Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.szaf.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: 2 Apr 2026 05:44:47 GMT Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10q9dle$u3sq$1@dont-email.me> <18a11e5c3372a392$492$2653793$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10qatq5$1arse$6@dont-email.me> <10qauv2$1gh74$1@dont-email.me> <10qdpi9$2cbhu$24@dont-email.me> <10qf43b$2u3hg$1@dont-email.me> <10qhr9e$3qcvs$3@dont-email.me> <10qj9eb$63en$31@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net jj0RSJsuQFYvWyO5aNb5ag1NNN2fNbm563pzZXqmwLTSgEcWYP Cancel-Lock: sha1:V2FB0CDn7KbwYp9LfFUOZ/s+qaM= sha256:Qkqft8lEJuY90BtX4Hkdd0KltMiUJzAkc7sTdDftx7g= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:85126 alt.usage.english:1142108 On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:58:31 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2026-04-01, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> On 01/04/2026 07:46, rbowman wrote: >> >>> Friskies comes with a pull tab. The cat hasn't mastered the tab yet >>> but she has learned that scratching the door (she's an outdoor cat) >>> leads to cat food appearing in her dish. Good enough. >> >> I am sure cats have some weird 'cargo cult' in their consciousnesses >> whereby presentation of sacrificial dead mice results in instant >> production of real luxury chow, by the Cat Gods. > > Someone told us that when our cats come up to us when we arrive home, > they think we've been out hunting and are waiting for us to share the > food we captured. We fulfil our obligation by handing out some kitty > treats. The cat recognizes my car. As I drive in I sometimes see her running like hell for home and is patiently waiting for me to get out of the car. There is some sort of ESP because a black cat materializes out of thin air by the time I get to the deck.