Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
The Jammie Dodger Bored Board -> JDBB -> The Jammie Dodger Bored Board -> I still want that research grant
Post Info TOPIC: I still want that research grant
ddvmor


I am the Jammie King!




Status: Offline
Posts: 12736
Date: Aug 1, 2005
I still want that research grant
Permalink  

From the beeb.





They are the supermodels of the animal world, shunning sweet food in favour of the feline version of the Atkins diet.


Now, scientists have discovered why cats prefer dining on meat and fish - they cannot detect sugary foods due to a defect in a key taste receptor gene.



Now then.  I'm very pleased to know this very important new piece of information.  I do, however as usual have  a couple of issues with this:



1. They obviously didn't include the late Ellie in this study.  He was a bugger for stealing cake and had a particular fondness for those pink wafer biscuits.  This in iself raises two subpoints



a) that the study was clearly sloppy and the results cannot be relied upon; or

b) that Eliie was (and I had suspected this for some time) some sort of freakish mutant.


2. Why do we need to know this?  is it not enough to accept that they don't like sweet stuff?  I mean... do we need to do a study to understand why I, for example, dislike broccoli?



__________________
The King has spoken... But nobody listened.
Aodan


Teiam Member




Status: Offline
Posts: 2078
Date: Aug 1, 2005
Permalink  

I have two cats that will gobble up sweet things just as easily as they will gobble up a nice piece of turkey.

I have one cat who even likes red seedless grapes.

So as you said, either its bunk, or my cats are mutants. The latter is a distinct possibility...

__________________
*~*Mouth Breathing DVD Extra Watcher*~*
ddvmor


I am the Jammie King!




Status: Offline
Posts: 12736
Date: Aug 1, 2005
Permalink  

Well... I've had 2 cats of my own (I'm not counting my parents cats)  One ate pretty much anything you put under his nose... whether it was edible or not (the chilli incident was great!) and the other will only eat his particular brand of drid cat food.  And nothing else.


So, of our 4 cat sample, 3 will eat sweet stuff and one won't (but then he won't eat anything that isn't chicken flavoured Iams and so can't be used as a control), which suggests an overwhelming majority in favour of the sweetie eating felines and clearly debunks the findings of those poxy scientists.


Being our only 'real' scientist, I propose we engage Copper on a proper, authentic scientific study.  What happens if you force-feed fruit gums to the cats?  Heh heh heh.



-- Edited by ddvmor at 15:50, 2005-08-01

__________________
The King has spoken... But nobody listened.
Short Santa





For entertainment purposes only!


Status: Offline
Posts: 438
Date: Aug 2, 2005
Permalink  

Copper's cats will eat her if she's not careful.


Santa's cat (Timo for all you name obsessives) only eats dried Iams food for which he is so grateful that he brings me at leatst one dead bit of wildlife a week (note: he never eats them (apart from their eyes)


He filled me with pride/disgust this week by bringing home a rat the size of a rabbit. I would have taken a picture to post but Mrs. Santa picked it up with a spade and treble wrapped it in poly bags and binned it while I was at work.



__________________
NateO


Vice JDK
and Man of the People




Status: Offline
Posts: 5453
Date: Aug 2, 2005
Permalink  

Last time I spoke with my sister, Willy the cat was taking his life into his own hands by eating last night's supper, not the dry variety...


I also know Willy the cat has been known to steal a steak right from the dinner plate, but no confirmation on sweets...



__________________
You can't polish a turd
ddvmor


I am the Jammie King!




Status: Offline
Posts: 12736
Date: Aug 2, 2005
Permalink  

Short Santa wrote:

Santa's cat (Timo for all you name obsessives) only eats dried Iams food...

Should Darren be worried that Santa is talking about himself in the third person?


Hmm.


Someone told me... Andromeda, I think... that Iams is made from pulverised kittens.  Or something.  The fine detail in that statement may be a little fuzzy.


Nate... You must experiment on Willy immediately.  Now.  Do it...



__________________
The King has spoken... But nobody listened.
NateO


Vice JDK
and Man of the People




Status: Offline
Posts: 5453
Date: Aug 2, 2005
Permalink  

True, we probably need a broad-based initiative in this one.

__________________
You can't polish a turd
ddvmor


I am the Jammie King!




Status: Offline
Posts: 12736
Date: Aug 2, 2005
Permalink  

You mean a fat cat?


Or a girl cat?


Er...


Time for me to take my pills, I think...



__________________
The King has spoken... But nobody listened.
NateO


Vice JDK
and Man of the People




Status: Offline
Posts: 5453
Date: Aug 2, 2005
Permalink  

No, I mean a trans-Atlantic experiment, dude.


Katie, do you have access to a cat?



__________________
You can't polish a turd
ddvmor


I am the Jammie King!




Status: Offline
Posts: 12736
Date: Aug 2, 2005
Permalink  

Ah.  Inter-continental.


Where is Katie these days?  It's so hard to tell...



__________________
The King has spoken... But nobody listened.
Copper


Superhero Extraordinaire


Status: Offline
Posts: 593
Date: Aug 3, 2005
Permalink  

I think the point is that while cats will eat sugar, they don't have a preference for it as we do. 


And yes, my Chester will eat anything.  So far I have caught him tucking into humous, grapes, bread, dishwater, muffins and cauliflower.    Nothing is safe.


Esme, on the other hand, will eat only her Hills cat food, and only then if she has already finished Chesters.


Cute baby kitties. 



__________________
Blast it.
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
The Jammie Dodger Bored Board -> JDBB -> The Jammie Dodger Bored Board -> I still want that research grant
Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard