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(Some Guy) Obvious "Our surveys show that single people are more attracted to cat ownership, while dog owners are married with children."   (catchannel.com) divider line 157
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daywin [TotalFark] 2008-11-02 09:04:16 AM  
I am single and have a dog, so I have that going for me.

 
zymurgist 2008-11-02 09:05:30 AM  
Single with dog.

Unfortunately most of the women in my age range, if they are single, make up for my lack of owning a cat in spades.

 
zymurgist 2008-11-02 09:06:55 AM  
daywin: I am single and have a dog, so I have that going for me.

Which is nice.

 
gopher321 [TotalFark] 2008-11-02 09:50:08 AM  
Cats - less maintenance I guess.

 
jamspoon 2008-11-02 09:51:16 AM  
From TFA: 67 percent of dog owners are married, compared to 61.8 percent of cat owners

So, dog owners 8% more likely to be married can cat owners. Slow news day?

 
Skail [TotalFark] 2008-11-02 09:54:04 AM  
I have a cat, and this kind of makes sense. I'm single (live-in girlfriend, though, so let's make it "single"). I've had cats when I've been on my own because they can survive without me for a day or two without pissing on the rug. That and they're just as cuddly and friendly, have more personality (I think, but that's my opinion), and in my experience they don't have as great a tendency to smell terribly.

 
Tr0mBoNe [TotalFark] 2008-11-02 10:15:47 AM  
Skail: ... and in my experience they don't have as great a tendency to smell terribly.

I'm getting a Dog just so I can blame the smells on it.

 
Bored Horde 2008-11-02 10:42:58 AM  
jamspoon: From TFA: 67 percent of dog owners are married, compared to 61.8 percent of cat owners

So, dog owners 8% more likely to be married can cat owners. Slow news day?


Its not Statistics, it's Fark.com

 
CygnusDarius [TotalFark] 2008-11-02 10:46:27 AM  
zymurgist: daywin: I am single and have a dog, so I have that going for me.

Which is nice.


But it could go better.

 
NeoKhan 2008-11-02 10:46:48 AM  
Cats are easier to leave alone, which is nice for single people. Dogs will protect rather than murder your children, which is nice for married people.

 
phlegmmo 2008-11-02 10:47:43 AM  
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hienekenftw 2008-11-02 10:47:52 AM  
Single and would rather have a cat than a dog.

Cats take care of themselves far more than a dog does. Cats are (usually) quieter.

 
carmody 2008-11-02 10:47:55 AM  
That's because married people with children are already anchored down, so they don't mind the added responsibilities of dog ownership.

A lot of childless people would rather not have to leave the bar early just because they have to run across town to prevent their dog crapping on their floor.

Cats are like roommates; dogs are like children with limited IQs and no opposable thumbs.

 
jestme [TotalFark] 2008-11-02 10:48:23 AM  
Cats suck the breath out of babies, so people get rid of their cats when they get married and ready to have kids.

 
Oldiron_79 2008-11-02 10:48:41 AM  
Pfft. Reptiles RULE.

"Free to a good home" kittens are cheaper than rats/rabbits when its feeding time.

I keed, I keed (or do I?)

 
WildMonkey 2008-11-02 10:48:43 AM  
Not true, married men have more than just a dog for a pet, they have women and children as well.

 
voidrunner [TotalFark] 2008-11-02 10:48:44 AM  
i204.photobucket.com

Single with a dog, About to move in with a girl with a cat.

 
zymurgist 2008-11-02 10:50:42 AM  
carmody:
Cats are like roommates


I never had a roommate who left boxes of his own feces in the house. I guess I'm just lucky.

 
CygnusDarius [TotalFark] 2008-11-02 10:53:42 AM  
Look, it's not importat if you own a cat or a dog, the problem starts when you start to put him little clothes, and start treating it like a person more than an animal.

 
mab1823 2008-11-02 10:55:13 AM  
Single, with dog that grows exponentially.

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Ditto 2008-11-02 10:55:15 AM  
Single. 1 cat. 1 dog.

carmody: A lot of childless people would rather not have to leave the bar early just because they have to run across town to prevent their dog crapping on their floor.

I guess it just depends on the breed. I can work a full eight hours and do happy hour and my Australian Shephard
will not make a mess. He'll be less than happy but, in the 10 years I've had him, he hasn't ate my face yet.

Business trips are a bit of a bother though.

 
Brown Sauce 2008-11-02 10:55:24 AM  
An animal lover's favorite:

The trouble with pets.

 
worlddan 2008-11-02 10:55:49 AM  
Single, no pets whatsoever for more than twenty years. If I ever did get a pet it would be a cat because I'm just a cat person. Grew up with both cats and dogs and always liked cats better. On rare occasions I do miss having a pet but I am quite happy being petless.

 
Malinki 2008-11-02 10:55:55 AM  
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Lamune_Baba 2008-11-02 10:56:32 AM  
Skail: That and they're just as cuddly and friendly, have more personality (I think, but that's my opinion), and in my experience they don't have as great a tendency to smell terribly.

I'm single with dogs. I'd probably own a cat if the majority of my friends weren't allergic to them. (At least the ones I'd care about losing.) They do tend to be much more self-reliant, and not requiring constant attention.

Though my sister always kept cats, and I've never met one with "more personality" than a dog. Dozens of cats cats all had one personality - fark you, if I had thumbs so I could open my own cans of food I'd burrow into your chest and use you for a house. I will keep you alive for my own personal amusement, and for food. Now clean up my poop. My litter is sullied and I will not use it again till you have removed it- else I will poop on your couch.

They were otherwise clean, though. Other than the overwhelming stench around their litter area they were at least able to groom themselves.

