Ace of Spades Pet Thread, April 8

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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Don't be alarmed by the rhetoric here. These kangaroo rats typically don't eat people. But these little guys live in or near areas that are currently flooding, so I suppose a swarm of them could be dangerous. Don't fall down in front of them.
Heh.

This is the tipton kangaroo rat, mostly found near Bakersfield California.

A swarm of them is capable of consuming a man down to the bones in minutes. pic.twitter.com/vHGMJjWqby
— Anosognosiogenesis (@pookleblinky) April 7, 2023

If you open the thread, there are a few other interesting critters there. Like:

This is Stephen's kangaroo rat.
While it lives in California, its diet consists entirely of Italian food. Stephen has no idea how or why it evolved to eat lasagna.

My Dad had a kangaroo rat for a while (work-connected). It was kinda fun to watch the little rodent. They really are cuter than most rats. They generally don't drink water, and are able to manufacture water from their food.

Meet The PetMorons

From Jennifer:

This is Dottie. She's been on the pet thread before but I just couldn't pass up sending this picture. This is the look I get when I sing show tunes. This time I was was singing The Scarlet Pimpernel and apparently Dottie is not a fan. Thanks for the pet thread.

Heh.

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From olddog in mo:

Blessed Easter weekend, KT. As a prior dog owner and lover may I present our cats: Huck, Black Betty and Bella. Huck is the gray tabby who came out of the woods behind our house and adopted us upteen years ago. He was our first and bestest cat. Earned his keep as a most excellent mouser and mole killer. Alas, he passed away a few years ago.
Enter the two new layabouts, Black Betty and Bella. This is a pic of them "helping" fold clothes. Betty came to us from the woods in W. KY at our lake home. Covered with nearly a thousand seed ticks and anemic, the kids gave her shelter after the neighbor's daughter said her father was going to shoot her if no one claimed her. Bella, the gray long haired kitty came from a cow-orker who found her in the parking lot at Wally World. She lived in our office for a year alone at night and on weekends. After Huck passed I brought Bella to her forever home. Thank you for the Pet Thread and all you do at AoSHQ.

Sorry you lost huck. The girls are beautiful, though.

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Baby Easter Bunnies from the Farm

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Do you have a favorite bunny?

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Thanks for the great pet stories today. And Happy Easter Weekend!

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:
petmorons at protonmail dot com
Remember to include the nic by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, April 1. Some special PetMoron stories and photos there.

I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 03:27 PM

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There's also a photo update.

Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
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Posted by: Ciampino - Easter is not eggs or bunnies at April 08, 2023 03:28 PM (qfLjt)

2 Yay! Pet Thread!

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 03:30 PM (ju2Fy)

3 Yay, pet thread. Also, glad to see in Anosognosiogenesis's avatar that Achewood lives still.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 08, 2023 03:32 PM (CHHv1)

4 olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 03:30 PM

Love your kitties!

Posted by: KT at April 08, 2023 03:32 PM (rrtZS)

5 Nooded.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 03:33 PM (ju2Fy)

6 Bunny wabbits! Cute.

Hello, pet people. We were all napping, but suddenly Daisy decided she needed to go outside. Or, maybe she was trying to alert me that it's pet thread time!!

Posted by: mindful webworker - cats & dogs, living together, mass hysteria at April 08, 2023 03:33 PM (5UWoF)

7 Happy Easter every bunny!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko solutions at April 08, 2023 03:33 PM (KR90/)

8 Thanks, KT, for making them AoSHQ Pet Celebrities.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 03:34 PM (ju2Fy)

9 Fourth one down seems to be the most classically 'Bunny' rabbit of the bunch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 08, 2023 03:36 PM (zZu0s)

10 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 08, 2023 03:38 PM (u73oe)

11 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2023 03:39 PM (xhxe8)

12 Are those your bunnies, KT?

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 03:40 PM (ju2Fy)

13 Dottie looks like Cinnamon did except the light cinnamon splash on her forehead

Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2023 03:42 PM (xhxe8)

14 olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 03:40 PM

No, they belong to a niece and nephew.

