‘Raining cats and dogs’ – origin of the saying
This post is all about the origin of the old and rarely used saying, “raining cats and dogs” plus its meaning. So, for people whose first language is not English, this phrase means “it...
Tagged: Cat Quotes
Cat quotes – sayings about cats from the great and good
Here is complete list of ‘cat quotes’ and some comment too. There are many, which is a testament to our interest in and love of the domestic cat. There are some more articles on...
“I associate a person having a cat with them being gentler than other people”
The words in the title were said by Sir Kingsley Amis (1922-1995). Sir Kingsley Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels and six volumes of poetry...
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg ‘sent his cat’ to testify at a committee meeting at Westminster
Recently, Mark Zuckerberg was asked to attend an important international grand committee set up, as I understand it, by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee at the Houses of Parliament in London, UK....
Wise Words
By Ruth AKA Kattaddorra The very wise words from Mark Twain inspired the poster. Punishing cats in any way at all is unkind and pointless. They don’t understand punishment because they don’t know why...
Funny Animal Quotes
Photo by Sidereal (Flickr) – see base of page for link. Here are some funny animal quotes as a little diversion from the current difficulties and bad news (March 2011 – Japan earthquake, Libya...
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