Back to the YMMV Home Page Your Cat's Guide to Your Computer by Judy Heim Cats are using computers more and more these days. As it turns out, computers are the perfect objects to sit on, rub up against, spit fur balls on, muck up with cat hair, and hiss at. Forget the sewing basket with the spools of thread. Forget the laundry hamper with shreddable panty hose.
Computers are much more attractive.
What more could a cat want than floppy disks to trounce, monitors to scratch, mouse pads to claw, and laser printers for yoga or acrobatics practice. And, unlike the common stereo or TV, computers have lots of sensitive electronic components that can be rendered inoperable by a single cat hair. And, unlike rats, squirrels, or gophers, computers don't fight back. Computers hold other advantages for cats. Consider the prestige factor.