Posted by: KT at April 08, 2023 03:44 PM (rrtZS)

15 Just discovered that I didn't post the tomato photo in the gardening thread! What insomnia will do to you!

Posted by: KT at April 08, 2023 03:46 PM (rrtZS)

16 How come the Horde always have beautiful pets?

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 03:46 PM (VdGjU)

17 Nice Pets Y’all!…

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 08, 2023 03:47 PM (R/m4+)

18 I do have a few bunny rabbits that live in or around my tiny yard. They like to feed on the grass on my back patio, which gives my kitties a nice view.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 08, 2023 03:49 PM (BpYfr)

19 About that Healing Power of Cats cartoon. No cat of ours would let you touch their bellies for any length of time like portrayed in the 4th panel. Ear scritches, good. Belly rubs, no good. Gets a scratch or bite.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 03:49 PM (ju2Fy)

20 18 I do have a few bunny rabbits that live in or around my tiny yard. They like to feed on the grass on my back patio, which gives my kitties a nice view.
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Me too. Those pictured bunnies are too cute though.

Posted by: Ciampino -- Easter is not eggs or bunnies at April 08, 2023 03:50 PM (qfLjt)

21 olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 03:49 PM

Actually, the cat in the 4th panel doesn't look all that calm. Heh.

Posted by: KT at April 08, 2023 03:52 PM (rrtZS)

22 Good afternoon!

I love that Dottie. What a cutie with an attitudie!

I have finished cooking for the dogs today: Next week's meals, a new batch of good boi cookies, and pupsicles (gonna be warm this week). They are very lucky, spoiled doggehs.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 08, 2023 03:52 PM (OX9vb)

23 19 About that Healing Power of Cats cartoon. No cat of ours would let you touch their bellies for any length of time like portrayed in the 4th panel. Ear scritches, good. Belly rubs, no good. Gets a scratch or bite.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 03:49 PM (ju2Fy)
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Most of my cats (excluding Parking Lot bunch) will roll over for tummy rubs except a couple. My largest cat, Shadow, adores having his tummy rubbed and there's a lot of it, yesseree.

Posted by: Ciampino - Easter is not eggs or bunnies though at April 08, 2023 03:54 PM (qfLjt)

24 FWIW my Paisley doesn't go into a tailwagging frenzy when I get home. She does a crazy happy dance.
The other day I came home late. She made sure to touch me on her way out
Then she did an extreme happy dance and then she told me she needed some affection.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 03:54 PM (VdGjU)

25 I watched Nick Johnson's tour of California yesterday. In the middle of a homeless community, on the sidewalk in front of stores, was one tent. It had a small fenced area with a pet rabbit. Some of the commenters said it looked like a pet you would give your children and not what you'd expect to see on the streets.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 08, 2023 03:54 PM (u7leW)

26 Had one cat, many years ago, what would let me Rub The Belly. In fact, I could (gently!) grasp the belly fur with both hands and lift her... she was small, light weight, and had a *very thick* coat. RIP, Booper.

Current Cat didn't come in last night. This morning showed up with both ears bloodied. Got chomped and scratched but not seriously, as far as I can tell.

*sigh*

Cats.

Posted by: JQ at April 08, 2023 03:55 PM (o0Fxd)

27 In any group of pix of cats, there's usually at least one that looks like one we've had. Black Betty is the spitting image of our Onyxia (Ony) — but most black short-hairs look like that, differentiated only by a few white hairs or eye color.

Huck looks like our late, much-missed Spark. Been meaning to tell a story about old Sparky's loss. L8r.

Re that poster up top, Ony likes to sleep on top of MiladyJo or I. Warm and purry. She was on top of me when Daisy woke us for the pet thread. Got to have the blanket between us, or she'll sink a claw through my shirt; likes to go for the neck. Also, wow, the PSI when she's standing instead of lying down on me is always startling.

Pixy thinks my comment is spam. Splitting to another part.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the gravest day in human history at April 08, 2023 03:56 PM (5UWoF)

28 Purring Cheetah

https://tinyurl.com/44pbah3b

(Twitter)

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 08, 2023 03:56 PM (sAmhv)

29 Grammatical question. There are horses at the hitching post at the pub.
What is correct--there are four horses or four horse?

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 03:57 PM (VdGjU)

30 Funniest stunt I've seen our two pets do this week.

Ony was behind the curtains on the west window, and Daisy was nosing the curtain, whining and trying to get Ony to play. Ony, as usual, just hissed.

