Signs Your Cat May Be Planning to Kill You

The list for May 31, 1996
The Top 16 Signs Your Cat
May Be Planning to Kill You

  1. Seems mighty chummy with the dog all of a sudden.

  2. Unexplained calls to F. Lee Bailey’s 900 number on your bill.

  3. He actually *does* have your tongue.

  4. You find a stash of "Feline of Fortune" magazines behind the couch.

  5. Cyanide pawprints all over the house.

  6. You wake up to find a bird’s head in your bed.

  7. As the wind blows over the grassy knoll in downtown Dallas, you get a faint whiff of catnip.

  8. Droppings in litter box spell out "REDRUM."

  9. Catch him with a new mohawk looking in the mirror saying, "Mew looking at me? Mew looking at me?"

  10. Takes attentive notes every time "Itchy and Scratchy" are on.

  11. You find blueprints for a Rube Goldgerg device that starts with a mouse chased into a hole and ends with flaming oil dumped on your bed.

  12. Has taken a sudden interest in the wood chipper.

  13. Instead of dead birds, leaves cartons of Marlboros on your doorstep.

  14. Ball of yarn playfully tied into a hangman’s noose.

  15. You find a piece of paper labeled "MY WIL" which says "LEEV AWL 2 KAT."
And the Number 1 Sign Your Cat May Be Planning to Kill You…

  1. Now sharpens claws on your car’s brake lines.
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CREDITS
Selected from 91 submissions by 27 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Kermit Woodall, Richmond, VA — 1
  • Perry Friedman, Menlo Park, CA — 2
  • Spike Jones, Atlanta, GA — 3, 10
  • Galen Komatsu, Hawaii — 3
  • Dave George, Arlington, VA — 4
  • Gayle Ehrenman, New York, NY — 5, 16 (Rookie!)
  • JB Leibovitch, Oakland, CA — 6, 13
  • John Hering, Alexandria, VA — 7
  • Christopher Troise, New York, NY — 8, 13
  • Michelle Beres – Seattle, WA — 9
  • Greg Sherwin, San Francisco, CA — 9
  • Patrick Kachurek, Ann Arbor, MI — 11
  • David Hyatt, New York, NY — 12
  • Jeff Johnson, Daly City, CA — 13
  • Rick Welshans, Alexandria, VA — 13
  • Marshal Perlman, Minneapolis, MN — 14
  • Tony Hill, Minneapolis, MN — 15
  • Caroline Gennity, Queens, NY — Topic
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