To think cats can't "stand"?!

[CatsCantStand]

NC as I will show this to DH to vindicate my rightness

I just asked DH where the cat was - "she's standing at the front gate" apparently

Is it just me, or can cats not actually stand? Only people with two legs can stand, surely. Cats can't stand. DH is clearly BU.

What would we say instead of standing, though?

Don't let me down MNers. Cats can't stand. Or can they?

Waiting at the gate
Hovering at the gate
flouncing at the gate

Or possibly just standing

Loitering at the gate maybe?

So in exchange for the word "standing", what word would you use?

Right I have to go out now

No chance I am showing this to DH btw I might go and ask Netmums. "Your cat your rules hon"

I hate you all.

And I was going to keep this username as I quite liked it.

No chance now!

You're being ridiculous, if anything it is standing on two legs that should be called something different.

This is bloody hilarious this thread

I fucking love you OP.

You don't need another word because the word is STANDING.

Please keep this name OP

Hmm I thought you were crazy, but then I imagined if we stood like a cat. We wouldn't say we were standing, would we? We would be "on all fours". So I vote the cat was on all fours at the gate, just to be devils advocate.

You're correct. Cats do not stand.

They hover 2 imperceptible millimetres above the floor radiating evil.

I wonder what cows do when it isn't raining?

"We would be "on all fours""

Because we'd be using our other limbs...cats only have legs...

Thinking about it maybe cats just lurk rather than stand or possibly teleport as I am always turning around and falling over a cat.

minniemummy0 - we'd be on our hands and knees. You wouldn't say an animal was on their hands and knees!

Eleanor - that isn't a cat, it is a penguin

sorry OP.
stand - on legs
sit - on bum
lie - on tummy

of course cat is standing.

Although, come to think of it, a cat is rarely just standing, it slways has an ulterior motive, so
cat is begging at front gate,
cat is posing at front gate
cat is watching out for dog at front gate

etc

Look at that table standing over there - on its four legs!

Oh god. This has made my morning. I love you OP.

I used to refer to a cat's front legs as its "arms". Didn't realise how stupid that sounded until I said it in front of someone who wet themselves laughing.

This thread is awesome

On a related note, four-legged animals can have more gaits than us two-legged ones. We walk or run. (Well we can also hop and skip, but those are silly, so don't count.) A horse can walk, trot, canter or gallop. (I think that's all, not a horse expert.) I wonder if there's a formula that relates number of useful gaits to number of available legs. Could a six-legged mutant horse have more gaits than a four-legged one?

Of course they are standing! It's not restricted for those with two legs!

And although almost everyone here can run, I bet I'm virtually the only person here who can define what running is without consulting google.

"Running is a form of bipedal locomotion that employs ballistic flight phases to obtain high speed."

I read (something like) that in the caption to a photo in a robotics journal I was browsing in the university maths library, 35 years ago. For some reason I found it hilarious, and it stuck in my mind.