I finally dragged Daisy away a bit, got her interested in a toy. Suddenly, Ony jumps down and races over, startling the unwary canine; big young Malinois got chased a ways by the little old hissing, spitting cat. I larfed.

Seems like they both enjoy it. Do wish they could find other games to play. Not exactly snuggle-buddies. Yet.

Posted by: mindful webworker - clik for toon at April 08, 2023 03:58 PM (5UWoF)

31 olddog, those two are beautiful. The gray one reminds me of my Jasmine, she had a bit of Maine Coon in her. She made it to 20 and we lost her in 2021.

Posted by: Ciampino -- Easter is not eggs or bunnies though at April 08, 2023 03:59 PM (qfLjt)

32 Jennifer, are you sure it was The Scarlet Pimpernel tune and not your singing voice?

j/k

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 04:00 PM (ju2Fy)

33 . "This is the look I get when I sing show tunes. "

That is hilarious, Jennifer. Loved Dottie's photo.

The cats are beautiful, OldDoginMO. Sorry about Huck.

Great looking bunnies. My favorite picture was the first fuzzy one.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2023 04:00 PM (FUVRY)

34 29 Grammatical question. There are horses at the hitching post at the pub.
What is correct--there are four horses or four horse?

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 03:57 PM (VdGjU)
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In your context 'horse' is singular so horses for the win.

Posted by: Ciampino --- Easter is not eggs or bunnies though at April 08, 2023 04:01 PM (qfLjt)

35 My cat will only approach me for head scritches when we are alone.

Her majesty cannot allow strangers to see her in a needful situation.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at April 08, 2023 04:01 PM (5u1+1)

36 Love all the pets and all of the bunnies!

Posted by: Moonbeam at April 08, 2023 04:01 PM (rbKZ6)

37 Haven't ever seen a kangaroo mouse but when we were at the Ghost Ranch in New Mexico for a Georgia O'Keefe tour we were having lunch and saw what I think is a New Mexico Jumping Mouse on the patio. They are pretty darn cute for a rodent.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at April 08, 2023 04:02 PM (fTtFy)

38 Thanks KT for my favorite weekly thread. While I am sorry for those pets who have crossed over the rainbow bridge, I would just point out some Hucks are still on this earth!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 08, 2023 04:02 PM (5lmie)

39 So, apparently my cat is a Catholic.

I sit on the couch to pray the Rosary, and within a minute, she is up there joining in and getting head scratches, but mostly head scratches.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at April 08, 2023 04:03 PM (5u1+1)

40 Yay pet thread!!

Pretty kitties olddog!

Dottie's face is hilarious! Not a fan of show tunes?

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at April 08, 2023 04:03 PM (wagHN)

41 I'm coming to the point of only comment only on the pet thread.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 04:03 PM (VdGjU)

42 So, the little girl came out of hiding and boom!

Flea treatment has been applied.

(I mentioned in gardening thread that she went hiding when I brought out the stuff for her monthly flea and tick treatment)

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at April 08, 2023 04:07 PM (5u1+1)

43 Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at April 08, 2023 04:03 PM (5u1+1)

Our cat always comes to our morning prayer when FenSpouse
starts reading a psalm. He jumps up and stays on FenSpouse's lap for the entire thing and usually only leaves when FenSpouse has to gently push him off because he (FenSpouse) has to leave for first school bus run.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2023 04:07 PM (FUVRY)

44 What is correct--there are four horses or four horse?
Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 03:57 PM (VdGjU)

I concur with Ciampino. There are four horses.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 08, 2023 04:07 PM (OX9vb)

45 I would just point out some Hucks are still on this earth!
Posted by: Huck
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Heh. Duly noted.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 04:08 PM (ju2Fy)

46 Huck looks utterly dashing.

Posted by: SFGoth at April 08, 2023 04:09 PM (KAi1n)

47 Fen,

I am hopeful that some cats go the Heaven.

