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- From: gandalf@dworkin.ccs.northeastern.edu (Thomas M Farrell)
- Subject: Re: gayfolk and cats
- In-Reply-To: ac94691@dunix.drake.edu's message of Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19: 25:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.192525.1041@dunix.drake.edu> ac94691@dunix.drake.edu (The Dark Kitty) writes:
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- No I think cats are more popular because dogs are dumber than a red
- brick. I'll have to dig out an issue of Cat Fancy where they reported
- on some researchers who found that dogs have a memory span of about 30
- seconds and cats can remember stuff for 8 hours. They could only
- explain it if the cats have a better form of symbol making in their
- cute little brains.
-
- What kind of dogs have you been associating with? My last dog (a border collie,
- who, tragically, died two years ago) was almost universally heralded by all who
- met him as being the smartest non-human animal they had ever seen. He
- understood most things you might ever want to say to him, and did things
- nobody ever taught him to do, on command. His memory went for a lot
- more than 30 seconds... more like many years. He was my friend for 14 years
- and I miss him dreadfully. The only thing preventing me from running out and
- getting another dog TODAY is that I don't have the room. This is, in fact, the
- only major drawback dogs have for me, that they need lots of room.
-
- I hate cats, as I got a debilitating disease from one when I was 4 years old
- that left me feeling sick and exhausted for years.
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