How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You

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TheOatmeal.com’s most popular cat jokes, including “How to Pet a Kitty” and “The Bobcats,” plus 15 new and never-before-seen catthemed comics, are presented in this hilarious collection from New York Times best-selling author Matthew Inman, a.k.a. TheOatmeal.com. Includes pull-out poster!

Jesus Rollerblading Christ--another helping of TheOatmeal! Mrow, MOAR kitty comics. Mr. Oats delivers a sidesplitting serving of cat comics in his new book, ...

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Overview


TheOatmeal.com’s most popular cat jokes, including “How to Pet a Kitty” and “The Bobcats,” plus 15 new and never-before-seen catthemed comics, are presented in this hilarious collection from New York Times best-selling author Matthew Inman, a.k.a. TheOatmeal.com. Includes pull-out poster!

Jesus Rollerblading Christ--another helping of TheOatmeal! Mrow, MOAR kitty comics. Mr. Oats delivers a sidesplitting serving of cat comics in his new book, How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You.

If your cat is kneading you, that's not a sign of affection. Your cat is actually checking your internal organs for weakness. If your cat brings you a dead animal, this isn't a gift. It's a warning. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You is a hilarious, brilliant offering of cat comics, facts, and instructional guides from the creative wonderland at TheOatmeal.com.

How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You presents fan favorites, such as "Cat vs. Internet," "How to Pet a Kitty," and "The Bobcats," plus 17 brand-new, never-before-seen cat jokes. This Oatmeal collection is a must-have from Mr. Oats! A pullout poster is included at the back of the book.

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There are an estimated 84 million cats in this country and, according to the feline-watchers at The Oatmeal funfest, at least 28 million of them are killers. With this slyly subversive paperback and NOOk Book original, you will be able to decipher the true evil behind those lovable, inscrutable eyes.

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If nothing else, the Internet proves that people have an infinite capacity for guffaws brought on by pictures of cats. Given that reality, the Oatmeal’s collection of Web comics about cats is a certain crowd pleaser. Since fans of the genre never tire of jokes about cats pouncing on you in the night, batting you in the face, chasing imaginary creatures, wanting their tummies rubbed, and other proof that cats are crazy, cat humor appears to be above criticism. Inman’s style is simple and populist and asks little of the reader, and is effective in inducing laughter in bored office workers. The Oatmeal is itself on online sensation and Inman a Web comics superstar, making this a surefire winner (Oct.)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781449410247
  • Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • Publication date: 10/9/2012
  • Edition description: Original
  • Pages: 136
  • Sales rank: 6,166
  • Product dimensions: 7.06 (w) x 8.82 (h) x 0.54 (d)

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Brilliantly whimsical yet oddly informative, TheOatmeal.com is an entertainment Web site full of comics, quizzes, and stories. The site gets more than 5 million unique page views a month; 250,000 blogs and Web sites have linked to it. TheOatmeal.com is written, drawn, and coded by Matthew Inman, a king of all trades when it comes to the Web. Matthew lives in Seattle, Washington. He subsists on a steady diet of crickets and whiskey. He enjoys long walks on the beach, gravity, and breathing heavily through his mouth. His dislikes include scurvy, typhoons, and tapeworm medication.
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  • Posted November 2, 2012

    Love this book!

    I got this as a Christmas present for my cat-obsessed younger sister, and I can't wait to hear her thoughts on the book. It's a good book, very nice for a coffee table book that a guest would actually read while they're sitting waiting for you. It could also be a great discussion piece. :)

    10 out of 10 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 6, 2012

    I wish I hadn't bought it

    This book starts out funny and I thought it would be a fun gift for my cat loving sis but the language was offensive after a few pages. Had I know that I would not have wasted my money on it.

    7 out of 24 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 21, 2012

    Hilarious! I bought this book as a Christmas present for a relat

    Hilarious! I bought this book as a Christmas present for a relative and before I wrapped it, I took a peek. Very funny! I now have to buy a copy for myself and all the other cat lovers in my life!

    6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 30, 2012

    A must for cat owners and lovers!

    A completly comical recount of cats and their owners! The cats win in every situation. Well worth the read!

    6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 19, 2012

    Typical fare from The Oatmeal - Meaning OUTSTANDING

    Lots of witty tidbits to be found, some content available from their website, some exclusive content, all worth it.

    6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 12, 2012

    Awsome

    I <3 it but i wish it was cheaper:(

    5 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 26, 2012

    This book is full of outright hilarity.  It's Super-Punch-A-Dolp

    This book is full of outright hilarity.  It's Super-Punch-A-Dolphin funny and you should buy it.

    Or buy two.  You'll be twice as funny.

    4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 10, 2013

    Funny!

    My brother read this first and warned me of the PINK section. It was funny! I won't spoil it. But i do suggest reading it, buy it NOW! :)

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 20, 2013

    Cute book

    Really cute book. Shows what my cats thinking for sure. I totally love this book.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 4, 2012

    save your $$$$

    slightly funny - mostly annoying and very short! - total waste of my time and money.

    2 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 9, 2013

    Good

    All you people who think this book is innapropriate should really look at the website

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 23, 2013

    Hmmm

    This book is funny but has crude humor that is not suitable for young kids recommended for people 15+

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted January 11, 2013

    Amusing, but cartoon books are always short for their price

    The author is a cartoonist/graphic artist whose work I did not know. He has an unusual view of the world, especially the world of the office. The stories he tells are amusing, but there is the same problem that all cartoon/graphic novel books have: you can read them in a very short time and wonder if the money was well spent.

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 26, 2013

    Too much swearing

    Would have considered it moderately funny if there were not so many SWEAR words. I will be returning the book, as I would not share this with anyone else!

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 4, 2013

    I was lured in by the title and thought it might be a fun book t

    I was lured in by the title and thought it might be a fun book to share with my daughter. Lesson learned. Next time I will be sure to read the reviews. Interesting as the title may be to a cat lover it was not at all what I had expected. The pages are filled with cartoons and hardly any reading at all. Among the few words that fill the pages are enough expletives that keep this from being a child friendly book..... and frankly as an adult I would have been more impressed if the obscene language had been left out.

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted April 3, 2013

    After seeing a splendid review of How to Tell If Your Cat Is Pl

    After seeing a splendid review of How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You I knew I had to read the book and luckily I was able to score a copy of it through my library.

    I wasn't exactly sure what to expect but it certainly wasn't what I got. I thought I would be in for a comic that would have laughing hysterically given what so many people were saying about the book on Goodreads and Amazon.

    Too bad for me it wasn't as funny as I had hoped at all. The Comics were cute but weren't anything to write home about. I thought they were only mildly funny and I was greatly disappointed by that fact considering one of my favourite bloggers gave the book such a stellar review of it I found it to be bland and pretty stereotypical with the basic cat jokes.

    While it was a quick and easy read I just look at it as if it was just something to occupy my time in between reading novels. I wish I had liked the book more and I wish the material tied in with the title a lot more but it didn't which I found to be a little misleading.

    Overall, this was an okay read. Not bad but not Good. Apart from the occasional giggle I wasn't very entertained at all and I would only recommend this book to be read as a little novelty read for cat lovers in a stocking at Christmas.

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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    Posted October 27, 2012

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    Posted October 15, 2012

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    Posted October 22, 2012

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