a Contribute New Photo page. Wasted potential.

By: PinkStainlessTail

PinkStainlessTail — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:56:50 -0800

My own cat has a weird thing about wanting to come into the shower THE VERY MINUTE I turn the water off. One of ours does that. Then she jumps out and walks around flicking her feet in a very irritated manner, like she's really pissed that there was water in there, even though she's done this several times a week for the better part of a year and should know exactly what to expect.

By: urbanwhaleshark

urbanwhaleshark — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:08:05 -0800

Charles Mingus taught his cat to use the toilet, and now you can too.

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:08:47 -0800

I love the fact that I came in here to post "I have no idea how these people got their cats in their sinks, or why", or, if that had been taken, "Does anyone read the posts down here?" and they were both already posted. Ah, another history buff. I immediately thought "not as cool as snakes on a plane," but of course afroblanca had said that hours ago.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:11:26 -0800

querty155 - here you go. (Well, not you, obviously, since you're not a cat, but I don't know that for a fact now do I?)

By: Oriole Adams

Oriole Adams — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:52:38 -0800

Awww, too cute. Aknacon, our cat does that, too. We had a drip in the bathroom sink a while ago, and Tweak found it and made it her personal water fountain. She now refuses to drink from her water bowl, and goes in the bathroom and demands we restore her drip.

By: longsleeves

longsleeves — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:52:39 -0800

sink dogs

By: mcwetboy

mcwetboy — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:01:18 -0800

And here I thought our cats were just weird.

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:07:27 -0800

Hmph. Now scans of cats in sinks -- now you're talkin'.

By: Cyrano

Cyrano — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:10:53 -0800

My own cat has a weird thing about wanting to come into the shower THE VERY MINUTE I turn the water off. One of my cats does that and then proceeds to drink the leftover water. At first I was, like, "ew!" but nowadays I just go, "Eh, it's a cat. What the fuck you gonna do?"

By: Dreama

Dreama — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:14:21 -0800

When your cat lives in the sink, how do you wash your hands after using the toilet?

By: wendell

wendell — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:17:07 -0800

Ask MetaFilter: I can't seem to keep my cats in sync...

By: Balisong

Balisong — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:17:14 -0800

No just shit in the sink, and wash your hands in the toilet. They'll lick it off!

By: easternblot

easternblot — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:31:38 -0800

The best part is the Google ads in between the pics, advertising cats and sinks. My cat is not interested in sinks, and now I'm beginning to find that weird: so many cats in sinks can't possibly be wrong! Get in the sink, cat, everyone else is doing it too!

By: maudlin

maudlin — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:51:26 -0800

My little black cat is growing increasingly aquaphilic. First she started coming in after my shower so she could lick my legs dry. (Hey, that little rough tongue means I don't have to shave them, either.) Thenshe started parking herself on the edge of the tub duing my shower. Finally, just this morning, she parked herself in the bathroom sink while waiting for me to get in the shower, then sat on the edge of the tub as usual during my shower. She gets really pissed if you actually put her in the bathtub, though. But I bet that if I let her take it at her own pace, she'll be snorkelling by January.

By: Balisong

Balisong — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:07:44 -0800

Yeah, cats are wierd with water. Mine will dip their tails in the bathwater, seated on the edge, or go out and run around in the rain, to come back and want petting soaking wet, but try to get them to stand still for a bath!!...

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:59:35 -0800

Now that's my kind of cat. In the sink. With a beer. You go, cat. You go.

By: zerokey

zerokey — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:06:49 -0800

Squish is very daring. When I'm taking a bath, he'll hop up and perch on my knee. I have to hold very still, lest I lose a nut (cat + bathwater + naked = bad beyond description). He doesn't like sinks much, but what do you expect, he grep up in a boot.

By: zerokey

zerokey — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:07:43 -0800

s/grep/grew/g

By: Balisong

Balisong — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:14:56 -0800

Awww! I had a black shorthair with a white spot just like that. Named Karma. He disappeared one day. Hell of a cool cat. Used to walk with me to the convienence store. 3 1/2 blocks away, downtown. I miss Karma. But I guess Nickodaemous, Eris and Zeke will suffice...

By: Artifice_Eternity

Artifice_Eternity — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:19:34 -0800

Some cats must love the humidity of a just-used shower stall. Our Siamese-Himalayan mix always makes a beeline for the shower after my wife or I get out of it. Then she just hangs out in there for 15 minutes or so. Occasionally she laps a little water, but mostly she just seems to like sitting there in the still-slightly-steamy air. Weird.

By: vagus

vagus — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:42:08 -0800

You just made my entire day worthwhile.

By: Catch

Catch — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:49:43 -0800

My Badcat (he deserves the name) has always had a thing about the toilet flush. He seems to be getting better with age, but used to be very embarassing - he'd sit outside the bathroom door when I was in there - howling - and run in as soon as the door was opened to stick his paws up on the bowl and watch the last of the flush. He'd do it to visitors sometimes too. His litter-mate Goku has been at the Vet all day getting a mysterious 3 inch gash stitched up, and is now home safe on my lap, so I can finally check out the link without sniffling. Cats. Who'd have 'em?

By: Balisong

Balisong — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:00:25 -0800

My cats think the whole toilet flushing ritual is pretty strange, too. Most of my cats use it as time to trap you into giving them petting attention, except the kitten. He wants to get up close and see what's happening when you flush. I think he's jealous and just wants to be part of eveything that comes in, or goes out of this household.

By: Balisong

Balisong — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:02:28 -0800

Er Clowder.

By: fatllama

fatllama — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:28:58 -0800

Self-link.

By: miss tea

miss tea — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 05:00:55 -0800

One of my cats likes to get in the sink when it's really hot and likes it when you turn the water on. She is very strange. But for sure, there is something oddly heartwarming about odd kitty behavior.

By: maudlin

maudlin — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 05:38:29 -0800

And this morning the damn cat interrupted my husband's shave by jumping up to the sink after he filled it with water and wobbling on the edge as he started to shave. But after he rinsed his razor in the sink a couple of times, she started lapping up the water. His scolding was enough to wake me up (well, the scolding and the way he stalked back to bed and dropped a damp and pissed cat on my chest).

By: al.sharp

al.sharp — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 08:28:57 -0800

Lilly is a Sink Cat ( to the tune of "Stewball was a Race Horse" Oh, Lilly is a sink cat Won't drink from a bowl She only drinks water That's running and cold. She'll come and she'll find you Wherever you're at Then she'll meow and she'll wine you Tell you turn on the tap

By: gohlkus

gohlkus — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:58:53 -0800

For some reason, it now seems more likely that I will someday post on the front page. (Not that I don't love cats in sinks, because I do.)

By: Roger Dodger

Roger Dodger — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:22:28 -0800

Matt is definitely a trendsetter. Cats in Sinks is a Yahoo Daily pick today...