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Variable Weight?
Years ago I read somewhere (not in this newsgroup) that cats are able to
vary their weight according to circumstance. I believe it. Here on the eastern coast of the Florida peninsula, older houses (in one of which I live) are built of what is called CBS construction - that's cinder blocks on a slab of concrete. The carpet has been in place for nearly twenty years and the padding under it is, um, a bit compacted. The "variable weight theory" is the only way I can explain how a single black-and-white cat, who can otherwise ghost through the house making as much noise as a shadow, can sound like a whole *herd* of elephants as she gallops down the hall! Baird -- In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. -Yogi Berra |
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Variable Weight?
"Baird Stafford" wrote in message
Years ago I read somewhere (not in this newsgroup) that cats are able to vary their weight according to circumstance. I believe it. Here on the eastern coast of the Florida peninsula, older houses (in one of which I live) are built of what is called CBS construction - that's cinder blocks on a slab of concrete. The carpet has been in place for nearly twenty years and the padding under it is, um, a bit compacted. The "variable weight theory" is the only way I can explain how a single black-and-white cat, who can otherwise ghost through the house making as much noise as a shadow, can sound like a whole *herd* of elephants as she gallops down the hall! A well known feline phenomenon, I think its because cats are much like iceburgs in that they are four (or more) dimensional beings and only a small amount of their true selves appears in our three dimensional world, and they can exert at least some control of how much appears. It explains the 'herd of elephants stampeding across the Serengeti' phenomenon as you describe above, why they absolutely cannot be found an hour before their veterinary appointment, how they can't be possibly fit into a carrier designed to cart *two* cats when finally found to go to their veterinary appointment, and how a tiny iddy biddy kitten can spread out to take up enough of a queen size bed so that the occupant of said bed - a slight person in their own right - still has to sleep awkwardly. I suspect that this is metaphysical revenge for Schrodinger's thought experiment. If only he'd used a hypothetical dog instead. Yowie -- If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones. |
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