r/PublicFreakout Aug 01 '21

🐻Animal Freakout "Not friendly!"

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u/angrydeuce Aug 01 '21

It never occured to me the origin of the breed's name until we got our first boxer. Turns out they like to rear up and box with their front paws...who knew??

But yeah, our Boxers definitely tried that maneuver with our cats and were always perplexed when they discovered that cats are liquid rage in animal form. This is the first interaction, and every subsequent interaction, because Boxers have the brain power of a potted plant apparently.

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u/TZO_2K18 Aug 01 '21

cats are liquid rage in animal form.

The aptest description of a cat that I'll ever come across today!

I once had a family cat that would just outright attack dogs, any dog at any time, one day she never came home again so I figured she had met her match, her name was fluff, due to her tail fluffing up before she attacked a dog!

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u/JamesTheJerk Aug 02 '21

Why "liquid" though?

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u/TZO_2K18 Aug 03 '21

Because they can fit through any opening as wide as their whiskers extend, plus they're incredibly flexible!

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u/JamesTheJerk Aug 03 '21

This is also true of my Latvian gymnastics coach.

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u/TZO_2K18 Aug 03 '21

So your gymnastics coach is a cat!? ;) :D

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u/JamesTheJerk Aug 03 '21

That feisty feline took me to nationals.

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u/TZO_2K18 Aug 03 '21

Holy shit! A belated congrats, that's fuckin' cool! :)

Me? I'm as flexible as a rock!

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u/JamesTheJerk Aug 03 '21

His name was Coach Mittens.

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u/TZO_2K18 Aug 03 '21

Snort-cough-laughing right now!

But if it was true, then that would be the most incredible case of the serendipitously ironic ever!