For your own edification...
Mar. 9th, 2003 09:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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explodingcat, who apparently didn't learn this kind of stuff in suburban schools.
This is a cat.
This is not.
The cat has a furry tail or no tail.
This is not a furry tail.
A cat has furry paws and likes to brush against things.
This has little pink hands and likes to dig between deckboards.
The cat has a compact face and jumps gracefully.
This has a narrow nose and has to scrabble and heave itself up onto the deck.
Now, I love you lots,explodingcat, but when one sees an opossum, one does not usually squeal delightedly: "OOOOH! BIG CUTE RAT!"
Yes. Your "pet" opossum is adorable and beady-eyed. I know you want me to install a bar so you can see it hang upside down by its tail. However, the opossum is a wild animal with sharper teeth than your feral cat.
explodingcat, who apparently didn't learn this kind of stuff in suburban schools.This is a cat.
This is not.
The cat has a furry tail or no tail.
This is not a furry tail.
A cat has furry paws and likes to brush against things.
This has little pink hands and likes to dig between deckboards.
The cat has a compact face and jumps gracefully.
This has a narrow nose and has to scrabble and heave itself up onto the deck.
Now, I love you lots,
explodingcat, but when one sees an opossum, one does not usually squeal delightedly: "OOOOH! BIG CUTE RAT!"Yes. Your "pet" opossum is adorable and beady-eyed. I know you want me to install a bar so you can see it hang upside down by its tail. However, the opossum is a wild animal with sharper teeth than your feral cat.
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Date: 2003-03-10 01:46 am (UTC)-- Andi, who coincidentally was surfing old posts earlier and came across one of me being surprised to have seen a LIVE opossum . . . ;)