Comments on: Let the Cat out of the Bag http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/29/let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/ Marina Orlova - Not your typical philologist. Etymology, philology, word origins, origin of, hot teacher. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:34:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: muggins http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/29/let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-149986 muggins Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:56:10 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=419#comment-149986 <b>Putting cats in the bag.</b> Out on the northern prairie farm land that my dad lived on, my grandmother was good enough to volunteer my dad, then just a young kid, to help out any neighbor who was burdened with a new litter of kittens, by drowning the litter. The idea was that too many cats reduced the population of game birds that lived in the fields. Folks hunted game birds to put food on the table. The method of drowning was to stuff the poor doomed kittens into a <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunnysack" rel="nofollow">gunny sack</a> weighted with rocks and heave the sack into the river. After a few of these jobs, my dad wised up and told my gramma, after she told him to go to a neighbor's house to drown yet another litter, he told her that the neighbors can drown their own kittens. Putting cats in the bag.

Out on the northern prairie farm land that my dad lived on, my grandmother was good enough to volunteer my dad, then just a young kid, to help out any neighbor who was burdened with a new litter of kittens, by drowning the litter. The idea was that too many cats reduced the population of game birds that lived in the fields. Folks hunted game birds to put food on the table. The method of drowning was to stuff the poor doomed kittens into a gunny sack weighted with rocks and heave the sack into the river. After a few of these jobs, my dad wised up and told my gramma, after she told him to go to a neighbor’s house to drown yet another litter, he told her that the neighbors can drown their own kittens.

]]> By: greatestpotential http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/29/let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-148021 greatestpotential Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:29:21 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=419#comment-148021 ;-) Let's play a little game... ;-) Let’s play a little game…

]]> By: michael r http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/29/let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-135841 michael r Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:56:36 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=419#comment-135841 i hope its the wip the last one is sad :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: i hope its the wip the last one is sad :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

]]> By: swampwiz http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/29/let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-103590 swampwiz Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:41:39 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=419#comment-103590 I would rather get spanked by Marina then be her teacher's pet. I would rather get spanked by Marina then be her teacher’s pet.

]]> By: inkedpapa http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/29/let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-103579 inkedpapa Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:58:02 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=419#comment-103579 I think it is #one. Roman style. I think it is #one. Roman style.

]]> By: 2utoday http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/29/let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-103539 2utoday Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:15:45 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=419#comment-103539 :mrgreen: I am so confused! What does a cat have to do with anything? I'm still trying to figure out how to turn my computer off. Yikes!! :mrgreen: I am so confused! What does a cat have to do with anything? I’m still trying to figure out how to turn my computer off.
Yikes!!

]]> By: John http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/29/let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-103466 John Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:29:52 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=419#comment-103466 turtlewax says: April 30, 2008 at 4:19 pm You’d think someone with that many outfits and costume changes used to walk the catwalk. Whats your point Stokesjrj? I believe she was a model for a time. You will just have too ask her. Fairly self explanatory turtlewax says:
April 30, 2008 at 4:19 pm
You’d think someone with that many outfits and costume changes used to walk the catwalk.

Whats your point Stokesjrj?

I believe she was a model for a time. You will just have too ask her.

Fairly self explanatory

]]> By: leonard http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/29/let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-103407 leonard Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:41:56 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=419#comment-103407 I had a Russian Blue cat. Very smart...whipping good...don't eat rabbits I had a Russian Blue cat. Very smart…whipping good…don’t eat rabbits

]]> By: sindri http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/29/let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-81152 sindri Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:42:20 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=419#comment-81152 Oh my Marina talking about a cat o nine tails rrrrr!! She needs a giant shoe like hotforprofits uses. Although I guess Kobe makes a good prop as well. Oh my Marina talking about a cat o nine tails rrrrr!! She needs a giant shoe like hotforprofits uses. Although I guess Kobe makes a good prop as well.

]]> By: tedt http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/29/let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-34528 tedt Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:35:31 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=419#comment-34528 :wink: :wink:

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