It's both dead and alive.
Or alive and dead.

Or you could say that the cat has eyes and can be called an observer so it's in one state or the other but only the cat knows.

Or you could stop caring, like I did.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 1 Jul 2009, 11:03, archived)

Only the cat knows.
That is my new catchphrase.
( DeSpong currently knitting your suggestions - see profile, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 11:05, archived)

if it's the title of your autobiography I want some credit.

( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 1 Jul 2009, 11:05, archived)

I will put you in the dedication at the front

( DeSpong currently knitting your suggestions - see profile, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 11:06, archived)

I think a stuffed cat might be a better choice
as it also can't KNOW it's alive or dead.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 11:11, archived)

Yeah,
but an outside observer knows it's dead.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 1 Jul 2009, 11:12, archived)

oh piss

( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 11:21, archived)