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1. about 14 hours ago on Learn to Speak Cat

   Oh, yeah! If you try to disturb a kitty who is happily ensconced in a warm bed, you will quickly find out what his claws are for. Don’t do it!

2. about 14 hours ago on Learn to Speak Cat

   Yeah, since he mentioned it, I don’t have to!

3. about 14 hours ago on Off the Mark

   In an old fairy tale called The Princess and the Pea, the princess is claiming to be a princess but has nothing with which to prove it.

   To test her, they put a pea under several mattresses on a bed; the theory is that a real princess is so delicate that it will bother her. It does, and she is confirmed as the princess she claims to be. In a nutshell, of course. Once Upon a Mattress is much funnier, of course.

4. about 14 hours ago on Off the Mark

   We have an old fairy tale called The Princess and the Pea. The princess is claiming to be a princess but has nothing with which to prove it.

   To test her, they put a pea under several mattresses on a bed; the theory is that a princess is so delicate that it will bother her. It does, and she is confirmed as the princess she claims to be. In a nutshell, of course.

5. about 15 hours ago on Mother Goose and Grimm

   Oh, yeah! The kid has probably been rescued from one or more dangerous situations. Hence, the leash.

   By the way, Mr Peters, on children those leashes attach to harnesses or wristbands. I’m guessing your kids were calm enough never to need them.

6. about 15 hours ago on Mother Goose and Grimm

   Yeah, my sister had a wristband-tether for her older girl. It worked; the girl survived toddlerhood. One end wrapped around my sister’s wrist, and one end wrapped around the kid’s wrist. (Velcro! A toddler who is young enough to need one of these usually can’t undo a Velcro wrap with one hand.)

7. about 15 hours ago on Mother Goose and Grimm

   They also make wristbands like that, too. My sister had one for her older girl, who was 2 — and was quite a handful — when her little sister came along.

8. about 15 hours ago on Mother Goose and Grimm

   Yeah, they do. Or to a wristband. Not around the neck. Mr Peters probably never needed one for his kids, and is just making a joke.

9. 1 day ago on Learn to Speak Cat

   Obviously the aliens don’t have cats. Love it! Absolutely priceless.

10. 2 days ago on Off the Mark

    Oh, do they ever! Yep, you’ve got the right of it there, Mr Parisi. By how many housepets are you owned?