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If you have a pet cat you may decide that you want them to be able to come and go outside as they please. By doing this, you’ll find several advantages, one of which is that the cat will enjoy some freedom and engage in some exercise, but it will also free you from the duty of cleaning a kitty litter often.

Whatever the reason that you want to let your cat outside is, it will be better if you get a cat door door installed, or install one yourself.

With a cat flap door, your cat won’t need you to get up from your desk or your couch and open the door for your pet every time it goes out or comes in. Plus, installing a cat flap door isn’t incredibly difficult.

Installing A Cat Flap Door

The installation of a cat door door is simple enough that you can do it without the need to call a professional, saving you some money. Of course first you will want to take some measurements to have an idea of how large the pet door needs to be. All cats are different sizes and you certainly do not want your cat to end up stuck on their way out the door.

Then you want to get your tools and supplies together. If you are not an expert in building things, stick with the simple materials, which include a cutting saw, sandpaper for smoothing edges, door fixings, protecting googles, and protecting gloves. You can also draw the area to cut with a pencil so you have an easier time doing it.

You can then use the saw that you bought to cut through the door, making sure that you follow the line you marked. After cutting the door, use the sand paper to make the area as smooth as possible, as rough edges might hurt your cat when it uses the flap door. To make sure that your cat has enough room, make the flap door a bit bigger than your cat’s expected maximum height.

The flap fixings include both the flap as well as the screws; make sure that the flap is safely attached and it won’t get loose easily. Once you are finished the flap should be easy to go back and forth through and there should not be any cracks or openings when the flap is closed.

Many people seem to think that cats are funny. As cats are one of the most popular pets in the world, there are a large number of materials about cats and humor in all forms of media ranging from cat joke books to home made cat videos. The huge interest in cats has even sparked a huge internet culture surrounding cat humor.

What humans find comical about cats is the way these domestic animals mimic human activities in a poorly executed manner. In an activity such as standing in front of a mirror, cats react very differently from humans. A typical reaction is one where a cat, out of curiosity, walks towards the mirror gingerly, only to be scared by their own reflection and jumping away from the mirror quickly. The cat’s fearful reception towards the mirror provides much of the laughter for humans. In order to spread the amusement cats bring, many funny cat actions have been caught on video.

Funny videoes are not the only form of cat humor.

Recently, photos of cats in a funny pose coupled with a caption have been uploaded by many users. These digitally altered images, known as “lolcat”, often portrays the cat as having human habits or controlling modern technology. The name comes from the internet slang abbreviation “lol”, which means to “laugh out loud”. Internet users would use the abbreviation when they come across something funny.

A sample lolcat could be one where a cat is caught standing in its hind legs and its right front leg stretched up to the right. With a caption, the image editor could give the impression that the cat is a rock and roll star. Sometimes, a picture with a cat in a regular sitting pose would be used, but the key to the humor is coming up with the appropriate caption that suits the image.

The caption is not written in ordinary English language. A slang known as “lolspeak” or “kitty pidgin” is used instead. Lolspeak is a parody of internet slang that often misspell English words and contain many grammatical errors. The use of this slang enhances the hilarity of the images. Several language rules regarding kitty lolspeak could be found on the internet.

The rules of lolspeak is highly dependent on grammatical errors. This would include inaccurate usage of the verb “to be”, or using the wrong tenses in a sentence. Words could be rearranged so that regular English sentence structure is ignored.

Lolspeak also consists of deliberate misspelling. Consonants such as s and z can be used interchangeably, and a common misspelling “teh” is often used in replacement of “the”. In addition, lots of exclamation marks could be used in a single sentence, as well as using different internet abbreviations together in one word.

So in addition to funny cat video lolcat has gone from being an amusing hobby to an internet culture that has been featured by the news and entertainment industry. Similar types of image captioning are now used with other well loved pets such as dogs and rabbits. Spin offs such as a lolcat comic book was published in 2008 and even the bible had been translated into lolspeak. This cultural phenomena is a proof that cats are funny.

Cats are amazing creatures. Anyone who has read Rudyard Kipling’s story called ‘The Cat That Walked By Himself’ will understand the complexity of their personalities. One moment they are all over you, purring and rubbing, and the next they are aloof, cool and untouchable. Here’s some funny advice from funny cats!

A vet is a horrible person that works in a place that smells. This is where you get taken if you are ill. When your owner comes towards you with the carrier, run away and hide. When they do catch you, splay your legs and struggle with all your might.

During the trip to the vet, you must meow the whole time. If you are able to force your claws through the bars of the carrier, give your owner a quick scratch. When you get to the vet, push your body right back inside the carrier with your legs splayed out.

At home when it’s medicine time, run the moment you hear the pill bottle rattling. Your owner might wrap you tightly in a towel while trying to get your mouth open. You can easily squirm your way out and run away again. Eventually your owner will win, but you can get your own back. Throw up on a chair or, better still, the oriental rug.

Waking up a sleeping human is a great game. Leap onto the bed and trample all over him or her while purring and meowing sweetly. If this doesn’t work, try something more drastic. Clatter the blinds, knock over some pictures or sharpen your claws robustly on the bed. You will eventually win!

When guests arrive, quickly work out which one hates cats. Get onto that lap as fast as possible. The guest who likes cats should be treated with disdain and aloofness. Do not succumb no matter how sweetly they call you. If they persist, a sharp nip to the ankle or a quick scratch on a pair of stockings will do the trick. Whenever a guest needs to use the toilet, follow him or her in, and then just sit and stare.

Lastly, if you want to show love to your owners, a gift will be appreciated. Present them with a disemboweled garden snake, a frog or a rodent. Their delight will be evident by their facial expressions.

Now you know what funny cats think of human beings!

If you enjoy cat humor be sure to stop by funny cat video.  There you can find a wide variety of feline hilarity.

If your sense of humor is more generalized, definitely drop by funny videoes of all sorts