Also -- that "weird pet thing" isn't so much a weird thing, as an animal as utility thing. Kissing work animals is ... probably not so common. They were work animals we liked and played with, but still guard dogs.
Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.
'War Stories'
Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2005 6:58:19 pm PST #3077 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Feb 01, 2005 6:59:07 pm PST #3078 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Crap, I'm still up.
Anyway, no, the person in my story didn't have pets, as far as I know.
Scrappy - Feb 01, 2005 7:02:01 pm PST #3079 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Europeans kiss and coddle pets, so it's not an Anerican thing. I think viewing animals as workers rather than companions, no matter what culture you're from is the key to how you treat them. The farmers in upstate NY where Jason's parents used to live don't kiss barn cats--often they don't even name them.
sumi - Feb 01, 2005 7:02:02 pm PST #3080 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I kiss my cats all the time.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2005 7:04:06 pm PST #3081 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I never said it was an American thing -- did anyone else?
Jesse - Feb 01, 2005 7:04:17 pm PST #3082 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have no personal experience with work animals, but still think kissing animals is kind of gross.
Scrappy - Feb 01, 2005 7:05:52 pm PST #3083 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
No, ita, I just thought your observation was intriguing and was trying to explore it further is all.
Alibelle - Feb 01, 2005 7:08:18 pm PST #3084 of 10002
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
I kiss my cats on the head all the time. I thought everybody did that.
Me too. Huh.
Well, this is an interesting discussion.
And I guess I didn't read ita's earlier explanation all that carefully.
JohnSweden - Feb 01, 2005 7:31:14 pm PST #3085 of 10002
I can't even.
Okay, exactly how loaded was Paula Abdul on TDS tonight?
A) very
2) too stoned even for Comedy Central
c) Stay in school
beth b - Feb 01, 2005 7:57:36 pm PST #3086 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I kiss the cat on the head too.
and since I don't tend to watch Paula Abdul I can't answer the 0ther question. but I will guess 2