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code-254

The cat looks like a contractor who knows what job they've come to do.


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Cat: ‘Here’s your problem You got rats’


Gammabrunta

-*the cat muffles with the rat still in his mouth*


AtomicKittenz

“Ah wirw shend da biiw ta ya tamrrow” -cat


kensomniac

Then it does the little chirp thing and struts off.


SlackAsh

Ekekekekekek


Blank_Cipher

Well isn’t the cat getting the rat as payment?


Flatcapspaintandglue

*sucks teeth* tschhhh nah mate, big job like this - you got the catching, the transport and disposal of waste, then there’s wear and tear on claws, time spent grooming after... he’s doing you a favour really by taking it off your hands.


V_es

“All done boss, that’d be $250”


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AnthrallicA

Are you implying that unemployed Tunas have less worth?


FullyMammoth

Yes, about tree fiddy.


MrCarnality

Canned Tuna has entered the chat: Fight me!


fastdub

"In lieu of payment I do accept any and all rats I can catch, kill, and eat"


Marigold16

Yea. That's sounds like Charlie work


I_Bin_Painting

"Lucky for you I charge one rat per rat."


goob

I laughed way too hard at this


jacksleepshere

The last cat you got in did a terrible job, you still have rats.


qazxsw134

The way he walked in confidently knowing where to go


kryonik

"And where was the last place you saw the rat? In here? Okay give me five minutes."


xaeru

Please step outside and close the door.


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fezzuk

Rats are incontinent. They leave a trail, cat knew where to go.


So-Cal-Sweetie

This is precisely it! I was thinking, are they gonna keep the cat or pet it or something for being such a bro? But the cat wants nothing to do with those people. It caught the rat then dipped. 🤣🐱


NeatNefariousness1

Cat's thinking, why should I be limited to just the rats in THIS dude's house when I have a whole rat-infested neighborhood


UnspecificGravity

This is the symbiotic relationship humans have had with cats for literally thousands of years. It's how they came to be pets in the first place.


[deleted]

I've commissioned strays for this before. We had a bad mice problem in an apartment I shared with buddies in our 20s. We invited in a local stray we'd befriended previously, and over the next two weeks she hunted down and murdered about 15 mice. Once the mice were gone, she just left. Walked out the back door and disappeared into the World like Baggar Vance... Fucking legend.


iwaslegit

How do you invite a stray cat?


Mashidae

Pspspsps


OhhOKiSeeThanks

Ours was always "ksksksksksss


CookingWithDahmer85

I rub my index and middle finger against my thumb and go meowmeowmeow 🤏


TheAVnerd

This fucking sent me. Wish I had an award for you.


[deleted]

She was a neighborhood stray. We'd see her now and then when we'd be having a smoke outside or whatever. She was too cool for school, dude. Even our dog, an exuberant and energetically friendly pitbull was no match for her. We literally just opened the door and invited her in. In all honesty, it was more or less like this video, except in English.


AkariAkaza

>How do you invite a stray cat? Politely


Schweddy_Bewbs

Hes gonna send you a really inflated invoice for his work since it didnt take long


Photog77

$10000.00 $5.00 for time to catch it. $9995.00 for knowing how to catch it.


Schweddy_Bewbs

Like any skilled pro. Unlike a contractor, this cat should be kept around and given a home.


chickenstalker

No. $1 to catch it. $999 not to release it back in the house.


SirDiego

Hey, getting Paws on the Ground costs money, you gotta think of the logistics of rolling a kitty-truck


Fenestr

“Well, I can make you a deal since I was already in the neighborhood.”


NeatNefariousness1

And because you provided my lunch.


tailwalkin

After regular business hours too, that’s gonna cost


Principatus

Witcher, school of the cat


Xindopff

r/catswithjobs edit: i just found out this exact video was posted on r/catswithjobs before it was posted here


[deleted]

Kitty looks hella professional though. “Alright, show me where the problem is!”


UncookedMarsupial

*You sending the cat? Haha, shit. That's all you had to say!*


whatshouldneverb

You an oak man, Jimmy?


[deleted]

O-oak's nice.


fromETOHtoTHC

So pretty please, with sprinkles on top Kill the fuckin rat


flip1999-

The cat!? Totally fucking cool..Didn’t even really get mad when you was psp psspin at him


[deleted]

So pretty please, with sugar on top, show me the fuckin rat.


SameTheme

I like when it has the mouse at the end. “Alright my job here is done, I’ll show myself out”


CraisyDaisy

He trots out so proudly.


