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Bringing Home KFC? Better Lock Up the Humans First

Japan's cat owners have a system, and it involves locking themselves in a room.

· 6 min · Togetter

What's going on

A Japanese cat owner posted a simple announcement online: tonight's menu is KFC, so someone is getting locked up. The human. The twist landed perfectly — it's the cat who rules the house, and the human who must be contained. The post quickly resonated with thousands of fellow owners who know exactly what it's like when a bucket of fried chicken crosses the threshold.

The reason owners can't share is real. Cooked chicken bones can splinter into sharp shards and cause serious internal injuries, and KFC's seasoning — salt, spices, and all — is genuinely harmful to cats. Explaining this to a cat that has decided it wants some is, of course, not an option. So the humans improvise.

What followed in the replies was a chorus of solidarity: stories of cats going full berserker mode over fish, elaborate pre-dinner treat strategies, and pets who wait outside the bathroom door in wordless protest. Some cats couldn't care less about human food. Others treat dinnertime as a tactical operation. Both sides have arrived at the same conclusion: the virtue being tested here is self-restraint, and it belongs entirely to the human.

Comments

I have a cat. Tonight we’re having KFC, so someone’s getting locked up.

The human.

They’ll sniff it out for sure and start scratching at the door going “what are you DOING in there??” ☺️
Exactly — the lingering smell will give you away, so going straight to the shower after dinner is the move 👍
(Photo: the cat has located the crime scene)
Busted 🤣
“Human!! I KNOW you’re eating something good in there!! OPEN. THIS. DOOR. NOW!!”
Too cute
Called it 🤣
lmaooo I literally choked
lmao thank you for this!!
this is so dumb and I love it
It really is for their own safety. For the kitties.
Desperately cute!! But yeah — KFC has all those spices, and most importantly, the bones are the real hazard. You just can’t give any to the cats.
「Chicken bones splinter lengthwise and are dangerous」 is basically a household rule at our place 💦🫡
That’s the correct call right there.
Huh, didn’t realize cats went crazy for KFC
Same — my cat’s eyes literally change when KFC comes out, totally get it. Gotta lock up. Myself.
it’s so weird how my cat ONLY loses it over KFC and fish — never even given her human food before
this is THE one!! they came at it like it was straight-up catnip — didn’t give them any tho!! they just sat on the other side of the door screaming in their raspy little voices like “OI!! GIVE IT HERE!! HAND IT OVER!! YOU HUMANS!!!! YOU ABSOLUTE—!!!! 😡” 😅

dogs are just as bad 😂️ used to have a golden retriever, and even he — the most chill dog ever — would literally lunge to steal it lol

like oh right, you’re actually a dog after all haha

might have to try this myself. Kinako and Omochi will not stop looking for an opening the second KFC comes out.
brilliant 👏 at our place we get the cats settled with some Churu (Ciao Churu is a popular Japanese brand of squeezable liquid cat treats) or a pouch of wet food first, THEN the humans eat 🤣 otherwise our dinner is getting raided 🐟️🍗
I do this too. but my clingy cats wait outside the bathroom door the entire time, and eventually it got to me — I’ve basically stopped getting takeout altogether..
ours doesn’t react to KFC or Mos chicken (Mos Burger is a popular Japanese fast food chain) at all… but yeah, locking up the human is still the right call
thankfully mine doesn’t react to chicken or meat. but fish? full berserker mode. can’t eat any seafood at home.
note to self: sashimi also counts
mine goes absolutely wild for certain grilled fish (shioyaki — fish grilled simply with salt, a staple of Japanese home cooking). can’t give any because of the salt, but you really can’t let your guard down ( ˊᵕˋ ;)💦 soy sauce-seasoned fish she’ll just sniff and walk away from. zero interest in meat — every cat really is different (﹡ƠωƠ֦﹡)
so glad Aa-chan has no interest in human food 🤣 my previous cat though… was a hazard depending on what was on the table (inexplicably loved the cream inside melon bread (melon pan is a popular Japanese sweet bun — despite the name, usually melon-free))
was confused at first, but turns out there really are cats who’ll straight-up rob you 🐈 ours is such a mellow boy he only eats what’s placed directly in front of him, so this scenario never even crossed my mind 🤣
what makes the difference with cats and human food? I’ve had cats for years and still can’t figure out why some do and some don’t. mine only eats cat food lol

I have a cat too.

Mine shows zero interest in food — I can leave anything on the table and she completely ignores it. Stealing? Never heard of it.

My dream is to someday wrestle over a meal with my cat.

mine sits very politely on the table and just… stares at you 🐈‍⬛🎀
I always eat with my cat in my lap, and she’s learned that smelling is the most she’s going to get — so I can eat KFC with her right there. The bones, however, must be disposed of swiftly.
reading all these cat owner comments and I’m shocked — your cats are properly acting like cats 💦 ours won’t even glance at fish right in front of them lol. we’ve had this mother-daughter pair for 10 years and they’ve only ever eaten Ciao and dry food… barely feels like a cat 🐈 honestly a little jealous
mine’s a dog, btw — and he doesn’t jump on the table demanding food or anything. he just sits right next to me. being SO good. eyes sparkling with that “I am being SUCH a good boy right now!!” energy. stays there until I give in. honestly terrifying wwwwwwwww

My take

Their Majesties the Cats desire not only KFC but everything we presume to eat. The key virtue, it turns out, is self-restraint — and the burden falls entirely on the human.

Comments loosely translated for tone.

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