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Odds & Ends: Slippery Slope to Utopia Edition | 49 comments (49 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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The problem is not what to fill it with, but how to dispose of the, erm, clumps, on a daily basis.  I want it out of my apartment, and I usually depend on plastic bags for that.  And it is not just the smell, which can be easily masked, but the fact that, well, if I were a cat, I'd want my litter cleaned regularly too.  Cats don't want to walk around in that.  I don't think the plumbing in my vintage walk-up can handle flushable litter, and I don't want to experiment to find out.

I assume people with dogs they have to walk face a similar problem...

"Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms." -Dostoevsky

by poemless on Mon May 4th, 2009 at 10:36:28 AM EST
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Re: Slippery Slope to Utopia (none / 1)
poemless:
I want it out of my apartment, and I usually depend on plastic bags for that.
Well, you could use quantum tunnelling instead...

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon May 4th, 2009 at 11:14:28 AM EST
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Doesn't sound very environmentally responsible.  I don't want to end up the Oppenheimer of animal waste.

"Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms." -Dostoevsky
by poemless on Mon May 4th, 2009 at 11:28:42 AM EST
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There is a Calvin and Hobbes strip about tunnelling... Maybe Jerome has it at hand?

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon May 4th, 2009 at 12:25:38 PM EST
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Only at ET would someone suggest quantum tunnelling when asked for really basic household advice!  

"Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms." -Dostoevsky
by poemless on Mon May 4th, 2009 at 04:58:21 PM EST
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poemless:
really basic household advice!
Now, now, we're discussing cat litter arcana...

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue May 5th, 2009 at 04:19:16 AM EST
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I don't think the plumbing in my vintage walk-up can handle flushable litter

Against that, even feline pine struggles in vain.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue May 5th, 2009 at 02:32:09 AM EST
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Odds & Ends: Slippery Slope to Utopia Edition | 49 comments (49 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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