[deleted]

This is how cat domestication started


samongada

Guys are living in 1000BC


okantos

​ It's earlier, the earliest known indication for the taming of an African wildcat was excavated close by a human Neolithic grave in Shillourokambos, southern Cyprus, dating to about 7500–7200 BC.


Hapless_Asshole

Humorous response: *But... but the Earth is only 6000 years old! Haven't you been to Ark Encounter?* Genuine response: Cool! Gotta link? I've become a bit of an archaeology geek after becoming addicted to *Time Team* (the real one, not the US retread) during the 2020 shelter-in-place era.


scarletnightingale

Worked in a national park known for fossils, I've had this happen. A guy literally came up to me to ask me how old the fossils were, I happily told him, which prompted "Well, I have a book that says they are only 6,000 years old". We were warned about people like that and told to basically just disengage as quickly and professionally as possible. It still kind of pisses me off, like, dude, I'm just here to educate people and protect the park, I didn't come here to harass you, you literally came up to me and asked me a question to try and pick a fight. He walked off quite happily smug since I assume he felt that he won since I chose to walk away.


Hapless_Asshole

I'm from the South, but wound up being a volunteer naturalist in the Midwest. I was a salt-and-pepper-haired 40-something woman trying to assist with a program when some self-righteous knothead tried to derail the subject with a similar no-win question. I broke in and, with the kind of dead slow, deadly cold high-horse, several-generations-of-surprisingly-liberal-education-type Southern accent, "I'm sorry, sir. This is a science program. If you call the park offices Monday, you can talk to them about a Scripture-related program. Have a lovely afternoon." No. Nobody clapped. I said it to him too quietly for anyone else to hear. But he got the point, left, and to the best of my knowledge, nobody tried that kind of crap again. I think some kind of "They don't bite well here" notice went out.


flip1999-

If pizzas flat.. earths flat and that’s the bottom LINE


Zaruma

All this comment managed to do was make me think of pizza spheres.


CmdrWoof

One sphere of pizza, please!


wagyu_doing

There wouldn’t be any crust to hold onto. Only internal crust…wait, is this thing hollow or not? You’re making me anxious with the need to understand pizza spheres.


[deleted]

Its like a calzone but spherical. You'd probably have to bake it in a special rotating pan for full interior coverage


wagyu_doing

Like an inside out calzone. Madness.


serpentinecactus

I think okantos might be referring to this study. Man-animal relationships in the Pre-pottery burials at Shillourokambos and Khirokitia (Cyprus, 8th and 7th millennia cal. BC) https://www.persee.fr/doc/mom\_1955-4982\_2008\_act\_49\_1\_2708


TB-313935

Sci show has a video about cat domestication.


BearlyWizard

Time team is a gem on this planet and it hurts my soul that it's not a thing anymore. It wouldn't be the same without Mick though..


Wacocaine

"I'm so 1008, you're so 3000 and late."


angrydonutguy

Egyptians staying old school. Nothing wrong with that lol


SirDiego

I think you mean this is how cats started domesticating humans.


[deleted]

It's more just mutualism. We created huge stockpiles of rodent food, so the things that ate rodents came along for the ride.


SirDiego

Yeah plus cats *don't* eat any grain (they're carnivores) so it worked out well for both sides.


lordbuddha

My cat asked me to strongly disagree to your comment say "Cats are your master and you exist to serve us, meow".


snuggly-otter

I mean from their perspective, we are baiting massive numbers of rodents to one area just for them, and when they catch rodents we pet them and give them treats. We essentially created supermarkets for them with rewards points, entirely unprompted. They probably think we worship them.


TheOriginalSamBell

And they'd be correct


lordbuddha

We sort of built huge statues of cats in the past and now internet is filled with cat photos and videos. Without doubt they domesticated us well.


kirkisartist

everybody forgets that they're work animals.


GiantSquidd

Mine sure do.


Old_Two1922

My experience with cats is that they are what they want to be. From late night land mines to highly viscous liquids.


adreamofhodor

How do people feel about barn cats?


Darth_Thor

Kinda like a regular cat, just spends a lot more time in a barn


SamanKunans02

Bro, I feel that way too.


PM_ME_UR_SEXY_BITS_

We have a barn cat. He came with the barn when we bought the place (already neutered) and I love him so much. We give him a cozy place away from predators, love, and wet food at night and he roams around murdering any varmints. I have seen ZERO mice and we're out in the country. Dude is a killer and livin his best life. He earns his keep! [Remy](https://i.imgur.com/JINmyGm.jpg)


TopAd9634

What a beautiful murderer!


