We have not yet completed the full successive approximation needed to accurately measure Charley’s volume, and this irregularly-shaped tub may or may not allow for more precise computation.
He sat in there perfectly happily for some time, though.
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What is it with cats? My friend's cat insisted on sleeping in a gym bag last night.. even when we zipped it up and carried kitty around the house for a bit. He was quite happy to be zipped up into the darkness, then reopened in a new environment.
Is not like he ever left the bag once becoming ensconced anyway.
Comment by phrantic — November 20, 2008 @ 8:22 pm
One of our half-burmese moggies has an obsession with jumping inside any container you happen to be carrying. He usually "helps out" when we empty out the recycling from the bin under the sink. And all three of our cats spend time in the suitcase any time it's brought out.
They don't really like the purpose-built hidey-hole in the cat climbing tower, though...
Comment by Bern — November 20, 2008 @ 8:57 pm
Too complicated. Simply attach weights to cat and place cat in a graduated container of water. Note the volume displaced. Remove the cat from the water and the weights from the cat. Put the weights in the water and note their displacement. The difference is the volume of the cat.
This should be done quickly to prevent damage to the cat, and with protective clothing to prevent damage to the examiner. Note that cat may be pissed off at you for several days.
Comment by mlipphardt — November 20, 2008 @ 9:27 pm
Sorry - the weights are to make sure the cat submerges. Otherwise you will have errors.
Comment by mlipphardt — November 20, 2008 @ 9:28 pm
Ah, but as the Evil Mad Scientist page explains, the water-displacement method will only tell you the volume of "the rat-like creature that lives inside the cat; much like the feeble alien within a Dalek".
Comment by Daniel Rutter — November 20, 2008 @ 9:30 pm
Lots of people in that "washing the cat" page who aren't wearing protective gloves. It hurts just to look at the pictures and imagine what their hands will be like five seconds from the moment the picture was taken...
By the way, you need to put a caption on Charlie and submit to icanhascheezburger :P
Comment by Changes — November 21, 2008 @ 12:07 am
Extra bonus ginger twins:
That's an old "Feet Seat" footstool that Charley's lying on (for some reason they decided not to call the product a "tuffet", or "pouffe"). The twins sleep on (or in) the workbench at night normally, and Charley had previously expressed great enthusiasm for the little bean bag, so combining the two suggested itself.
Comment by Daniel Rutter — November 21, 2008 @ 12:20 am
You just gotta love a workbench that clearly has sword like objects along with nerf weapons as a part of it's makeup.
Comment by Stark — November 21, 2008 @ 3:46 am
Its the magnetic strip along the front that makes me feel like a piker
Comment by Ziggyinc — November 21, 2008 @ 11:00 am
My Pepper loves sitting inside cardboard boxes, allocating any abandoned shoebox or similar container for his fat arse. I think they just like being enclosed.
He's also a fan of high places (specifically atop our china cabinet), windowsills, and cheesy movie clichés.
Comment by FuzzyPlushroom — November 21, 2008 @ 12:38 pm
Our cats possess an almost infinitely variable volume, but at least their 'hamper' volume can be determined easily. 'Hamper' here refers to their tendency to interfere with whatever you are doing in order to get attention - the 'hamper' volume of a cat can be defined as the volume of airspace between your eyes and your computer monitor, as an efficient hamper cat will easily fill that volume of space.
Comment by MorganGT — November 22, 2008 @ 10:11 am
Obviously the entire Swiss Army was camping in Dan's workshop...
Comment by stewpot2 — November 23, 2008 @ 10:10 am
I think this sums up what's happening here.
Comment by omgror — November 24, 2008 @ 11:39 pm
> the water-displacement method will only tell you the
> volume of “the rat-like creature that lives inside..."
Yeah, to make displacement actually work correctly I think you'd need a liquid that doesn't significantly interact with the cat's hair. That's tricky enough to find, but you also probably want it to be non-toxic to cats and humans. Most non-toxic room-temperature/standard-pressure liquids (e.g., water, corn syrup, glycerine) are going to interact with the hair in some way that will change the measurement.
Comment by Jonadab — November 28, 2008 @ 12:12 am