There's More Than One Way To Skin A Cat!

simmo

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Apparently. However, I am only able to think of the traditional route.

Does anyone know of any other ways, or is this "old saying" a pile of proverbial?
 
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1. knife.

2. shard of glass.

3. small explosives.

4. teeth.

5. the power of prayer.

6. can opener.

7. unzip from neck to navel.

8. set a series of short-term easily attainable goals, resulting in skinned cat. accomplish goals.

9. peer pressure, "all the cool cats are getting skinned"

10. whittle it off.

11. give cat post-hypnotic suggestion to get skinned every time it hears the phrase "is it hot in here?" later, say phrase.

12. rent instructional cat skinning video, study carefully, and apply what you learn.

13. tell cat pleasant tale about a young boy who loves fruit. while cat is distracted by story, quietly, gently remove skin.

14. use your super samurai slice action!

15. try the classic 'toothpaste tube' method.

16. centrifugal force.

17. suddenly and severely frighten cat. try sneaking up and clapping cymbals.

18. marry cat. divorce cat. take cat to court for half of skin. (repeat for full skin)

19. allow cat to evolve beyond need for skin.

20. huff and puff and blow his skin off.

21. offer your own skin in trade. welch on deal.

22. vote yes on proposition 98. (the cat skinning law)

23. procrastinate. wait until it's almost to late. promise to skin cat tomorrow. forget. (this method works for me)

24. find a way to make cat so angry that it's skin falls off. (this method requires much persistence)

25. if in a horror movie, dream about cat getting skinned. wake up to discover cat was really skinned!!

26. try some sort of skinning machine.

27. change definition of skin to mean "read" and change cat to mean "this sentence"

28. press cat's eject button.

29. travel forward in time to sometime after you've already skinned cat. get skin and return to present time. triumph!

30. remove tab a(skin attachment) from tab b. (get it? tab b... tabby. never mind, this is way over your head)

31. next time you're cleaning 'accidently' use your powerful new suck-o-lux vacuum to remove cat's internal organs.

32. ask nicely to 'borrow' skin for just a moment.

33. dare cat to get skinned. if that fails, double dare it. finally, as last resort, triple dog dare it.

34. approach cat with scissors, assuring it you will only be doing some minor alterations to it's skin.

35. run in the opposite direction at the speed of light. (nobody knows why, but it works)

36. wait until opposite day and then don't skin cat.

37. write screenplay containing scene where cat gets skinned. get screenplay produced. perform skinning scene.

38. next time cat removes skin to clean bones, swipe!

39. invite cat to play strip poker. cheat.

40. destroy entire universe except for cat's skin.

41. simply click your heels together three times and say "there's no cat like a skinned cat"

42. tie one end of string to doorknob, other end to cat's skin. slam door.

43. wait until cat gets stuck in tree. call fire department to rescue it. tell them "only rescue the skin part"

44. lie and say you already skinned cat. grow to believe lie.

45. perhaps a clever skin inspector costume might pull the trick.

46. accuse cat of murder. collect skin as evidence.

47. using a magnetic hypersonic resonance decapacitor, deplete invisible bond holding together cat's skin molecules.

48. flood the cat out of it's skin, in the same way you'd flood a gopher out of a hole.

49. set phasers to 'skin' and fire when ready!

50. let someone else do it.
 
Here is Gertie. She was an ex foster cat of mine. She was found severely emaciated, fur terribly matted and covered in fly eggs. She immediately went to the vets to be shaved and this is how Gertie looked afterwards :(

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She was adopted by my friends Sam and Mark and has put on loads of weight. She has a face only a mother could love :lol:
 
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: At all!! I've tears in me owd eyes just looking at them!

Griffin... noooo... poor Gertie - how is the little scrap o'skin these days?
 
Gertie is fine now, back to normal. She's a bit lardy and spends her days lording it over their three other cats and three lurchers. She eats, sleeps and bites anyone foolish enough to think she's cute and cuddly :lol:
 
Griffin you are such a star! That poor cat! Thank God there are people like you (and your friends) in this world to give it a good home.

I think it has a lovely face! :)
 
Betsmate, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. If only I had read this yesterday, I may have slept a little more comfortably last night. :D
 
Just shown my boyfriend this thread, and he wants Griffin's shaved cat as his screensaver! He loves the photo even though the poor cat was probably having a traumatic time when the picture was taken.
 
Gertie would love to be someones screen saver. She wasn't at all traumatised by the whole experience and remained quite chirpy throughout. She really does love herself so would be proud to adorn any screen :lol:
 
Please tell Gertie then Griffin and tell her I love her teeth! She has put a smile on many faces in my office this morning. I am sure that photo could win a prize in one of the cat magazines. It is sad, but at the same time it has a very happy ending. Thanks for sharing. :)
 
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