This one is a good one.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at April 08, 2023 04:09 PM (5u1+1)

48 Yes.

Horse belongs to a class of very old English nouns that probably come from a now extinct non-indo-European language from NE Europe, that are both plural and singular. Sheep, Deer and Elk are others.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 08, 2023 04:10 PM (xhaym)

49 Our English Setters would catch bunnies in the yard and rip them apart. Freaked my wife out but hunters will hunt.

Posted by: leber at April 08, 2023 04:10 PM (E7KPo)

50 Most of my cats (excluding Parking Lot bunch) will roll over for tummy rubs except a couple. My largest cat, Shadow, adores having his tummy rubbed and there's a lot of it, yesseree.
Posted by: Ciampino - Easter is not eggs or bunnies though at April 08, 2023 03:54 PM (qfLjt)
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3 of my 5 cats seem to enjoy tummy rubs. Penny *loves* tummy rubs when we are in bed together at night. Hexie *loves* tummy rubs to the point where she throws herself down at my feet and rolls over, expecting one. Allie will tolerate them if I can get her in the right mood (she's a bit bitey).

Kaylee shows me her tummy, but when I go to rub it, she rolls back over. Jasmine doesn't seem to care for them at all...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 08, 2023 04:11 PM (BpYfr)

51 JQ: RIP, Booper.

Booper. What a great name.

I call Onycat "bonkers the kitty" when she starts banging her head into my leg to get attention.

Speaking of bellyrubs, Ony doesn't care for them, but she does like the "rollover" game. She lies on her side, we stroke her back with a foot, she rolls over. Repeat.

Not to be played in mere bare or socked feet. That "rolls over" includes claws out trying to catch the foot.

Posted by: mindful webworker - here y' go at April 08, 2023 04:12 PM (5UWoF)

52 So cute! My cats help fold clothes exactly the same way, @olddog!

Posted by: Piper at April 08, 2023 04:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

53 when I said yes, I meant both are right.
Current usage is Horses, unless you are talking about a body of horse, or in groups, when it is in an old fashioned way, Horse.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 08, 2023 04:14 PM (xhaym)

54 Robert the Cat (TM) turns into a Murder Machine if you touch his belly. The other cats I've lived with were fine with it and seemed to enjoy it.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 08, 2023 04:15 PM (CHHv1)

55 Horse belongs to a class of very old English nouns that probably come from a now extinct non-indo-European language from NE Europe, that are both plural and singular. Sheep, Deer and Elk are others.
Posted by: Kindltot at April

I don't think I'd ever say deers or sheeps but horse seems different.
BTW I'm just having fun.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 04:16 PM (VdGjU)

56 I don't think I'd ever say deers or sheeps but horse seems different.
BTW I'm just having fun.
Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 04:16 PM (VdGjU)

me too.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 08, 2023 04:17 PM (xhaym)

57 The cats aren't helping fold laundry.

They're supervising folding laundry.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2023 04:18 PM (EZebt)

58 Huck looks utterly dashing.
Posted by: SFGoth at April 08, 202
Of course he does. All Morons, by definition are dashing with the singular exception of me. But I'm just a lurker.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 04:19 PM (VdGjU)

59 I would say lambs.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 04:20 PM (VdGjU)

60 When Mrs. F. and I started dating her roommate had a bunny. This girl let the bunny have run of the apartment. So there were little bunny turds everywhere.

Yeah, I saved her from all that.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2023 04:21 PM (EZebt)

61 ................the Ether bunny........bangs head.

Posted by: Corona at April 08, 2023 04:24 PM (nakGR)

62 Horse belongs to a class of very old English nouns that probably come from a now extinct non-indo-European language from NE Europe, that are both plural and singular. Sheep, Deer and Elk are others.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 08, 2023

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Yes; there's an old phrase, "riding to horse," which can include more than one rider and horse.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 04:25 PM (omVj0)

63 Hey, all! The Killer Kittens From Outer Space, Stirling and Dagny, are trotting around and chasing each other. Dagny wants to sit in the living room window and soak up sun, and I'm trying to keep that same sun from heating up the room, so I have drapes drawn. I have to keep an eye on her and her black brother so they wont start playing with those drapes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 04:27 PM (omVj0)

64 >>>Black Betty and Bella. This is a pic of them "helping" fold clothes.

That's so nice of them! They should have more treats.

Posted by: m at April 08, 2023 04:29 PM (kSmii)

65 Singular & plural deer, sheep, also moose and fish.

The Plural of Mouse
Another reason why English literacy should be required for citizenship.

The plural of mouse is mice,
a flock of goose is geese,
but more than one house is not hice,
nor a flock of moose known as meese.

