kitty litter

An online AIM chat with a friend of mine some weeks back.

LISA'S FRIEND: He likes you.

LISA: Why do you say that?

LISA'S FRIEND: Because he likes Sci Fi. You are like kitty litter to sci fi guys.

[Lisa pauses to contemplate this statement. She wonders why the metaphor escapes her. She double checks the phrase "kitty litter" and realizes that yes, that is the phrase he used. Technically, he is comparing her to sand that cats poop in.]

LISA: kitty litter?

LISA'S FRIEND: Yea, kitty litter.

[Another pause while Lisa sorts through metaphors involving cats and things they enjoy, besides pooping.]

LISA: Did you mean cat nip?

LISA'S FRIEND: Oh yeah... I don't have a cat so sorry. Is cat nip the stuff that drives them crazy?

LISA: Yeeeeaaaaah.

LISA'S FRIEND: Yeah ok cool. That's what I meant.

LISA: You just called me a toilet!

LISA'S FRIEND: I was going for a compliment there. Guess I failed.