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?

Could you... use name changing to start a thread and then post lots of replies which agree with you and then show that to DH?

By the way I would normally say a cat can stand (on 2,3 or 4 legs) but I don't like DH being right so I don't think cats do stand. I think they lurk!

Jesus.

Are you high OP?

They never just stand there still on all 4s! They do if you put a harness on them. Subverts the natural order if a human tries to be in charge of where a cat walks. They just freeze!

Very late to the party but...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVV_HXtEbLo

One of my D-Cats used to stand on 2 legs, merekat style, but not in last few yrs. I wonder why not any more?

What a quadrupedapobic thread. You should be be ashamed of your ways OP.

Sicko.

Though maybe cats bistand or sttand

(Has taken auto correct AGES to stop changing those words)

Oh my, this thread has literally made me cry with laughter! Thanks OP!

This thread reminded me of this:

Well cats ARE the superior species!! Lol x

Cats are capable of many things. They lurk and they leap, they loaf and they sleep, they waggle they butt when they chatter they teeth. It is possible that they may stand on all four paws at once, though I have never witnessed cat do such a mundane thing as stand down when they could be standing up. Where is the evil plan? Where the nefarious plot?
OP is correct. Cats do not just stand at the gate. If a gate is involved the cat must be lurking.

Cats never just stand. They always pose🐾

Of course cats don't stand. They hover millimeters above the ground. They adjust gravity to suit.
How else would a small fluffy object feel so heavy on your vital organs in the middle of the night?
When they knock stuff off the shelves or bedside cabinet its them calculating how much to increase the mass of the planet.

My cat mostly lies about waiting for his next meal.

Erm....yeah, cats definitely stand!

Rats. Your comment made me laugh out loud. Presumably that's also why one of mine walks round the house sounding like a heard of elephants, while her sister is quieter.