You might have a couple of beers,
you might wish a hundred wishes,
but you can't see a couple of deers,
and a hundred fish are not fishes.

Yet if I have two scissors, and I give you one,
each now has scissors. English is fun!

Posted by: mindful webworker - my site your site my site your site at April 08, 2023 04:29 PM (5UWoF)

66 No. The plural of horse is horses.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse the pedantic one at April 08, 2023 04:29 PM (5u1+1)

67 Phil Sheridan would bring 50 horse to the bank to the battle.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 04:31 PM (VdGjU)

68 Olddog,
Guck looks exactly like our male tabby, Poppy. He came from the shelter with that name as a kitten and it stuck.

Posted by: lin-duh (y'all/all y'all) at April 08, 2023 04:31 PM (UUBmN)

69 Both Dagny and Stirling like tummy rubs when they are in the mood for it. Dagny in particular will roll over and enjoy it.

Someone commented earlier today that it seems creepy to see a grown man in an Easter Bunny suit, but it doesn't to see someone dressed as Santa Claus. I suppose it's a matter of normal size. Santa is not depicted as a leprechaun, but as a full-sized overweight man; whereas even the largest rabbits are not 5.5 to 6 feet tall and walking upright. It's a distortion of nature, like the horror/SF films of the '50s with giant ants or a colossal grasshopper.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 04:31 PM (omVj0)

70 The cats aren't helping fold laundry.

They're supervising folding laundry.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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LOL. Where were you when I was writing that blurb?

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 04:32 PM (ju2Fy)

71 60 When Mrs. F. and I started dating her roommate had a bunny. This girl let the bunny have run of the apartment. So there were little bunny turds everywhere.

Yeah, I saved her from all that.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2023 04:21 PM (EZebt)

I wonder if that's how Mrs. F. would tell that story.

Posted by: m at April 08, 2023 04:32 PM (kSmii)

72 The plural of horse is horses.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse
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That's what I said 2 threads ago....

Posted by: lin-duh (y'all/all y'all) at April 08, 2023 04:32 PM (UUBmN)

73 Betty looks much like Stirling. His tail might be a little plushier (he's a medium-hair, not a longhair).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 04:33 PM (omVj0)

74 That's what I said 2 threads ago....
Posted by: lin-duh (y'all/all y'all

I'm just enjoying the English language.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 04:34 PM (VdGjU)

75 On the matter of horse as a plural, no, it's not common to see that in modern English. But in a title translated from Latin, Marc Antony was Julius Caesar's Master of Horse (not Master of Horses). I don't know if that was an honorary title, or if it meant he was commander of JC's cavalry, or what.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 04:35 PM (omVj0)

76 You have to admit that English is a very difficult language to learn to pronounce.

House, mouse, houses, mice?

Grouse, grice.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse the pedantic one at April 08, 2023 04:37 PM (5u1+1)

77 Guck ?

Ya know what that rhymes with ?

Posted by: JT at April 08, 2023 04:37 PM (T4tVD)

78 No. The plural of horse is ~~horses~~ horsies.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 04:37 PM (ju2Fy)

79 Guck ?

Ya know what that rhymes with ?
Posted by: JT at April 08, 2023

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Luck!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 04:37 PM (omVj0)

80 35 My cat will only approach me for head scritches when we are alone.

Her majesty cannot allow strangers to see her in a needful situation.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at April 08, 2023 04:01 PM (5u1+1)

That's a good confirmation that she's a cat.

Posted by: m at April 08, 2023 04:37 PM (kSmii)

81 and a hundred fish are not fishes.

Posted by: mindful webworker - my site your site my site your site at April 08, 2023 04:29 PM (5UWoF)
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Actually though not common 'fishes' is an alternative plural to 'fish'
..... and now you have probably awoken the FISH PUNSTERS ..

Posted by: Ciampino - Easter, a time to rejoice at April 08, 2023 04:38 PM (qfLjt)

82 I've never claimed to be bright.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 04:38 PM (VdGjU)

83 Guck ?

Ya know what that rhymes with ?
Posted by: JT at April 08, 2023

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Luck!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Correct !

