Cat Math

Starting from a central origin point, if Cat A begins napping along the X axis at 20 honk-shus per second, and Cat B begins napping along the Y axis at 15 honk-shus per second, how many minutes will it take them to arrive at Magical Meelks Fountain in Kitty Dreamland?

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I must have slept through this course, Tina M.

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37 thoughts on “Cat Math

  1. allein May 26, 2016 / 1:47 pm

    I don’t know but I volunteer to be the line of data that meets the axes at 0.

  2. Faye May 26, 2016 / 2:06 pm

    I have forgotten all my maths. Must sign up for this course: Catculus 101. They grade on a curved tail system.

    • allein May 26, 2016 / 3:10 pm

      You might also want to brush up on your geomeowtry.

      • Faye May 26, 2016 / 4:07 pm

        ?

        • allein May 26, 2016 / 4:11 pm

          Maybe also purrbability and stat-hiss-tics.

          • dubravkamcvmd May 26, 2016 / 4:38 pm

            Stat-hiss-tics!!! Yes! And we don’t get enough mentions of honk-shus, Mike!

            • Not That Mike The Other Mike May 26, 2016 / 4:43 pm

              I think that was the first time I used the term on this site. I’ll try to sneak it in more often.

  3. 4leafclover May 26, 2016 / 2:24 pm

    How many minutes… Um, cutie pi squared?

    • Faye May 26, 2016 / 4:08 pm

      Like!

  4. Sam May 26, 2016 / 2:35 pm

    At 3.78 honk-shus Cat A will atain Meelks while Cat B will just honk-shu. At least until a human comes to kiss the axis of snorgle.

  5. Duckie May 26, 2016 / 3:08 pm

    This makes my biological clock hurt.
    And based on those tummies and sleepy eyes, I’d say they’ve been to the fountain recently.

    • Clairdelune May 26, 2016 / 3:50 pm

      Mine also, Duckie!! I thought the very same thing — these two are dangerous, inspiring crazy thoughts about bebehs and the urge to cuddle ANYTHING small, sweet and fuzzy regardless of species, number of limbs, gender or form.

      :-0

  6. Catwhisperer May 26, 2016 / 4:43 pm

    I probably would’ve been better at math if all the lessons involved kittens!

    • Meleo April 13, 2018 / 12:18 pm

      Me, too.

  7. Anne May 26, 2016 / 4:51 pm

    These two are SO ADORABLE!!! and I should be more resistant because I foster kittens, I have three that would have looked like these a few weeks ago. OMG they are so cute it hurts!

    • Mariana May 26, 2016 / 6:32 pm

      Me too!

      • Dana May 26, 2016 / 9:54 pm

        Yes! The pawsies and feetsies!

  8. amyliz May 26, 2016 / 6:35 pm

    There needs to be a third kitty to form a cute triangle. Get it… a cute triangle? OK, I’ll are myself out

    • amyliz May 26, 2016 / 7:07 pm

      Um, that should be “see myself out”.

    • Smartypants May 26, 2016 / 9:14 pm

      And the hypotenuse would then be the hypote-mews…

    • Faye May 26, 2016 / 10:13 pm

      I love the Geometry jokes.

    • allein May 26, 2016 / 10:29 pm

      The noise a cat makes:

      • Faye May 27, 2016 / 5:47 am

        Ded.

  9. Jlamusings May 27, 2016 / 7:35 am

    This thread is so full of awesomeness 🙂 no new puns- just infinite thumbs up to everyone and gentle skritches for the sleepy kittehs

  10. Liz May 27, 2016 / 11:04 am

    Before he even saw the comments, my husband said “They’re laid out on cat-esian co-ordinates.”

    I’m an English major, myself. 🙂

    (Love the site, Mike. Thanks for keeping the funny cute going.)

    • allein May 27, 2016 / 11:18 am

      I was an English major, too, but I used to work for a math journal publisher, so I love a good math pun.

  11. SoccerSue May 27, 2016 / 11:06 am

    I don’t know, I don’t do math on Fridays. 😛 Also I’m still trying to figure out how my 7 pound cat magically becomes a 20 pound cat when she’s lying on my stomach and/or bladder!

  12. Yadre May 28, 2016 / 11:02 am

    too bad I’m in loss for cat math puns :(. No matter hard I try, just some stupid stuff like cataclysm of cute comes to my mind 😀

    • Smartypants May 28, 2016 / 11:32 am

      Hey, I like it – it would be cat-astrophic to miss out on a good pun 😀

  13. Cats.JustCats. May 28, 2016 / 1:17 pm

    (I have seen this picture elsewhere on the interwebs) and the meme went something like this: purrrpendicular.

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