Quote of the Day

[JMH]

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Alexander Pope

 

[noobvious]

"Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat."

-Mark Twain​

 

[zigzag3143]

"Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat."

-Mark Twain​

Cat wins

cat 2 dogs 1



++++

 

[JMH]

"Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat."

-Mark Twain​

If cats are so clever why aren't they Labradors !?!?

Cats are not social animals. They are nearer to reptiles in social development unlike dogs, the higher apes & homo sapiens.


JMH.

 

[zigzag3143]

"Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat."

-Mark Twain​

If cats are so clever why aren't they Labradors !?!?
JMH.

Because cats are too smart.

 

[Frostmourne]

"Si vis pacem, para bellum" Vegetius

 

[noobvious]

"Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat."

-Mark Twain​

If cats are so clever why aren't they Labradors !?!?
JMH.

Because they don't drool all over you?

 

[zigzag3143]

Incoming !!!!! its going to be raining dogs .. Duck

 

[JMH]

zigzag & noob,
The ancient Egyptians knew how to handle cats. They used to stuff & mummify them & sell them to tourists & funeral directors.

 

[DocBrown]

"You can't help that. We're all mad here." - The Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland

 

[noobvious]

Yet the Sphinx, a large cat-bodied creature with human-like head, was the statue of choice guarding the Pyramids, which were the tombs of the Pharoahs......so it would seem cats were revered.

 

[starwolf1336]

"Charge!!!!!!!!!!!!...............Run Away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" monty python and the holy grail

 

[smarteyeball]

A Cat Is Fine Too

The internetz

 

[JMH]

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.”

Tao Teh Ching.

 

[patio]

Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place.
- Billy Crystal

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[DocBrown]

You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. - Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio

 

[zigzag3143]

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning:

 

[JMH]

The friendship between a man and a woman which does not lead to marriage or desire for marriage may be a life long experience of the greatest value to themselves and to all their circle of acquaintance and of activity; but for this type of friendship both a rare man and a rare woman are needed. Perhaps it should be added that either the man or the woman thus deeply bound in lifelong friendship who seeks marriage must find a still rarer man or woman to wed, to make such a three cornered comradeship a permanent success.


Anna Garlin Spencer:

 

[harry5]

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.
--Edmund Burke

 

[starwolf1336]

"There is nothing to fear, but fear itself. And bears." Steven Colbert