the Empress wrote:That sounds like one sadistic cat.
It's actually a cute, not-very-smart-even-for-a-cat, fluffball. We simply had a misunderstanding. See, I was scratching it's back vigorously with my left hand, and it was entranced - tongue hanging out, eyes vacant - and I thought I'd add my right hand to the mix. I succeeded in startling it, at which point it jumped into the air and came down, teeth bared, on my offending hand. The next few moments were rather painful, and then it realised what it was attacking and abruptly stopped, looked at me, and ran away. Avoided me the rest of the day. Maybe it's not so dumb after all.
OP: you had something about inane tangents in your guide, right?