NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/soc/motss/48501

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From: [e-mail] (Wayne Hughes)
Subject: Re: gayfolk and cats
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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:01:53 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Steve Dyer) writes:
>What *I'd* like to know is not what it is about gay people and cats, but
>what it is about cat people and cat litter boxes?  You go to some people's
>houses, you have to share the same damn bathroom with their cat(s), and
>they don't even empty the box on a timely basis.  Do they just stop being
>able to smell the stench, or do they just come to love it?  It's revolting.
>How would Miss Manners handle this, other than refusing future invitations?

   You just know the wrong people, Steve, something I've always suspected.
   Most cat people I know are pretty fastidious about their cat litter.
   (But you're right, it *is* revolting.)

>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Wayne Hughes) writes:
>>  Same here.  We have ten cats; fortunately we also have 30 acres for
>>  them to get lost in.
>
>I can't imagine a better place for them.
>
  Neither can I.  To top off the eccentricity, I'm fairly allergic
  to cats myself.

  Wayne