Parameter	Cat Lover	Cat Fanatic
Essential attraction	The beauty and grace of cats	The feline principle, wherever expressed- especially in such feline virtues as grace, arrogance, beauty, truculence, cleanliness...
Number of cats in household	One to four	Five or more- or zero ("Far too enamored of cats in general to make the mistake of loving one in particular")
Occasional pleasant fantasy...	...of actually having been a cat	...of actually having been a cat during this life
Age preference	Kittens to cats	Cats to kittens
Quote from Rental Ad	...nonsmokers preferred. Cat OK. References required. Call...	...nonsmokers preferred. Cat and references required. Call...
Attitude toward persistent meowing	Endures it for many minutes before protesting	Prefers it to most, if not all, other background noises
Response on learning that ambassadors of an advanced feline civilization have landed on Earth and requested that all canines be locked up forthwith	"Why- this is amazing!"	"There you are- what took you so long?"

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