| 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 |
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This is an extract from something that showed up in my mailbox from
the USENET this morning; I thought you would all enjoy it. I know
my cats would act *just* like this!
Rita
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Soon after the first experiments with zero-G in ballistic cargo
planes (late 50's, early 60's?) some whiz kid decided to test the
oft-asserted but never before tested theory that cats would do well in
zero gravity conditions. This was not important enough to justify the
flight of the full scale cargo plane, so they sent a cat up in a fighter
with a camera mounted in the cockpit to monitor. Most of the film shows
the pilot frantically trying to remove the cat from his arm. At one
point the pilot succeeded in pulling the cat off and hanging it in
midair. However (perhaps due to some unknown feline discipline, or
perhaps imperfect zero-G) the cat magically flew back to the pilots arm
and stayed for the rest of the flight, despite strenuous attempts to the
contrary.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 874.1 | Cats know all about *selective* gravity... | HLIS07::VISSERS | N..N..NOTorious! | Thu Nov 05 1987 15:59 | 14 |
:-):-) Great! That should learn them something!
Some time ago I did an experiment on Omar (not really, I just wanted
him to have a bath) and I discovered cats & water reject each other.
I swear there was this moment that there was *no* support for Omar,
just gravity pulling him down, and *both* my hands were above him,
pushing him down towards the water, next split second he actually
sat on my head! I've paid good attention to the physics lessons
at school and I'm convinced there's no scientific explanation for
this event...
I've solved the bathing problem, though. We now shower *together*.
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