Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site lll-crg.ARpA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!booter From: booter@lll-crg.ARpA (Elaine Richards) Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: cats in general Message-ID: <913@lll-crg.ARpA> Date: Sun, 13-Oct-85 00:16:01 EDT Article-I.D.: lll-crg.913 Posted: Sun Oct 13 00:16:01 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Oct-85 05:32:23 EDT References: <4293@alice.UUCP> <266@cylixd.UUCP> <1221@srcsip.UUCP> <473@kitty.UUCP> <521@ihlpm.UUCP> Reply-To: booter@lll-crg.UUCP (Elaine Richards) Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, CRG Group Lines: 21 In article <521@ihlpm.UUCP> kvk@ihlpm.UUCP (Kevin) writes: >> > Have you noticed lately how all the net.pets are about cats? etc. >> Because cats are the only `pet' of any importance... > >Yeah, they come in handy if you're out of beef and don't have time to get >to the grocery store before dinner. The pelts aren't too marketable, though. > etc. Shall we call this a "catty" dialogue? Most urban types live in apts and cats are easier to sneak into "petfree" places. They don't bark loudly through thin walls. Most computer people are urban and don't bark either :-) E ** P.S. I said MOST, not all.