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| 1 - Law of Cat Inertia A cat at rest will tend to remain at rest, unless acted upon by some outside force - such as the opening of cat food, or a nearby scurrying mouse. |
Inertia - Massenträgheit scurry - trippeln |
| 2 - Law of Cat Motion A cat will move in a straight line, unless there is a really good reason to change direction. |
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| 3 - Law of Cat Magnetism All blue blazers and black sweaters attract cat hair in direct proportion to the darkness of the fabric. |
fabric - Gewebe |
| 4 - Law of Cat Thermodynamics Heat flows from a warmer to a cooler body, except in the case of a cat, in which case all heat flows to the cat. |
flow - fliessen |
| 5 - Law of Cat Stretching A cat will stretch to a distance proportional to the length of the nap just taken. |
nap - Nickerchen |
| 6 - Law of Cat Sleeping All cats must sleep with people whenever possible, in a position as uncomfortable for the people involved as is possible for the cat. |
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| 7 - Law of Cat Elongation A cat can make her body long enough to reach just about any counter top that has anything remotely interesting on it. |
elongation: Verlängerung counter: Ladentisch, Küchen-Tisch |
| 8 - Law of Cat Acceleration A cat will accelerate at a constant rate, until he gets good and ready to stop. |
acceleration - Beschleunigung |
| 9 - Law of Dinner Table Attendance Cats must attend all meals when anything good is served. |
attendance - Anwesenheit |
| 10 - Law of Rug Configuration No rug may remain in its naturally flat state for very long. |
rug - Teppich, Vorleger |
| 11 - Law of Obedience Resistance A cat's resistance varies in proportion to a human's desire for her to do something. |
obedience - Gehorsam |
| 12 - First Law of Energy Conservation Cats know that energy can neither be created nor destroyed and will, therefore, use as little energy as possible. |
conservation - Erhaltung |
| 13 - Second Law of Energy Conservation Cats also know that energy can only be stored by a lot of napping. |
store - speichern |
| 14 - Law of Refrigerator Observation If a cat watches a refrigerator long enough, someone will come along and take out something good to eat. |
refrigerator - Kühlschrank |
| 15 - Law of Electric Blanket Attraction Turn on an electric blanket and a cat will jump into bed at the speed of light. |
blanket - Bett-Tuch electric blanket - Wärmedecke |
| 16 - Law of Random Comfort Seeking A cat will always seek, and usually take over, the most comfortable spot in any given room. |
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| 17 - Law of Bag / Box Occupancy All bags and boxes in a given room must contain a cat within the earliest possible nanosecond. |
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| 18 - Law of Cat Embarrassment A cat's irritation rises in direct proportion to her embarrassment times the amount of human laughter. |
embarrassment - Verlegenheit Irritation - Verärgerung |
| 19 - Law of Milk Consumption A cat will drink her weight in milk, squared, just to show you she can. |
squared - im Quadrat |
| 20 - Law of Furniture Replacement A cat's desire to scratch furniture is directly proportional to the cost of the furniture. |
Furniture: Möbel |
| 21 - Law of Cat Landing A cat will always land in the softest place possible. |
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| 22 - Law of Fluid Displacement A cat immersed in milk will displace her own volume, minus the amount of milk consumed. |
displacement - Verdrängung |
| 23 - Law of Cat Disinterest A cat's interest level will vary in inverse proportion to the amount of effort a human expends in trying to interest her. |
inverse - umgekehrt expend - aufwenden |
| 24 - Law of Pill Rejection Any pill given to a cat has the potential energy to reach escape velocity. |
escape - flüchten velocity - Geschwindigkeit |
| 25 - Law of Cat Composition A cat is composed of Matter + Anti-Matter + It Doesn't Matter |
matter - Materie does not matter - ist egal |