{"id":183,"date":"2003-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-03-29T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paragonis.com\/Emails\/?p=183"},"modified":"2009-11-20T23:49:17","modified_gmt":"2009-11-21T03:49:17","slug":"cat-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emails.paragonis.com\/?p=183","title":{"rendered":"Cat Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Law of Cat Inertia<br \/>\nA cat at rest will tend to remain at rest, unless acted upon by some outside force &#8211; such as the opening of cat food, or a nearby scurrying mouse.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Cat Motion<br \/>\nA cat will move in a straight line, unless there is a really good reason to change direction.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Cat Magnetism<br \/>\nAll blue blazers and black sweaters attract cat hair in direct proportion to the darkness of the fabric.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Cat Thermodynamics<br \/>\nHeat flows from a warmer to a cooler body, except in the case of a cat, in which case all heat flows to the cat.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Cat Stretching<br \/>\nA cat will stretch to a distance proportional to the length of the nap just taken.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Cat Sleeping<br \/>\nAll cats must sleep with people whenever possible, in a position as uncomfortable for the people involved, and as comfortable as possible for the cat.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Cat Elongation<br \/>\nA cat can make her body long enough to reach just about any counter top that has anything remotely interesting on it.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Cat Obstruction<br \/>\nA cat must lay on the floor in such a position to obstruct the maximum amount of human foot traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Cat Acceleration<br \/>\nA cat will accelerate at a constant rate, until he gets good and ready to stop.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Dinner Table Attendance<br \/>\nCats must attend all meals when anything good is served.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Rug Configuration<br \/>\nNo rug may remain in its naturally flat state for very long.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Obedience Resistance<br \/>\nA cat&#8217;s resistance varies in proportion to a human&#8217;s desire for her to do something.<\/p>\n<p>First Law of Energy Conservation<br \/>\nCats know that energy can neither be created nor destroyed and will, therefore, use as little energy as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Second Law of Energy Conservation<br \/>\nCats also know that energy can only be stored by a lot of napping.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Refrigerator Observation<br \/>\nIf a cat watches a refrigerator long enough, someone will come along and take out something good to eat.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Electric Blanket Attraction<br \/>\nTurn on an electric blanket and a cat will jump into bed at the speed of light.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Random Comfort Seeking<br \/>\nA cat will always seek, and usually take over, the most comfortable spot in any given room.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Bag\/Box Occupancy<br \/>\nAll bags and boxes in a given room must contain a cat within the earliest possible nanosecond.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Cat Embarrassment<br \/>\nA cat&#8217;s irritation rises in direct proportion to her embarrassment times the amount of human laughter.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Milk Consumption<br \/>\nA cat will drink his weight in milk, squared, just to show you he can.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Furniture Replacement<br \/>\nA cat&#8217;s desire to scratch furniture is directly proportional to the cost of the furniture.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Cat Landing<br \/>\nA cat will always land in the softest place possible; often the midsection of an unsuspecting, reclining human.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Fluid Displacement<br \/>\nA cat immersed in milk will displace her own volume, minus the amount of milk consumed.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Cat Disinterest<br \/>\nA cat&#8217;s interest level will vary in inverse proportion to the amount of effort a human expends in trying to interest him.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Pill Rejection<br \/>\nAny pill given to a cat has the potential energy to reach escape velocity.<\/p>\n<p>Law of Cat Composition<br \/>\nA cat is composed of Matter + Antimatter = It Doesn&#8217;t Matter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law of Cat Inertia A cat at rest will tend to remain at rest, unless acted upon by some outside force &#8211; such as the opening of cat food, or a nearby scurrying mouse. 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