pronouns gone mad

[Dan Goncharoff]

Perhaps this is a heretofore unknown characteristic of Schroedinger's cat.


DanG


On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> Makes me wonder just whose claws the cat was using to "knead[] your
> thighs".  And whether the cat was in a (perhaps intermediate)
> transsexual state.
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> Joel
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> At 5/7/2014 01:06 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> >You've clearly never had a cat with multiple personality disorder.
>  Ableist!
> >
> >LH
> >
> >
> >On May 7, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > > God forbid your gendered pronouns make you into an unwitting sexist.
> > >
> > > Arden Moore of Yahoo! today:
> > >
> > > "If you need a sign it is time to trim your cat's nails, nothing is
> clearer
> > > than when he perches on your lap, purrs and starts kneading your thighs
> > > with her front paws. But this is also a sign of affection. Experts say
> that
> > > this action beckons your adult cat back to a safe, welcoming memory
> when
> > > she was nuzzling his mother for milk as a newborn kitten. He is being
> > > affectionate and a bit nostalgic. "
> > >
> > >
> > > Back in the eighties I had one or two freshman who did this - out of
> > > thousands - before being corrected.
> > >
> > > Now it's a  bylined Web correspondent.
> > >
> > > JL
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