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- From: markbr%radian@natinst.com (markbr)
- Subject: Re: Cats (was RE: Social inhibitions to environmental change)
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.184343.3632@radian.uucp>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 18:43:43 GMT
- References: <30DEC92.00033285@vax.clarku.edu> <uDcmwB3w165w@brewich.hou.tx.us>
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- In article <uDcmwB3w165w@brewich.hou.tx.us> donal@brewich.hou.tx.us (Donal) writes:
- >mmelez@vax.clarku.edu writes:
- >> In a previous article, boylan@sltg04.ljo.dec.com (Steve Boylan) wrote:
- >> >In article <1hbkceINN3u9@leela.CS.ORST.EDU>, casspa@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU
- >> >(Paul Cass) writes:
- >> >> Can someone kindly tell me why cats insist on standing on the keyboard
- >> >> and presenting their fanny while you are trying to type. This cat has
- >>
- >> (stuff deleted)
- >>
- >> >Uh, Paul . . . that's a female (or one-time female) cat, right? I hope
- >> >I don't trip over any inter-species phobias, but that's an expression
- >> >of, er, um, interest in, um, YOU know . . . making kittens.
- >>
- >> (more stuff deleted)
- >>
- >> I wouldn't be too sure. My cat used to do this to me and a female friend of
- >> mine. In fact it became a ritual that every time my friend came over and
- >> petted Shana, Shana would provide my friend with a view of her fanny. (Shana
- >> an ex-female).
- >>
- >besides, and I suppose it should be pointed out here, ALL cats, male and
- >female, regard ALL human cargivers as "Mama". According to the psych
- >boys, this is why a cat, raised from birth with humans, stays
- >"kittenish". They never truly leave the nest.
- >
- >Oops, that should be caregivers above, not 'cargivers'. Cargivers are
- >DEFINITELY father figures... :)
- >
- >Blessed Be, and Purrrrrrrr! :)
- >
- Donal!
-
- How could you point out something so obviously *untrue*?! Cats *certainly*
- don't regard all human caregivers as "Mama". They regard them as "servant".
- After all, what are humans here for, anyway?
-
- And *my* father never gave me a car (nor a rose garden, but then ...he
- never ran for pres... definitely getting into serious absurdity, here...)
-
- Happy new year, one and all, and may the new year be better than the old.
-
- mark
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