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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

517.0. "Vote for a cat lover!" by EMIRFI::KEENER () Tue Mar 17 1987 01:23

    Has anyone every read about famous people in history and the pets
    they prefere/abhor?  I read a story while living in Scotland, where
    incidentally, cats have "a roving commission by order of the
    king/queen".  I belive it was Elizabeth I that started this - cats
    are allowed to go where they want and you had best not mess with
    them - it's actually against the law.  Of course, in the rare case
    that they may seriously damage or injure something/someone, steps
    can be taken.
    
    Anyway back to the article.  Napoleon, Hitler and the like hated
    cats, while Churchill, etc. nearly always had them everywhere.
    The article had a long list of bad guys/good guys and the tyrants
    and dictators without fail seemed to hate cats - probably too
    independent, free spirited and non-obedient for them.
    
    Ellen

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
517.1	"Mark Twain" (Samuel Clemens) was one	INK::KALLIS	Hallowe'en should be legal holiday	`Tue Mar 17 1987 17:36`	10
	I believe Prince Howel Ddah of Wales, before Elizabeth I, made felicide a crime in his part of the England. Prior to that, of course, there was the grand and magnificent civilization of ancient Egypt (Khem) where it was a capital crime to kill a cat. And _that_ civilization lasted in excess of 4,000 years. Steve Kallis, Jr.
517.2	One Bad Guy likes cats	MIGHTY::WILLIAMS	Bryan Williams	`Tue Mar 17 1987 22:32`	7
	What about "Number 1" of SPECTRE from the James Bond movies? The goal is to rule the world, but he always is shown with a beautiful cat in his lap (but you never see the man's head). Just throwing in the proverbial monkey wrench. :-) Bryan
517.3	Make that TWO bad guys	RHODES::WARD	Bernice Ward, KA9GHV	`Wed Mar 18 1987 05:14`	4
	Inspector Gadget also has his cat. :-) :-) Bernice
517.4		RHODES::WARD	Bernice Ward, KA9GHV	`Wed Mar 18 1987 05:15`	5
	Opps, I guess I'd better wake up. Make that the Bad Guy on Inspector Gadget (I've forgotten his name). Bernice
517.5	One more baddie!	NEBVAX::BELFORTE	Never try to out-stubborn a cat!	`Wed Mar 18 1987 12:21`	5
	So does Gagamel (sp) on Smurfs. M-L NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I do NOT watch Smurfs!
517.6	A Likely Story...	PRANCR::MESSAGE	They call me the Seeker	`Wed Mar 18 1987 20:41`	9
	Re: Reply 5: Alright, then, Belforte, then how did you know that Gagamel had a cat? And, where were you on the night of October 15, 1948? And how come we don't hear from you out here? (Entire note = 8^).....Hi, ya'll) Bill Message
517.7	Honest, Bill, Honest!	NEBVAX::BELFORTE	Never try to out-stubborn a cat!	`Thu Mar 19 1987 11:58`	10
	I do have kids! But they hate Snurfs too! October 15, 1948......... hummm, is that a trick question, Bill? I wasn't even born until March 16, 1953. The rest of the question................ out if notes! Mary-Lynn