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.
Mal: You know, you ain't quite right. River: It's the popular theory.
'Objects In Space'
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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.
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.
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
Kathy A - Feb 01, 2005 8:02:29 pm PST #3087 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I kiss my cat on the head, as well (and have been getting static shock from doing so lately!).
Paula Abdul did look remarkably out of it, so much so that I changed the channel.
OK, did anyone else get the schmoopy valentines day KY ad? Because that just freaked me out.
Yes, when I think Valentine's Day, I think "sexual lubricant!" Actually, considering that I usually associate lube with anal sex, it's even squickier.
And, as a complete aside, has anyone else ever heard of a mistrial being declared during the prosecution's opening statements? Because that's what just happened during the E2 nightclub trial today in Chicago (E2 was the nightclub where security sprayed pepper gas in an overcrowded room and caused a few dozen deaths from trampling). Apparently, the judge thought that the prosecutor's statements were overly prejudicial and called a halt to the whole thing.
Lee - Feb 01, 2005 8:02:50 pm PST #3088 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I kiss my cats on the head all the time. I thought everybody did that.
I do too, but the first time my mother saw me do it, it freaked her out.