Bringing Home KFC? Better Lock Up the Humans First

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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.

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

The human.

猫飼いです。今日はケンタッキーを食べるので、隔離します。人間を。

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They’ll sniff it out for sure and start scratching at the door going “what are you DOING in there??” ☺️

しっかり嗅ぎつけられて、中で何してるのとドアをガリガリされそうですね☺️

Exactly — the lingering smell will give you away, so going straight to the shower after dinner is the move 👍

そう、残り香でバレるのでそのままお風呂で落とすのが正解👍

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Busted 🤣

バレてる🤣

“Human!! I KNOW you’re eating something good in there!! OPEN. THIS. DOOR. NOW!!”

「人間！美味そうな者を食べているのは分かってる！開けろ！ここを！今すぐにだ！」

Too cute

可愛すぎる

Called it 🤣

やっぱり🤣

lmaooo I literally choked

あかん器官が詰まるくらい笑ったw

lmao thank you for this!!

笑いましたww ありがとう！！

this is so dumb and I love it

バカおもろい

It really is for their own safety. For the kitties.

危ないですものね。猫ちゃん達が。

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.

ひっし！！可愛いケンタッキーはねスパイスもあるし　なにより骨が危ないから猫様には食べさせてあげられないですもんね

「Chicken bones splinter lengthwise and are dangerous」 is basically a household rule at our place 💦🫡

鳥の骨は縦に裂けるから危険っていうのは我が家の家訓💦🫡

That’s the correct call right there.

これぞ正しい判断

Huh, didn’t realize cats went crazy for KFC

猫ってケンタッキー反応するのね

Same — my cat’s eyes literally change when KFC comes out, totally get it. Gotta lock up. Myself.

うちもケンタの時は文字通り目の色変わるのでめっちゃわかる。隔離する。私を。

it’s so weird how my cat ONLY loses it over KFC and fish — never even given her human food before

KFCと魚食べてる時だけ猫がうるさすぎるのほんま不思議人間の食べ物与えたことないのに

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—!!!! 😡” 😅

これが一番！本当にマタタビかと思うくらいすごい勢いで食らいついてきてた！あげなかったけど！ずっと部屋の向こうで「おい！食わせろ！よこせ！人間め！コノヤロー！！😡」てな勢いで二匹してしゃがれた声で鳴いてた😅

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

犬もヤバい😂️ 昔、ゴールデン飼ってたけど、絶対に温厚な彼が飛びかかって奪いに来たww あ、この子、やっぱり犬やんけwwwwwってなった笑

might have to try this myself. Kinako and Omochi will not stop looking for an opening the second KFC comes out.

うちもこうしようかな。ケンタッキー食べる時のきなことおもちの隙あらば奪取アタックがしつこい。

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 🐟️🍗

素晴らしい👏 我が家はとりあえずちゅーるかレトルトで落ち着いて頂いてからの人間のごはんです🤣 ごはん狙われる🐟️🍗

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..

私もこれやってることある。けどベッタリ猫達がお風呂の外でずっと待っててくれて私はもうテイクアウトするのはなるべくやめた。。

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

ウチはケンタとかモスチキン系には全く反応がない…やっぱ人間を隔離するよね

thankfully mine doesn’t react to chicken or meat. but fish? full berserker mode. can’t eat any seafood at home.

幸いうちはチキンや肉には反応しない。でも、魚だとバーサーカーになるので家で魚類食べれない。

note to self: sashimi also counts

刺身もこうやって食べたらいいんだ

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﹡)

ウチのは特定の魚の塩焼きはヤバいくらい反応しますね。塩入ってるから、食べさせませんけど、油断出来ないです( ˊᵕˋ ;)💦 醤油などの味付けの魚もスンスンして終わり。肉は興味なしなので、個体差あるなぁって思って見てます(﹡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))

あーちゃんは人の食べ物に興味を示さないので良かったと思うの🤣 先代猫は…物によっては危なかったよ（何故かメロンパンの中身が好きだった

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 🤣

？？と思ったけど、結構強奪するタイプの猫さんいるのね🐈 我が家のおっとりボーイは目の前に差し出されたお皿に乗ったものしか食べないのでその発想はなかった🤣

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

人間の食べ物食べる猫って何処で差がつくんだろうね。長年猫買ってるけど、未だに何処で違ってくるのか分からん。今いる子はキャットフードしか食べないなー

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.

猫飼いです。うちの猫さまは、食べるものにまったく関心を示さず、食卓に置いておいてもスルー、盗み食いとは無縁です。猫さまと、格闘しながらご飯を食べるのが夢です。

mine sits very politely on the table and just… stares at you 🐈‍⬛🎀

うちの子はお行儀よく机の上にちょこんと座って、見つめてくれるよ？🐈‍⬛🎀

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.

うちの猫普段から膝に猫乗せたままいろんなものを人間が食べるけど猫は匂いかがせてもらうしかできないって学習させたので膝に乗せたままケンタッキー食べれますただし、骨は迅速な処理が必要です

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

猫飼いのみなさまのコメント見てびっくり。みなさまの猫様はちゃんと猫してるんですね💦我が家の猫様は目の前に魚があっても見向きもしません笑　親子猫保護して我が家に来て10年、ちゃおとドライフードしか食べてません…猫感ありません🐈ちょっと羨ましいです

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

うちは犬ですしかも寄越せとテーブルに乗ってきたりしません隣ですごーくいい子にして座ってますほんと、私いい子にしてるよ！とキラキラな眼差しで見つめて来ます。くれるまでずっと座ってる怖い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.

#Funny #Animals

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Comments loosely translated for tone. Reactions collected from Togetter and X threads.

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