Why exactly did the cat sit on the mat?

It is my belief that it sat on the mat in order to get a good view of the chicken as it crossed the road, but then the reason why the chicken did that was a puzzle to the cat.

@TheProfoundPorcupine Well speaking of that, why did the elephant cross the road?

the cat sat there because his human told him not to.

@DrBill ha ha so true

It had an itchy butt

@Shippy it was intrigued as to why the chicken had already done it so wanted to see what the fuss was.

@TheProfoundPorcupine No, it was the chickens day off

@Shippy I now wonder how the elephant knew it was the chickens day off. Did it email it to let it know? Is there a rota that they follow and we do not know about?

It sat on the mat because it is much too precious and important to lower its furry bottom onto the cold tiles.

Because you smoke weed every day

You know, I haven’t been able to develop a workable theory for this yet, but I quite enjoy how Professor R. J. Canning explains it.

The cat sat on THE mat to mark it with its essence.
The cat sat on THIS mat because it wanted to mark it with its essence.
The cat didn’t sit on the THAT mat because the cat had previously marked it with its essence.

Because The Cat in the Hat was already sitting on that mat
Your cat had to sit on this mat
So they could throw rocks
At the Fox in Sox
Who was stalking the chicken crossing the road

Because the mat was already in the exact spot the cat wanted to sit anyway. What self-respecting cat is going to let a mat change alter its decision?

It’s not a mat, it’s a tatami, and he was too busy kickin’ sum serious ass to hang around on tatamimats all day.

Same reason why hussies have big pussies…I fink.

@ucme Possibly that only rhymes in Scots speak!! I have a lot to look forward to, I can see loll.