“When people see a cat’s litter box, they always say, ‘Oh,  have you got a cat?” Just once I want to say, ‘No, it’s for company!’”

When visitors enter a home and see a cat’s litter box, they often ask, “Have you got a cat?” The home’s owner sometimes feels like giving a sarcastic answer to the unnecessary question.
 
“You know when people see a cat’s litter box, they always say, ‘Oh, have you got a cat?’ Just once I wanted to say, ‘No, it’s for company!’” was posted on the newsgroup alt.support.stop-smoking on May 9, 1997. “You know when people see a cat’s litter box, they always say, ‘Oh, have you got a cat?’ Just once I want to say, ‘No, it’s for company!’” was printed in the Marysville (KS) Advocate on December 4, 1997. It’s not known who first told the joke.
 
   
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MomOmany
May 9, 1997, 3:00:00 AM
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You know when people see a cat’s litter box, they always say, “Oh, have you got a cat?” Just once I wanted to say, “No, it’s for company!”
 
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4 December 1997, Marysville (KS) Advocate, “Contemplations” by Sharon Kessinger, pg. 10B, col. 4:
You know when people see a cat’s litter box, they always say, “Oh, have you got a cat?” Just once I want to say, “No, it’s for company!”
(From the column “Jest for the Health of It” by Patty Wooten.—ed.)
 
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catfish
Nov 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM
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You know when people see a cat’s litter box, they always say, “Oh, have you got a cat?”
Just once I wanted to say, “No, it’s for company!”
 
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jck
Aug 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM
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You know when people see a cat’s litter box, they always say, “Oh, have yougot a cat?”
Just once I want to say, “No, it’s for the company.”
   
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alohacyberian
Mar 7, 2001, 7:07:15 PM
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I have three cats.
When people see a cat’s litter box, they always ask,
“Oh, have you got a cat?”
Just once I want to say, “No, it’s for company.”
 
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kay_twi
@kay_twi
“You know when people see a cat’s litter box, they always say, ‘Oh, have you got a cat?’ Just once I want to say, ‘No, it’s for company!’ “
3:43 AM · Apr 8, 2008
 
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Funny Chix (Katie)
@FunnyChixDotCom
*JOKIE*  When people see a cat’s litter box, they always say, ‘Oh, have you got a cat?’  Just once I want to say, ‘No, it’s for company!’
12:12 PM · Aug 15, 2008
   
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Chris McElroy
@chrismcelroyseo
When people see a cat’s litter box, they always say, ‘Oh, have you got a cat?’  Just once I want to say, ‘No, it’s for company!’
12:20 PM · Sep 20, 2008
 
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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
You know when people see your cat’s litter box, they always say, “Oh, have you got a cat?”
I just tell them, “No, it’s for emergencies!”
1:25 PM · Aug 23, 2017
 
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Glenn Strange
@waystrange
When people see a cat’s #litter box, they always ask, ‘Oh, do you have a #Cat ?’ Just once I want to say, ‘No, it’s for #visitors!’
(This is also shown on an image.—ed.)
12:45 PM · Feb 17, 2018
 
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mariana Z
@mariana057
When people see a cat’s litter box they always say, “Oh, have you got a cat?”
I tell them, “No, it’s for company!”
1:01 PM · Apr 3, 2024
 
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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
#Caturday
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
When people see a
cat’s litter box, they
always say, ‘Oh,
have you got a cat?”
Just once I want
to say, ‘No, it’s for
company!’
7:14 AM · Dec 14, 2024