Larry asks the eternal question:

How can one tell if their cat is smart, stupid, or somewhere in between? By what standard is a cat's intelligence judged?

My wife's answer would probably be simple if I asked her... "All cats are brilliant. Dumbass."

I think cats are situationally brilliant. Well, at least some of them. I've got five who get free room, board, medical care, and freedom to crap and yak wherever they please. How brilliant is that? However, I'm pretty sure that's not what he's talking about. I'd judge their smarts by balancing the stupid things they did against the smart ones. Whichever end of the ratio is larger is how you judge their brains.

So, for example, when Ajax rolls off the end of the bed, that's an entry in the "dumb" column. When he stomps on Ellen's bladder in the morning to get some food, that's an entry in the "smart" column.

Ah hell, what do I know. They sure trained my wife well, I'll say that.