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Fantasy » alt.fan.tolkien » Re: Manx cats
| Re: Manx cats [message #256631] |
Fr, 28 April 2006 22:19 |
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"Jack D" <coldbeer [at] spamsbuttie.xxxx.ny> wrote in message
news:hbq4529p9bakcm7nsi82juvr768q7jakve [at] 4ax.com
>
> > On the Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:29:32 +0100, "Manx Minx"
> > <noTail [at] myArse.com> wrote:
>
> > > <haverhill [at] h2009.com> wrote in message
> > > news:1146243656.941537.225640 [at] u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com
>
> > > I have heard that in the Isle of Man the cats have no tails.
> > > Is this true and why is this?
> > > Mabon Dane
> > >
>
> > Yes; it's absolutely true, haverhill / Mabon Dane. The reason is
simple -
> > the most popular pastime on the island (out of holiday season) is a
unique
> > sport the locals call "kittie bashing", and/or "cat tailing". Yes; life
on
> > the island is that boring, I'm afraid, in the winter months. It's
> > something to do, and it keeps us out of mischief.
>
> > The cats aren't born like that. We wait till they're about 6 months old,
> > then all cats are kicked out of the houses at night, fitted with bells
and
> > flashing bicycle lights, and released into the countryside. The locals
then
> > chase the cats, using jeeps (fited with spotlights) and trials bikes to
> > chase them towards the sportsters on foot, who, armed with nets,
airguns,
> > compound bows, catapults, crossbows (to wound only, NOT kill), and
copious
> > amounts of cider and marijuana, try to catch them.
>
> > When caught, we cut off their tails. Points are awarded to whichever
group
> > collects the most tails by 6 am. The tails themselves are usually
> > preserved/dried and used as trinkets, decorations, trophies, etc.
>
> > I, myself, have 127 tails in my collection. All colours and sizes!
>
> > We're aware that many consider this cruel, but it's traditional, and
> > thus perfectly justified. The cats - most of whom live through the
> > ordeal, I might add - seem to enjoy the festivities too.
> >
>
> Much like foxes and fox hunting then?
>
Oh, no. No no no.
There is, in actual fact, no such thing as "fox hunting". It's an urban
myth, perpetrated by the insane cat-loving media.
At least, there *is* hunting of an animal which is referred to as a "fox",
but it's NOT a "fox" in the sense of the canine creature we all know and
love. The canine "fox" is a gentle, harmless animal which no-one has any
grudges against at all, in Britain, or anywhere.
The "fox" in fox-hunting is actually a domestic (sometimes half-wild) cat
dressed up in a fox costume, starved, heavily drugged with valium and
psychotropic compounds, and let loose to be hunted, and ripped apart, by
"dogs" (which are also cats, in dog costumes).
People should know the truth about this sordid state of affairs. For too
long "foxes", and the "dogs" that apparently hunt them have been ridiculed,
and received bad press, when all the time it is cats - filthy, disgusting
animals - who are the bad guys.
There is a secret cabal of insane catlovers (who, themselves, are cruel to
cats) who wish to place the blame on the superior canine species. They must
be stopped.
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