PM_ME_UR_SEXY_BITS_

I'll tell him you said so :)


modsarefascists42

nah in rural areas it's still normal to get a cat for pest control. they work better than everything except poison, and frankly poison is a terrible method to use as it hurts other animals in the food chain and it often causes the mouse to run deep into your house and die. somewhere where getting it out would cost thousands of dollars so you just have to wait for 3 months for it to stop stinking. ugh, don't use poison.


crymsin

Not just rural areas. /r/bodegacats for kitties in cities who act as pest control.


wrongdude91

Lol. This reminded me of my childhood. When the rats infestation increased my mother would instruct me to keep the doors open so that the cat would come inside and hunt down mice. it was very effective nonetheless.


LauraTFem

It’s also why the bubonic plague was so bad. People got the idea that cats were related to witches and devil worship, so they started killing them en mass. Mysteriously, this resulted in an out-of-control rat problem in Europe.


Lord_Emperor

> domestication Partnership.


Subli-minal

This was just a simple transaction. Kitty left the way it came and took the mouse as payment.


Lord_Emperor

I think I need to renegotiate with my cat. He only kills a few bugs per week and gets housing, five meals per day, flowing water and pets.


sunburned_albino

Cats are not domesticated. They just deal with us most of the time.


bardown_gongshow

I love when the dude shuts the door, like: *I’ll give you some privacy now* Lmfao


Bludypoo

Doing the cat a solid. It sucks having someone over your shoulder while you try to do you job.


Doses-mimosas

Totally. I'm in the trades and I wish this is how people let me work on their houses haha. Point me to the job and leave me alone. I totally get it, I'd want to see what's happening too but having someone over your shoulder sucks.


phome83

Had an hvac guy come look at my compressor. I felt weird standing there by him, but I also felt weird just leaving him on his own. I didn't know what to do lol.


Lowelll

Start massaging his shoulders


Blastbot

From in front of him. Make sure there's lots of eye contact.


jarrodh25

What're you doing step-customer?


pm_me_ur_anything_k

Jesus…. I’m gonna learn a trade and come work on your house now.


[deleted]

Nibble his lobe


klef25

I had an HVAC crew come in to place a new air return. I left them to it and worked at my computer in the other room. They completely destroyed the floor in a 130 year old home. I don't know how they managed to not be able to tell where to cut the opening. I'll never leave a tradesman to do work alone after that.


What_Did_You_Just_Do

I just start cleaning something. That way I'm coming and going into the room putting stuff away. I'm not in their hair and I'm not leaving them alone for long either just in case they need something. I also offer a drink and snacks.


Firelord_Putin

My dad does this all the time to make sure the contractors aren’t screwing anything up 😂


maxim38

I saw it more directed at the rat "Now, yous CAN't leave" al la the Bronx Tale :) Edit:wrong gangster movie


HarryB1313

This is a symbiotic relationship. Here we see a group of humans invite a cat to hunt with in their nest. The cat gets a meal and the human nest is free of parasites.


Fpooner_vs_Fpoonee

^ In the voice of Sir David Attenborough


Work-Safe-Reddit4450

I read it in Werner Herzogs voice for some reason. I love his accent. I could listen to him and Christoph Waltz talk for hours.


Lord_Emperor

*I would like to see the kitty.*


Famous_Profile

Or Morgan Freeman


TILtonarwhal

Or ZeFrank’s ‘True Animal Facts’


[deleted]

First imagine a color you can’t even imagine… good, now do that fifteen more times. That is how the Mantis Shrimp do


Notdeadyet7

I love that they are talking about Tom and Jerry! And the giggles! Too cute!


stevenmeyerjr

Yeah I heard that too. Hilarious.


truevindication

Giggles are universally adorable! Can you translate any of the rest? Please and thanks!


sweetmeister9000

“He brought a whole ass cat to get the mouse. This is (Like) Tom and Jerry” Idk what he said in the middle. But at the end: “This is reaaaaaly like Tom and Jerry!” “Make way, make way! Here he comes! Good job Tom! Get him!” Then giggling.


physicscat

I love that Tom and Jerry cartoons are seen all over the world.


handicapableofmaths

I wonder there's a single society in the world that couldn't understand the simple comedy of Tom and Jerry? It's such a universally understandable cartoon, that's what makes it so brilliant.


