X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,131a075998742025 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine Subject: Re: REQ: The Cheshire Cat Date: 1996/07/02 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 163267086 distribution: world x-nntp-posting-host: xemu.demon.co.uk references: organization: 1st Canine Chapel of Bob Dobbs Dog (Church of the SubGenius) mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: alt.ascii-art In article <6qVpqIAT9A2xEwpI@g-dav.demon.co.uk>, Sophie writes > >*shrug* >Here's my cheshire cat: > > _________ __________ > | \ / | > | | | >_|__________|___________|_ > | | | > | @ | @ | > |_________/ \__________| > ____ > \__/ > > |\_____________/| > | | > |_______________| But why a Cheshire Cat? A long time ago, there was a theiftaker in Cheshire whose name was Catterling, and he was renowned when he came upon highwaymen & footpads, not just for chopping them into little pieces, but for grinning 'orribly as he did so. "Grin like a Cheshire Catterling", became a byeword. In time, people shortened it to "Cat" and even though it really meant a feline. So the unofficial "trademark" for Nottingham which everone put on their goods was a little Robin Hood; and for Cheshire, a cats head with a grin. You would see it on the end of Cheshire cheeses: just the head, as if the body had vanisghed away. And that's where Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carol) got the idea from. -- (__) (__) (@@) XEMoo.moo.moo (@@) _____(oo) #--(oo)_____ /( / \ # / \ )\ * /_x \ / | \ / x_\ * '''''''''''ww''''www.demon.net/castle/x/xemu.html''''ww'''''''''''' travolta - nots -xenu - fishman - ot3 - erlich - osa - hi, clams! "Ron mocked up his PhD":Scott McClare, on alt.religion.scientology