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Cat Spends Hours Trying to Decipher DMV Forms

What’s the only thing more frustrating for a cat than not being able to catch the little red laser pointer dot? Trying to apply for a driver’s license in Oregon.

A cat in Aurora, OR reportedly spent over three hours yesterday trying to figure out how to fill out the myriad forms required by the Department of Motor Vehicles just to apply to take the test for a learner’s permit. Her friends think that’s crazy.

“There’s no reason it should be this hard for a cat to get a license to drive a car,” said Tricia Baptiste, a close friend of the kitty. “This is 2013. Why isn’t this stuff online? Why aren’t these forms more user friendly? It’s just terrible.”

Other friends agree.

“She can go outside and hunt birds without a license,” said Gregory Reichard, “but to drive a car she has to fill out 20 pages of forms. In triplicate! Complete insanity.”

According to friends, the cat eventually gave up and chased a piece of string for the rest of the day. Once she wakes up from her nap, she may try to tackle the application again. Or she may just play with the pen. Hard to say, really.

Via nikka_cat.

PHOTO OP: Lying in Wait

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PHOTO OP: All Lit Up

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Kitten Falls Asleep While Studying for Finals

With finals weeks looming, Zuko the kitten has been pulling a back-to-back all nighters the entire week in an attempt to cram as much knowledge as she can into her little kitty brain. Unfortunately, her body had other plans, and she succumbed to sleep last night, waking up amid a pile of papers and #2 pencils this morning.

“All the Red Bulls in the world weren’t going to keep her awake,” said Julia Datlow, the cat’s roommate. “Zuko is a cat. They sleep like, what, 16 hours a day? There’s no fighting nature.”

Zuko’s first final, in applied string chasing, is Monday morning.

Via kittyzuko.

Cat Roomies Save Space With Bunk Beds

It may seem a little juvenile, but bunk beds are all the rage for young professionals with a high cost of living. Chester and Conrad share a one-bedroom apartment on New York City’s Lower East Side, but they maximize their space with stackable mattresses.

“There’s no way they could afford a two-bedroom on cat salaries,” says Shelly Tegan, a resident in the same building. “Not in this neighborhood anyway.”

Via Solid_Wife.