Posted by: JT at April 08, 2023 04:39 PM (T4tVD)

84 Perhaps it's the difficulty of the language that requires the person to think?

English has the largest vocabulary of all the languages.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse the pedantic one at April 08, 2023 04:39 PM (5u1+1)

85 Wolfus: …seems creepy to see a grown man in an Easter Bunny suit

At the riks of letting politickle pollute the pet thread, my mind went immediately to this:
https://youtu.be/CBkYcsbHjfs

Posted by: mindful webworker - and when you go chasing rabbits at April 08, 2023 04:39 PM (5UWoF)

86 Horsies?

What are these? Shetland ponies?

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse the pedantic one at April 08, 2023 04:40 PM (5u1+1)

87 FWIW women have two boobs, not two boob.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 04:40 PM (VdGjU)

88 81 ofishially, if they are the same type, the plural is fish. If multiple types, fishes.

Posted by: Piper at April 08, 2023 04:40 PM (ZdaMQ)

89 Thank you my friends for several minutes of delightful discussion.

Argument? Nah. Just givin' each other laughs.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at April 08, 2023 04:41 PM (5u1+1)

90 And someone who is knowledgeable about horses, their anatomy, complaints, training, etc., is said to be "a good judge of horseflesh." I don't think we have such a term for cows or sheep. Plus we have "horsepower," which when it's plural (most of the time) is not "horsespower."

The other peculiar thing is that now -- since the invention and spread of the combustion engine -- if the horse were to vanish from the Earth, it would not make much difference to us in the technological West. Cows, hell yes, a big big difference. But cars and trucks have come to fill a lot of the niches horses used to be employed in. And the uses we have for their hide and the like could be filled by cows. Horses to us now are more recreational (riding, racing).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 04:41 PM (omVj0)

91 I find English interesting.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 04:42 PM (VdGjU)

92 88 81 ofishially
Posted by: Piper at April 08, 2023 04:40 PM (ZdaMQ)

LOL

Posted by: m at April 08, 2023 04:42 PM (kSmii)

93 LOL. When I was 18, I told my dad that I was going to Black's Beach.

He said, "If you find a woman with three tits, get her picture."

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at April 08, 2023 04:43 PM (5u1+1)

94 women have two boobs, not two boob.
Posted by: That Northern skulker
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So, a pair of boob?

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 04:43 PM (ju2Fy)

95 On the matter of horse as a plural, no, it's not common to see that in modern English. But in a title translated from Latin, Marc Antony was Julius Caesar's Master of Horse (not Master of Horses). I don't know if that was an honorary title, or if it meant he was commander of JC's cavalry, or what.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 04:35 PM (omVj0)
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Cavalry commander. As late as the 17th century, "The Horse" was a reference to cavalry.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 08, 2023 04:43 PM (2hlEI)

96 300 heavy horse!!
-Nervous Scotsman

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at April 08, 2023 04:44 PM (T/Lqj)

97 The other peculiar thing is that now -- since the invention and spread of the combustion engine -- if the horse were to vanish from the Earth, it would not make much difference to us in the technological West. Cows, hell yes, a big big difference. But cars and trucks have come to fill a lot of the niches horses used to be employed in. And the uses we have for their hide and the like could be filled by cows. Horses to us now are more recreational (riding, racing).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 04:41 PM (omVj0)
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Well, since the Left is bound and determined to eliminate the internal combustion engine, we might be relying on horses again in the future.

Go long on buggy whips!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 08, 2023 04:44 PM (BpYfr)

98 A horse is a horse of course of course

Posted by: m at April 08, 2023 04:45 PM (kSmii)

99 My cat will only approach me for head scritches when we are alone.

Her majesty cannot allow strangers to see her in a needful situation.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at April 08, 2023

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Stirling, I believe, does not like Dagny to see him kneading and nuzzling my arm. If she jumps on the bed, he knocks off. Though it might just be that he wants to go play with her.

My later Maine Coon mix, Arizona, had a peculiarity. When I came home, from a date or whatever, he would not let me pet his head until he had thoroughly sniffed my hand. He'd duck his head away and go back to inhaling whatever scents were on me. Then he'd let me pet or scratch him. He had known me since he was six weeks old, and his eyesight was good to the end of his life. He just wanted to check to see if I'd been consorting with other cats, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 04:45 PM (omVj0)

100 Ciampino: Actually though not common 'fishes' is an alternative plural to 'fish'…

Yeah, but that wouldn't've fit the pome. There's even another quibble could be made, but I invoke artistic license. The trouble with quibbles is how they multiply.

