Give Me Fun, Not Physics!

Some cats are fairly intelligent. They know how to open doors, that clean laundry is the most comfortable place to take a nap, and that a bed that someone else is sleeping in is warmest on that person's head. Other cats..aren't. But the less-intelligent energetic cats sure can be fun! Of course, the laser pointer is the bane of any stupid cat. Well, if they have enough energy to care to notice it anyway.

It sees a dot on the floor, it knows there's something there, something invading its space, something that needs to be..removed. So it begins stalking it. Prowls around, looking for the best angle to attack from, finally crouches, wiggles its butt a few times, and then pounces. Now in the best case, the laser pointer is pointing toward the cat, so it manages to get its paws "covering" the dot. In the more fun case, the pointer is coming from behind the cat, so its head gets in the way mid-pounce.

Of course, if its head gets in the way, it aborts its pounce, knowing that it missed its target, and starts prowling again. Which means it moves just far enough that the dot appears..right where it had been. The smarter cats will try this a few times before giving up, realizing they can't catch the dot.

The others can keep this up for hours.

Of course, they'll finally manage to get the dot "covered" by their paws. Where they'll either notice that the dot is /on/ their paws, not under it, and do this "paw-over-paw" thing where they attack the dot with their bottom paw. Otherwise, they'll realize they don't see it, but also can't feel it, so they slowly back up..only to see the dot's still there!

These are the same cats that are entertained by a speck of dust, or by birds on the other side of a window, or by wondering what that noise just was! These cats don't understand the basics of how the world works.

But they have a lot more fun!