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Re: small black cat
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Thu, 2 Nov 2000 10:03:57 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, David Low writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Peter White writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.au, Kevin Maynes writes:
> > > In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons writes:
> > > > In lugnet.loc.au, Peter White writes:
> > > > > I have spotted the 2870 black cat in the 'place thermometer here' pose in >>>>two other sets while browsing the set guide.
> > > >
> > > > Interesting it should strike you just so.
> > > >
> > > > Remembering that for me these little fellows cried out for Port Block to
> > > > have a firing range, it always struck me as the 'ten points for bullseye'
> > > > pose ;-)
> > >
> > >
> > > In cats, a friend of mine refers to it as the Musclecar Position.
> > >
> > > In cars, particularly the American Musclecar variety, it's called the Cat In
> > > H-[welcome to family programming]
> >
> > Hmmm...my initial thoughts were along similar lines.
> > Maybe in 2870 it's actually been on the chargrill already and is cooling it's
> > heels. Nothing like a hot plate to make your tail thin and crispy.
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> Okay, I don't have/want a cat so it wasn't until Pete started making his
> warm and toasty references that I figured out that the censored word in
> Kevin's post was "Heat", making the phrase in question, "Cat in Heat". At
> least that makes more sense than "Hat", the first thing that came to mind.
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> Cross-cultural checking process: is even refering to the fact that
> "sometimes animals get amorous" out of bounds in American public discourse
> (like a primarily adult newsgroup)? I can think of at least two popular
> tunes of recent years (Blood Hound Gang's "Discovery Channel" and Nine Inch
> Nails' "Closer") that would require a bit of explaining if this were the case.
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> I hope to be moving Florida-wards sometime next year, so any help in basics
> of American etiquette would be both useful and appreciated.
Some Australian films are having problems with classification in the US,
mostly to do with language. 'The Dish' is one example, which only uses a four
letter word once (apparently).
Thanks to our Tasmanian senator, even Triple-J (publicly funded radio station)
give out a language warning before playing tracks like the ones above.
So people here are being a bit more careful.
'Sex in the City' plays on normal commercial television here though I think in
the US it is on cable (correct me if I'm wrong).
pw
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| (...) It's on pay cable, and only fairly late at nite (9 PM on) as it is considered quite risque. US attitudes can be summarized as "prudish", we have a big profanity, and especially nudity, hangup. OTOH, violence seems to be OK. Seems a bit messed (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Okay, I don't have/want a cat so it wasn't until Pete started making his warm and toasty references that I figured out that the censored word in Kevin's post was "Heat", making the phrase in question, "Cat in Heat". At least that makes more (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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