Posted by: mindful webworker - a hookah-smoking caterpillar? at April 08, 2023 04:45 PM (5UWoF)

101 88 81 ofishially, if they are the same type, the plural is fish. If multiple types, fishes.

Posted by: Piper at April 08, 2023 04:40 PM (ZdaMQ)
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The Mafia, our ultimate guide to the 'English Language', says that "Alfredo swims with the fishes" while presenting you with a wrapped fresh fish.
-- see The Godfather.

Posted by: Ciampino - Ask Mario Puzzo when you see him at April 08, 2023 04:46 PM (qfLjt)

102 Ciampino: Actually though not common 'fishes' is an alternative plural to 'fish'…

Yeah, but that wouldn't've fit the pome. There's even another quibble could be made, but I invoke artistic license. The trouble with quibbles is how they multiply.
Posted by: mindful webworker - a hookah-smoking caterpillar? at April 08, 2023 04:45 PM (5UWoF)
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Although we learned just a few weeks ago that "fishes" is used when you have more than one kind of fish in a group.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 08, 2023 04:47 PM (2hlEI)

103 Stirling has come to sit on the couch next to me. Hard believe that next week he will have been here ten months.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 04:48 PM (omVj0)

104 Well, since the Left is bound and determined to eliminate the internal combustion engine, we might be relying on horses again in the future.

Go long on buggy whips!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 08, 2023 04:44 PM (BpYfr)
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And shovels.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 08, 2023 04:48 PM (2hlEI)

105 Although we learned just a few weeks ago that "fishes" is used when you have more than one kind of fish in a group.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 08, 2023

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Yes; the term "bony fishes," for instance, which incorporates a lot of species, not "bony fish."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 04:49 PM (omVj0)

106 The Mafia, our ultimate guide to the 'English Language', says that "Alfredo swims with the fishes" while presenting you with a wrapped fresh fish.
-- see The Godfather.
Posted by: Ciampino - Ask Mario Puzzo when you see him

I thought it was "sleeps with the fishes" ?

(psst....Puzo)

Posted by: JT at April 08, 2023 04:49 PM (T4tVD)

107 I thought it was "sleeps with the fishes" ?

(psst....Puzo)
Posted by: JT at April 08, 2023 04:49 PM (T4tVD)
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Cue the Fish-Slapping Dance.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 08, 2023 04:50 PM (2hlEI)

108 104
And shovels.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 08, 2023 04:48 PM (2hlEI)
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Did you mean 'spades' or 'fucking shovels'?
(Mother Superior joke)

Posted by: Ciampino - for shoveling shit? at April 08, 2023 04:51 PM (qfLjt)

109 Do you have a favorite bunny?

Well, it sure as crap ain't Gloria Steinem.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 08, 2023 04:51 PM (Angsy)

110 106
I thought it was "sleeps with the fishes" ?

(psst....Puzo)

Posted by: JT at April 08, 2023 04:49 PM (T4tVD)
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Yes, yes, my error. Bless you.

Posted by: Ciampino -- for shoveling shit? at April 08, 2023 04:52 PM (qfLjt)

111 Do you have a favorite bunny?

I'm partial to Kate Upton.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 04:53 PM (VdGjU)

112 Ah, a most excellent pet thread.
Love the bunnies, too!
My cat leans on my leg and purrs loudly. I'd say it is a healing purr. Belly rubs, 2 or 3, more than that gets a bite.
But, the waking me up at 5am every morning gets a little old.
Who am I kidding, I'd get up then anyway.
And I would like a treat! Just kidding, the pet thread is a treat. Thanks KT.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 08, 2023 04:53 PM (jTmQV)

113 Thank y'all for the nice comments. Regarding the pic of Bella and Betty, I've been waiting couple of years to get one where they're together. They really just tolerate each other and keep their distance. Except for the occasional instances when Bella likes to torment Betty and chase her around the furniture.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 04:55 PM (ju2Fy)

114 PETZZZZZ!!!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 08, 2023 04:55 PM (yu8eA)

115 Thank y'all for the nice comments. Regarding the pic of Bella and Betty, I've been waiting couple of years to get one where they're together. They really just tolerate each other and keep their distance. Except for the occasional instances when Bella likes to torment Betty and chase her around the furniture.
Posted by: olddog in

Are we supposed to tolerate one another?

