[Ads-l] "had their tails in the air"

[Jonathan Lighter]

And come to think of it, when female cats are hot to trot they flatten
themselves and move their tails to one side.

JL

On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 8:05 AM, Robin Hamilton <
robin.hamilton3 at virginmedia.com> wrote:

> When skunks do it, you want to (re)treat.
>
> Robin
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> >
> >     On 25 October 2016 at 11:42 Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
> >
> > wrote:
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> >     Cats also put their tails in the air when they're just happy:
> rushing for
> >     a food treat, for example.
> >
> >     JL
> >
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