Thursday, November 17, 2011

The invention that shook the world: kitty litter

This is what I'm talking about when I say there's nothing on TV.

Junior just read me the TV schedule. Ya, it's true, there's a show about how the cat-box changed civilization.

I can sort of see it in a way, almost. Maybe. Before kitty litter came along I guess you'd have to let the cat out to take a dump. Cats being cats, I suppose it would be unlikely that they returned. After all, the cat was a feral animal that survived by eating rats and mice. Our forbears brought them indoors because there were lots of mice and rats indoors. The cats earned their keep because we'd rather have a cat strolling across the kitchen cupboards than a rat. And of course when the cat takes a crap on the countertop, well, you might as well have rats.

Hence the cat box. And kitty litter.

But was it really an invention that shook the world?

They really are desperate to find content for the nine hundred channel universe, aren't they?

1 comment:

  1. Yes. Invention of kitty litter allowed the cats to stay completely indoors. Cats don't need to go outside to do their business like dogs. Cats have surpassed dogs in numbers because they could live completely indoors due to kitty litter. Without kitty litter, indoor cat box would be much messier and smellier it.

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