Subj : Re: Anecdote
To   : Roy Witt
From : alexander koryagin
Date : Wed Jun 13 2018 09:07:16

From: alexander koryagin <koryagin@erec.ru>

Hi, Roy Witt!
I read your message from 12.06.2013 10:57

 DM>>> I wonder what the cats are thinking, when during washing suddenly
 DM>>> freeze and a few seconds looking into nothingness?
 IS>> And the answer is, obviously: What the pain in the neck is
 IS>> stooping like this!

 RW> There is nothing logical in the question. The best I can figure is
 RW> that part before the first comma.

 RW> "I wonder what the cats are thinking?"

 RW> The answer to that is, no one knows for sure.

 RW> The rest;

 RW> "when during washing suddenly freeze and a few seconds looking into
 RW> nothingness?" Makes no sense.

   I believe the correct version is this:

   With black humor:

   I wonder what the cats are thinking when during washing THEY suddenly
freeze and for a few seconds look nowhere?

   without black humor:

   I wonder what the cats are thinking when while washing THEMSELVES
THEY suddenly freeze and for a few seconds look nowhere?

   The answer is of course that nobody knows. But looking at the cats'
faces during such moments we certainly can suppose that they are deep in
thoughts. If we consider the first variant we can suppose that when a
human washes a cat the whole life flashes through its mind and a state
of consternation is the aftermath of the washing process.

   I can't vouch for the second variant - I've never observed cats
freezing when they wash themselves. But who knows - maybe the process
wakes up some thoughts inside their brains. After all people are often
deep in thoughts after scratching their heads. ;-)

Bye, Roy!
Alexander Koryagin
fido7.english-tutor 2013
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