"Steve Leyland" wrote in
much as it shames me to post on-topic I believe it ~is~ a nautical term
that
rats always desert a sinking ship first.
meow cats aren't afeared of no steenkin' netKKKopping rats!

Ain't a problem when you're a sailin' skin hound..... A-R-R-R-R-O-O-O-O-O-O

Where's that pussy???? :-)

CM