*I* have never dropped or had allowed to have dropped a cat high on catnip into a cold bath in the middle of winter. Having seen the result of such and in particular the blood spatter and sheer agony resulting I can assure that usage as a comparison is sane.
Perhaps the next poll can vote on what we dislike more. Bankers? Mortgage brokers? Lawyers? Bad programmers? Horrible bosses? Sociopathic work colleagues? Charity collecters on the street? Dice management? Egotistical tier 1 helpdeskers? Fruit ninjas? Robocallers? Politicians? Drunks? Stoners? Anonymous cowards...