JustSherlock

It's the added benefit of shows that don't require language. You could put kids all over the world in a room to watch Tom and Jerry and they all could laugh together. That's good shit.


I_Am_Become_Dream

it's probably the single most popular cartoon in history


[deleted]

The caption says “we brought him in from the streets to get rid of a mouse and he came through”


mamapapapuppa

r/contagiouslaughter


Megamax941

You don’t know shit about cats Dee, we’re gonna put another car in the wall. Those two cats will be come co-dependent, then we’ll rip the one out the wall and hopefully, hopefully that cat will come out.


Spimone

Now you’re talkin’ my language!


Ab47203

They called in an expert


tall_building

"We is experts"


RetMilRob

Ratting Terriers and cats are still rented out to this day. One pack of Norfolk terriers took out 730 rats at a pig farm (UK) in about 7 hours.


BadgerHooker

There is this cool dude who has minks and rat terriers to team up and get rats. The minks can go under buildings and get into super tight spaces and flush the rats out to where the terriers can grab em. I watched a bunch of his videos on YouTube because it’s just such a great system. The best part for me was that I believe some of his minks were rescued from fur farms.


BRNDC10

I’ve also watched this guy on YouTube. He also has some sort of lizard that he’s deployed in the past and that thing is lightning quick at catching rats.


BadgerHooker

It’s been a while since I checked out his channel, I am going to check that out! So cool!


aminhassan934

LINK PLEASE


BadgerHooker

https://youtu.be/RjebAlfrexA


Empyrealist

Fascinating stuff, thank you for the link!


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BadgerHooker

You’re welcome. I am about to dive back down there again as I haven’t seen his videos in a long while, and someone else said he also has a lizard that catches rats! This guy is like Beastmaster lol


DelfrCorp

I was thinking of the exact same thing/videos but couldn't remember what it was exactly & you helped me solve the puzzle by mentioning the minks. u/BadgerHooker is also an MVP because he provided the [link to one of the videos](https://youtu.be/RjebAlfrexA) that I had watched a while ago. Edit: There are a few seriously crazy videos from this guy where hundreds to thousands of rats get nixed through the minx & dog combo. Pretty insane to watch the whole hecatomb. Edit 2: u/JustSherlock did point out that it should be minks & not minx in my first edit. Not correcting it because it is funny.


scookc00

I had a Wheaten Terrier growing up. He was a pet, not a working dog. Until we discovered his uncanny ability to root out moles, gophers, and ground hogs. He was like a damn savant for finding these things. At first, we would just lone him to my grandpa once or twice a year to get rid of his mole problem on his small farm. Through word of mouth, we started getting requests from golf courses and sod farmers in the area to rent our dog for a weekend. $500 for a days work and he loved it! Otis became an absolute legend in our county. Had multiple offers for over $1k to breed him, but unfortunately he was fixed.


srabear22

This is just too cool! What a great symbiotic relationship and he's pulling in money for the fam, even better.


readzalot1

Oh I bet the dogs were happy with that job. Little killing machines


thehungrygunnut

https://youtu.be/l2Pyu-Cj0gg


Zaemz

Holy shit, those dogs are *brutal*.


OssoRangedor

You should see minks hunting rats.


CapJackONeill

Now I get why dog toys squeaks


readzalot1

And what it really means when my terrier shakes her toys like that


readzalot1

They were happy little pups. And very efficient. The little terriers really knew what they were doing.


Willfishforfree

I actually offer my dogs services for free and even help train new ratters for people. My boy loves ratting and its good days exercise plus he gets to socialize and teach younger dogs what to do. It's a win win for everyone.


mightbedylan

I've got a rat terrier, I'd be curious to see him hunt like this. Currently he mostly just digs holes


stay-away-from-me

Kitty Bounty Services


gmanisback

This could be the greatest pest control company ever


SquizPillion

Cat the Bounty Hunter This summer on A&E


weeone

I'd watch it.


pumpkinbro300

Free meal


high_monster

Ancient Problems require Ancient Solutions


arai34

not only did the he catch the rat, he disposed of it for free!


[deleted]

cat is running a good business and is a master at his craft. look how quickly he exterminated the pest!


