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Why would you think that?

Cheers

Scott Vernon wrote:

But cats stay on the hook better.

SV

"MC" wrote in message
...

Hot dogs are better. The stupid owners encourage them to swim. Most cats
avoid the water.

Cheers

katysails wrote:


Scotty surmised: You're talking bait, right?

Sharks love cat meat.

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MC, who knows little about cats in reality, spake from his throne:
Most cats=20
avoid the water.

Au contraire....tigers loll around in streams whenever they get a chance =
(read National Geographic a couple months back), lions wade in and sit =
in the shallows....we have had several swimming domestic cats..one that =
would swim after us out to the swim raft and another that stood in the =
water and fished for minnows. The cat/water thing is a myth.

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

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They're not Felix Domesticus Kook. Anyway how do you know the big like
water -ever heard them purr in water? Huh?

The only domestic cats I know that like water are Turkish (and maybe
vans). Was yours Turkish perchance?

Cheers

katysails wrote:

MC, who knows little about cats in reality, spake from his throne:
Most cats
avoid the water.

Au contraire....tigers loll around in streams whenever they get a chance (read National Geographic a couple months back), lions wade in and sit in the shallows....we have had several swimming domestic cats..one that would swim after us out to the swim raft and another that stood in the water and fished for minnows. The cat/water thing is a myth.

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and this helps explain a lot about the level of development they have
ascended to huh?
rick

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 20:41:56 GMT, Scout wrote:

Yep, I've been told that native Americans used their dogs as
bio-refrigerators. The dogs ate all the scraps and leftovers, thereby
storing and transporting the surplus calories quite nicely until they
were
needed elsewhere.
Scout

"MC" wrote in message
snip

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rick wrote:

and this helps explain a lot about the level of development they have
ascended to huh?
rick



"He is correct and your response is so typical of what remains of this NG
You cast aspersions upon his good name you cowardly beast you. you
besmirch his integrity whilst hiding like a child behind the dress of the
internet."

No substitute "their" for "his" in the above quote.

Pots and kettles?

Cheers
Marty

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MC just prattles on and on:=20
They're not Felix Domesticus Kook. Anyway how do you know the big like=20
water -ever heard them purr in water? Huh?

The only domestic cats I know that like water are Turkish (and maybe=20
vans). Was yours Turkish perchance?

Cat studies show that felix domesticus has the exact same traits as the =
larger cats...they're just little versions of the same theme. How do I =
know? They go in the water voluntarily. They sit in it. They play in =
it. Animals generally do not do things in the wild that they don't want =
or like to do. And no, my cats that swam we Tomas, a domestic =
shorthair taabby on white, and Paddypaws, a persian cross. My SIamese, =
Ginger, would play in the toilet and the kids wading pool but never had =
access to a lake or stream. Jake, my tortie, would jump in the bathrub =
with a person...quite disconcerting if you weren't used to sharing your =
bath with a cat.

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

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kinky!

"katysails" wrote
Jake, my tortie, would jump in the bathrub with me

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ouch! Uncle.

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:04:37 -0500, Martin Baxter wrote:

rick wrote:

and this helps explain a lot about the level of development they have
ascended to huh?
rick



"He is correct and your response is so typical of what remains of this NG
You cast aspersions upon his good name you cowardly beast you. you
besmirch his integrity whilst hiding like a child behind the dress of the
internet."

No substitute "their" for "his" in the above quote.

Pots and kettles?

Cheers
Marty



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Scotty observed: kinky!

No...he had straight hair.

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

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"katysails" wrote:
MC just prattles on and on:
They're not Felix Domesticus Kook.

Cat studies show that felix domesticus...snip...

Just to get some use out of my expensive classical education and FYI,
they're not happy (felix) domestics, they're feline (felis) domestics.
Katy, you should know better. Blame it on your typing?