Dogs on the other hand enjoy rolling around in roadkill.

 
twfeline 2008-11-02 10:57:26 AM  
As long as you have messy, annoying, disruptive kids, you might as well have dogs, too.

Or was that the other way around?

 
BlorfMaster 2008-11-02 10:58:26 AM  
cats, less maitence.

I can dump out a big bowl of food and leave out a big bowl of water and then go on a trip for three days and come back and they are fine.

owning a dog is like having a kid.

 
Oldiron_79 2008-11-02 10:59:12 AM  
Ditto: S

I guess it just depends on the breed. I can work a full eight hours and do happy hour and my Australian Shephard
will not make a mess. He'll be less than happy but, in the 10 years I've had him, he hasn't ate my face yet.

Business trips are a bit of a bother though.


Aussie Shepherds and Border Collies are way farking smart. I swear they can actually understand English and not just react to the tone of your voice like most other dogs.

 
lima beans [TotalFark] 2008-11-02 10:59:17 AM  
Married...we have a child, a dog, cat, hamster, fish, and lizard

 
leegalizit 2008-11-02 10:59:37 AM  
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Buck agrees.

 
Radioactive Ass [TotalFark] 2008-11-02 10:59:45 AM  
Ditto: Business trips are a bit of a bother though.

He eats your face off after a business trip?

 
The Voice of Doom 2008-11-02 11:00:08 AM  
while dog owners are married with children

Simple - they can send out the children to walk the dog if they don't want to.


82.7 percent of dog owners made at least one annual visit to a veterinarian, while only 63.7 percent of cat owners did the same. "Cat owners are much less likely to seek veterinary care for their animals

At least in cities there are a lot of "indoor cats" that never or almost never will leave the house, so they are less likely to need a vet.
Also, cats don't try to eat other cats' poop and all the other garbage lying on the ground

 
Oldiron_79 2008-11-02 11:00:33 AM  
lima beans: Married...we have a child, a dog, cat, hamster, fish, and lizard

What kind of Lizard? Bearded Dragon? Iguana? Tegu?

 
twfeline 2008-11-02 11:01:15 AM  
Dogs have owners.
Cats have servants.

I grew up with both in the household all the time. Cats always seemed like the better deal.

 
LegacyDL 2008-11-02 11:01:44 AM  
Isn't there some sort of superstition that single people with cats are bad in relationships?

 
virtigex 2008-11-02 11:02:07 AM  
Dogs get you out of the house, so you're more likely to meet people. Plus, owning a dog gives people the illusion that you are a caring, nurturing person.

 
Daffydil [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-11-02 11:03:50 AM  
A cat is having a pet...a dog is having a child...

 
krusader3z 2008-11-02 11:03:58 AM  
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Manx cat named Stubs

 
Russad 2008-11-02 11:04:02 AM  
voidrunner: Single with a dog, About to move in with a girl with a cat.

Oh man. I would watch that show.

 
Ikam 2008-11-02 11:05:13 AM  
Single with no pets here. I don't like having to arrange for people to care for them when I travel, and I like to travel.

 
GW_Diesel 2008-11-02 11:06:11 AM  
Married, 2 kids, 2 cats, 1 dog.

Would trade family for the dog anyday. The dog just gets me!

 
markfara 2008-11-02 11:07:01 AM  
Dogs tell jokes and laugh at everything. Cats never tell jokes,and if YOU tell one, they never laugh.

 
Photoshop This [TotalFark] 2008-11-02 11:10:24 AM  
I was just thinking about this last night with this new girl I met. Having a friendly cat in her lap was a great excuse to begin the touching. Why yes, I am pettting your vagina!

 
jjorsett 2008-11-02 11:10:59 AM  
Dogs are like having needy, brain-damaged co-dependents. Like children in other words.

 
Ruby7 2008-11-02 11:11:01 AM  
When it's vacation time, as long as I leave out a bucket of food and put the toilet seat up, my cat is A-OK for at least a week. What do you dog-owners do? Send them to a kennel? Pay somebody from Craigslist to look after them?

 
cowsspinach [TotalFark] 2008-11-02 11:11:07 AM  
I'm single with 3 dogs.
So I guess that makes me a single mom with 3 kids because I view my dogs like my kids.

 
Satan's Buttplug 2008-11-02 11:11:18 AM  
A dog is like a Downs Syndrome child: forever young and stupid, only wants and gives unconditional love, but is too farking big to know its own strength and might hurt someone. Oh, and the dog eats faces too (not so sure about the kid).

/fark dogs
//reptiles are better

 
Chutzpaw007 2008-11-02 11:12:25 AM  
virtigex: Dogs get you out of the house, so you're more likely to meet people. Plus, owning a dog gives people the illusion that you are a caring, nurturing person.

Single cat owner here. But I've always thought it would be nice if there was a place to rent a puppy for an afternoon so you could walk around with it and meet people. I'd make a horrible dog owner. No way in hell I'd get up at 3 am in a blizzard to go for a walk because doggie has to pee.

 
Butterflew 2008-11-02 11:13:10 AM  
my boyfriend and i live together but we're technically "single" i guess.. we have 5 cats and they're all outdoor cats so we don't even have to deal with a litter box, hooray! His parents have 3 tiny dogs (a yorkie-which was his when he lived in the states , a maltese and a poodle) which we get sometimes on weekends, when they go away.

It's nice to have little fuzzlings around. However, i'm usually the one waking up at 6:30 in the morning to kick them across the room so they postpone their need for morning pettage.

 
Daffydil [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-11-02 11:13:12 AM  
cowsspinach: I'm single with 3 dogs.
So I guess that makes me a single mom with 3 kids because I view my dogs like my kids.


I viewed my cat the same way...he had an awesome personality...

 
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