Subj : New lurker in the echo To : Patrick Vittori From : George Pope Date : Fri Aug 22 2003 05:52 pm On (22 Aug 03) Patrick Vittori wrote to George Pope... PV> PV> and _Rotten Animal That Scratches_ became "Rats". PV> GP> I wonder if that's how the rodentary "rats" got their name PV> originally! PV> PV> Hmmmm... One for the "Curious History" archives. If you read the one PV> about where the phrase "Raining Cats and Dogs" came from, you'll see I Nope, I didn't see this one, I don't think. . . would you post it to me here, please? :) PV> keep some _weird_ shtuff on my BBS. What BBS? Do you have a dial-up node that's in North America? PV> GP> My "owner" is Punkin, the sweetest little kitty you ever did see! PV> GP> And odd enough to suit me perfectly! PV> PV> Are you sure that isn't the other way around??? No,of course I'm not! *LOL* PV> GP> Her favourite foods are, in the order I discovered such: PV> PV> GP> brussels sprouts PV> PV> Hmmmm... Likes a bit of the 'bitter' in her food? _I_ don't consider them to be 'bitter', so I guess neither does she! :) PV> beds were put in as litter boxes. :/ ) I could test what his PV> likes/dislikes PV> are based on the diet *I* eat. My cats have always shared in whatever I eat. . . :) (it's a lot easier/cheaper than 'official' cat food that really isn't much food value, being as they just use it as a way to make a few bucks off throw-away parts of our meat animals!) PV> LOL! Rats was like that as a kitten. His insistance on eating a PV> portion PV> of what I eat was 'cured' the day I finally fed him a piece of banana. PV> He PV> saw there afterwards with a look of contempt on his face. *LOL* Wonder why the banana was so distasteful to him! I had a cat who, the little , discovered a peach I was allowing to warm/ripen on the windowsill, and ate 3/4 of it! :| PV> GP> But Punkin doesn't eat meat! PV> PV> Mine is definitely in the carnivore class. Nearing the hibernation PV> season PV> for the desert reptiles and I still haven't seen a poisonous snake on PV> the PV> lot. NOT like I'm complaining, but if'n he'd just leave the _good_ PV> snakes PV> alone.... Well, I dunno what Punkin'd do with a LIVE bit of meat -- that's a real strong instinct -- eating chopped up DEAD something in the dish is a matter of TASTE not INSTINCT, IMHO! :) Your friend, <+]::-{)} (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!)) Ask me how to connect with me in any of 5 different Instant Messengers --- PPoint 1.76 * Origin: Cyberpope pointing via the Milky Way! (1:153/307.11) .