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- From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
- Subject: Re: Meaning of tabby cats
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.110929.9580@iscsvax.uni.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 11:09:29 -0600
- References: <1992Dec22.160649.15563@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1h7p47INNbii@FUNCTOR.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU> <1992Dec22.231607.22629@tellab5.tellabs.com>
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- In article <1992Dec22.231607.22629@tellab5.tellabs.com>, rmd@tellabs.com (Bob Dyas) writes:
- >
- > I've read/heard that many/most/all tabbies have what appears to be a
- > capital letter M on their forehead. My cat does. Is this true for all
- > the tabbies out there?
-
- Not all-- Besseya's brother had a solid orange head, but the rest of
- his markings were classic bullseye tabby.
-
- The M is supposed to be the mark that the prophet Mohammad puts on
- his favorite cats... Mohammad was so fond of cats that he cut the sleeve
- out of his robe rather than disturb a cat that was sleeping on it...
-
- Can't say I'd do the same, but then everything I own has a cat sleeping
- on it... ;-) 8-)
-
- Kay
- and Bear, DumDum, Littlecat, Red, Blue, and Besseya (and Max, just
- visiting)
-