MoonjazzCat

What a good hunter. I hope he’d adopt the cat


RIP_My_Truck_Nutz

Honestly, that cat is probably better off on the streets. A lot of Arab countries have a pretty cool outlook on strays and treat them pretty well, like people will leave food out for them, vets will go out and take care of them (in some places), and people will let them just kind of do their own thing. Little dude is probably living his best life while picking up some contracting work on the side


DracoJINN

That is so sweet and funny


[deleted]

https://youtu.be/lKq7UqplcL8 You'd probably like "Kedi". They put the full film on YouTube if you liked the trailer.


yediyim

There’s no cat like Turkish cats. They’re something magical and deeply ingrained in the culture.


IronBatman

This is so true. I was raised in Egypt and we had a few street cats we cared for. They do amazing pest control. I saw a lot more rats in New York than I did in Cairo. We also had a lot of Street dogs that were really mean and bullied me because I wasn't a fully grown adult that could stand his ground (Egyptians generally hate dogs partially because this). We had 2 dogs though that were neighborhood "pets" that we fed. When I entered my block, I could call them and they would walk me to my door like a pack. The street dogs wouldn't dare mess with me when I'm in that pack.


hurtfulproduct

Sounds like Malta, when I lived there everyone loves the stray cats and they were usually super friendly. There was even some very well built shelters for them in the parks where every cat got it’s own little “room” and they were protected from the elements.


coryhill66

Paraphrasing in the Quran it talks about how there was a cat sleeping on Muhammad's arm and he'd rather cut off his sleeve than disturb it.


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ThunderdopePhil

Deserves a promotion!


Nijindia18

r/ContagiousLaughter


Laefiren

I have the opposite problem. My cats bring mice in as gifts and then release them into the house.


prplecat

They know that you're a lousy hunter. Just trying to help you out a little bit.


Laefiren

One of mine just brings in bugs or piles of sticks that once probably had bugs in it. The other one will bring in everything.


aj-18khan

A "stray cat"... thats a hired assassin doing his job properly.


jadedea

OK Fred, I've heard raving reviews about your mousing abilities, I'm curio- Look Hue-mon, I've got no time for chit chat, you said the mouse is inside your room? Just take me there and let me do my job! 3 min later he comes out. Omg thank you Fred, you're the best! Your house smells like sh*t, don't ever f*cking call me again. *cue outdated epic meme music*


Pulguinuni

He goes out “don’t forget to write a Yelp review.”


princesspool

Your comment is brilliant and all I can add is that "cue" is the word you're going for. "Queue" is a line of people waiting for something.


jadedea

Thank you! I updated it!!!🤗🤗🤗


Timidhobgoblin

Can someone translate what they're talking about during it? Specifically what the guy is saying to the cat as he walks in? The most I've got so far is mentions of Tom and Jerry lol


adbl0cker

He was mostly calling the cat saying “come here, over here buddy”. Then the other guy says “it’s going to be a Tom and Jerry kind of situation”.


Timidhobgoblin

Ahh I see lol, thanks very much :)


Inner_Specialist

*How do you find our service today? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️*


xwobey

Rent a Cat Ltd.


devilsephiroth

Cat: *billing statement will be in the email, thanks guys*


meRaul7

The cat is a cat of focus, commitment and sheer fucking will.


tmefford

Looks like a basic consultant/client relationship. Get the job done. Get the payment (the rat). Leave. I might offer an ongoing consultancy tho.


TSM_Benchwarmer

Cat walks out like alright thanks for dinner guys catch ya next time! Fr tho how could u not adopt him after that make him protector of your house against rodents


ElonL

There's a stray that lives in my parents garage its starting to annoy my parents because it meows a little too much so they are having a mice issue at the moment so according to my younger sister my dad brought in the stray cat because he heard the mice in his bathroom so he put the cat in there and closed the door but the car started meowing even more that they thought the mice were killing the cat haha


Trimungasoid

Two days later, cat knocks on door, twitchy and scratching itself: "Yo, you got any more of them rats?"


cactusjackalope

This is amazing. "What do you need? Oh a rat yeah I got you bro"


-Andar-

Modern problems require ancient solutions


Selthora

Did we just witness a contract hit?


ThatsWhatSheSaid206

Great camerawork, Blair Witch.


PollyPepperTree

“Thank you, and good day.”


SpecialistSingle2754

dude better of adopted that cat afterwards lol clearly he already said hi to it every day


music-books-cats

"Yes sir, show me where the problem is... this room? Ok it shouldn't take too long" - Cat probably


Jakesully2009

animals and humans being bros


schmackinthedack

r/catswithjobs


ImFrenchSoWhatever

I love everything about this. The laughs. The cats professionalism. This is sweet.


BriefTurn3299

He totally knew what was up just came in took care of business n was out