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81 Unbelievable Animal Pictures

Wed, 28 May 2008 21:56:02 GMT

clipped by: dannad
clipper's remarks: Beautiful, especially the cats and the birds

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Tags: dannad, beautiful, awesome, animals, pics, pictures, 81, unbelievable

History of 10 common phrases

Wed, 07 May 2008 07:15:48 GMT

clipped by: hitchhiker08
clipper's remarks: Nice explanations, I thought....

Clip Source: www.cracked.com

The Bizarre History of 10 Common Sayings

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#1.

"Nitty-Gritty"

Now Means:
The heart of the matter. As in, "Let's get down to the nitty-gritty, home skillet."

Most say it came from ...
Nitty-Gritty has two popular origins, both of which may make you feel like a sack of shit for ever using the term.

So is that true?

#2.

"Dead Ringer"

Now Means:
An exact duplicate. As in, "That stripper's crotch is a dead ringer for your mom's."

Most say it came from ...

This origin holds that a "Dead Ringer" was a person that was prematurely buried and is supplied with a rope attached to a bell with which to draw attention to the not-so-dead guy in the totally-for-dead-people box.

#3.

"As Pleased as Punch"

#4.

"Wrong End of the Stick"

Now Means:

#5.

'By the Short Hairs"

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#6.

"Raining Cats and Dogs"

#7.

"Bust Your Chops"

#8.

"Basket Case"

Now Means:

One that is in a completely hopeless or useless condition.

#9.

"Bite the Bullet"

#10.

"Rule of Thumb"

As in, "The rule of thumb is one part tonic to four parts gin."

Tags: phrases, idioms, quotes, english language

I Can Haz LOLZ ??!1!!?

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:36:57 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead
clipper's remarks: Dumb, but I love them!

Clip Source: icanhascheezburger.com

Tags: funny, humor, cats, lolcats, idiots

Tracking the Origin of the Cat

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:27:47 GMT

clipped by: Aribeth
clipper's remarks: Cats probably started living close to humans when people evolved from nomadic herding to raising livestock and crops and started storing food, which attracted mice and other rodents. Cats found good hunting there, and humans surely appreciated the sly little predators' help protecting their stocks."There was a mutual benefit," Lyons said.

From there, domesticated cats started to radiate out to different parts of the world, often following humans on their migrations. Today cats can be divided genetically into four broad groups: those from Europe, the Mediterranean, East Africa and Asia.

But Lyons and her colleagues also made surprising discoveries about individual breeds.

The Japanese bobtail, for example, does not seem genetically similar to cats from Japan, indicating the breed may have originated elsewhere.

Despite its name, the Persian, the oldest recognized breed, looks as though it actually arose in Western Europe and not Persia, which today is Iran.

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Scientists have begun to pull back the feline veil, using the latest molecular tools to get a peek at the origin of the cat.

In one of the most comprehensive explorations of cats' origins to date, Leslie Lyons from the University of California at Davis, and her colleagues spent about five years collecting feline DNA, poking behind the whiskers of more than 1,100 Persians, Siamese, street cats and household tabbies around the world to swab inside their mouths.

The first thing the group did was confirm a report published last June in the journal Science that the domestication of cats about 10,000 years ago appeared to have occurred in an area known as the Fertile Crescent, which stretches from Turkey to northern Africa and to modern-day Iraq and Iran.

"Our data support the Fertile Crescent, specifically Turkey, as one of the origin sites for cats," said Lyons

"Turkey was part of the Fertile Crescent and hence was one of the earliest areas for agricultural development."

Tags: animals

lol lol lolCATS etc

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:52:07 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: icanhascheezburger.com

Tags: humor, humour, cats

Cat Flight A Possibility?

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:26:21 GMT

clipped by: Aribeth
clipper's remarks: A study at Bristol’s rest of England University has taken the possibility of cat flying from the realms of Galileo’s used tissue to a real possibility and the clearly excited research team at URE have been running up and down the corridors, stamping, shouting and pointing up at the clear blue sky. “It’s a real breakthrough.” said professor Glynn Martin who has been leading the team since May 2007.

Professor Martin went on to show slides(see diagram above) demonstrating velocity, arc, wind speed and the now much talked about ‘rolling patterns’ which appear to be part of the new science which has helped this project leap so gracefully forward. It seems that if a feline subject is ‘rolled’ soon after launching it can achieve a trajectory far in excess of that previously obtained when no rolling has been used.

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Cat Flight A Possibility

By Marcus FitzGibbon
University of the Rest of England, Bristol, UK

After years of hard work British Scientists have finally found a workable solution to the problem of cat flight.

Since just before Roman times people have been trying to find ways of launching cats high into the air and often allowed themselves to dream of the day when an unmanned cat may even land on the moon.

"Galileo had plans to mount a telescope near the back of a cat so that he could prove his ideas about the shape of the world."

Surprisingly Leonardo da Vinci was not at all interested in cat flight and did not sketch a number of ‘cat flying vessels’ in his journals and numerous notebooks. In one sepia-toned page a detailed diagram of a ‘floating cat harness’ and propeller attachment with dimensions and copious notes is noticeably absent.

In 1852 The Royal Society proclaimed that Feline Flight was impossible and

‘an [unmanned] cat would never get higher than a tall building or longish pole’.

24 hours in pictures - Mar 24th pics

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:14:48 GMT

clipped by: righthand
clipper's remarks: Cats, dog, drink surprises. Best until last?

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7 / 14

Jerusalem, Israel: Inebriated Orthodox Jews celebrate the festival of Purim

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Beijing, China: A woman wearing a mask attends a matchmaking event

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5 / 14

Paro, Bhutan: Monks try on their masks before performing at the annual Paro Tsechu festiva

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4 / 14

New York, USA: A street performe

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2 / 14

Beijing, China: A foreign tourist meditates as a plain clothes policeman keeps watch

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1 / 14

Libreville, Gabon: An elderly woman picks through rubbish

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14 / 14

Olympia, Greece: A dove is released during the Olympic flame ceremony.

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13 / 14

Baghdad, Iraq: Onlookers inspect the wreckage of a blood-smeared vehicle

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12 / 14

Madrid, Spain: Bullfighters enter the arena before a bullfight at the Las Ventas Bullring

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11 / 14

Kathmandu, Nepal: Policemen arrest a Tibetan protester

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10 / 14

Nakhon Pathom, Thailand: Diamond-Eye Thai cats or 'Khao Manee' look on at the Royal Thai Cat Park

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9 / 14

New Orleans

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Kathmandu, Nepal: An alcoholic husband kicks his wife as she ties him up

left him

over 12 hours as punishment

Tags: photos, animals

Pet Animals: Cats & Dogs pics

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:39:08 GMT

clipped by: righthand

Clip Source: photo.net

Tramonto da Occimiano.

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La casetta della Bigiu...

Tags: photos

My Gay Cat, Kingston

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:06:18 GMT

clipped by: digits
clipper's remarks: I am the proud mother of a gay cat. His name is Kingston. [He is also a virgin, but that's a different story.] I learned a lot about homosexuality in the feline community when Kingston began discovering a large part of himself.

I see that picture of him and my heart swells with love. I do not see *my gay cat, Kingston.* I see *Kingston.* His sexuality is his own business. His personality is perfect.

He has a high -pitched meow, like a new kittens yelp. He rolls over on his back for copious belly rubs and he has never EVER thrown his claws out even in defense. If someone is rough with him or he gets upset he just runs away, unlike his mother, Naji would just as soon strike if you looked at her cross-eyed.

My point is that my Kingston...is beautiful and perfect.

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Tags: animals, homosexuality, society, cats