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 08, 2023 04:58 PM (VdGjU)

116 Yeah, the early morning "Up and at 'em, hooman!" deal with some of my cats has been wearying. Today I planned to sleep late, no alarm, since it would be raining (no car wash) and my chores are all done. Stirling the great Black Kitten heard me stir in bed at 4 am and came trotting right in to knead and nuzzle me. I can't turn him away, and by the time he's done I'm awake. Oh, well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 04:58 PM (omVj0)

117 For anyone looking for a less toxic flea spray, I highly recommend Wondercide. My cat had been chewing her sides but I didn't find fleas with the flea comb. Vet gave me Bravaceto which didn't do much. But Wondercide works. I can use it on both dog and cat, kills fleas, mosquitos and ticks. I spray them both any time she starts chewing on herself since she is sensitive to fleas.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 08, 2023 04:59 PM (u7leW)

118 For anyone looking for a less toxic flea spray, I highly recommend Wondercide. My cat had been chewing her sides but I didn't find fleas with the flea comb. Vet gave me Bravaceto which didn't do much. But Wondercide works. I can use it on both dog and cat, kills fleas, mosquitos and ticks. I spray them both any time she starts chewing on herself since she is sensitive to fleas.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 08, 2023

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Where can we find this, and does it work to spray on furniture, rugs, and clothes as well (without staining, I mean)?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 05:00 PM (omVj0)

119 Bella comes to get me around 4a, too. Not for kneading though. She walks on me until I get up only to go downstairs and watch her eat. Weird cat.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 05:02 PM (ju2Fy)

120 I awoke this morning with the 20lb tabby, Shadow, sleeping on me and I never even felt him climb on me. Amazing. He likes tummy skwaches.

Posted by: Ciampino --- for shoveling shit? at April 08, 2023 05:02 PM (qfLjt)

121 Hobby nood

Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2023 05:02 PM (xhxe8)

122 Both Amazon and Chewy have it. It is oil based so test it. They have stuff for furniture, outside and bar soap for washing your pet. I like the lemongrass fragrance.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 08, 2023 05:05 PM (u7leW)

123 I watched Nick Johnson's tour of California yesterday. In the middle of a homeless community, on the sidewalk in front of stores, was one tent. It had a small fenced area with a pet rabbit. Some of the commenters said it looked like a pet you would give your children and not what you'd expect to see on the streets.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 08, 2023 03:54 PM (u7leW)

Pet rabbits aren't immune to the 'im tired of the cute baby and don't want to take care of an animal so out it goes to survive on the streets any more than cats and dogs are.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 08, 2023 05:31 PM (eoQWY)

124 Marc Antony was Julius Caesar's Master of Horse (not Master of Horses). I don't know if that was an honorary title, or if it meant he was commander of JC's cavalry, or what.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 04:35 PM (omVj0)

a Master of the horse in a Roman army led the cavalry and often would be the second in command in the army (as horsemen in Roman armies were often mercs or allied tribesmen). In this context, though the Master of the Horse was the sidekick of the official Dictator who led all armies and men for the duration of the emergency that led to the Dictator, so he was above anyone except for the Dictator.

In Republican Rome Dictator was an official position, first with a duration of 6 months (a campaign year) but by the latter days the end date became extended to life terms by Sulla. The Roman Cincinnatus was famous by becoming Dictator and was notified while plowing his farm, routed the invaders in a single day and putting it aside to go finish the plowing rather that have absolute rule for the full term.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 08, 2023 05:40 PM (eoQWY)

125 Cats cats better than rats!
Meow meow how about that?
Goooooooo cats!

Posted by: Eromero at April 08, 2023 05:49 PM (z3WCn)

126 Sorry I'm late. Grandkid obligations.

Beautiful pet morons, nice seeing bunnies.

Posted by: CN at April 08, 2023 05:57 PM (Zzbjj)

127 Do you have a favorite bunny?
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Yes, and he lives in the backyard. His name is Jasper. Since Jasper has been back there for 30 years, I am beginning to suspect that it is actually Jasper III. Also, there's Churchill the woodchuck.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 08, 2023 06:56 PM (LPLin)

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