I’ve been restless today. Partly because there’s SO MUCH stuff to do around this house. I’m getting up, folding clothes, or cleaning an area, then sitting down again and doing a chapter. That sort of thing.
And while I’m up, I have this thing running through my head…
At the Nebs in Kansas City (can’t remember the date, sorry) Gardner Dozois was holding forth on stuff and he said, WHY is it that it’s always dogs who tell people to kill other people, not cats? I mean, do we so expect if from cats that if they say “Kill all your neighbors, put them in plastic bags” we just assume this is normal cat social conversation and we go “Very cute, fluffy, here’s the kibble.”
He was also puzzled as to why people suddenly feel the need to OBEY their dogs. I mean, why isn’t “Bad Fido, go to your house, no dinner,” an appropriate response? Why, all of a sudden, would one think the dog is the authority on what to do?
This has me thinking of how many times, in Portuguese history, in cases of disputed succession or whatever, legend attributes to an animal or an infant the saying of something like “Yep, he’s the right king.”
Now, I understand why in medieval minds this would clinch the deal. If G-d was taking the trouble of making such critters talk, then he had something important to tell us.
But in the mordern, non-miraculous world, why do people listen? I’m fairly sure Miranda, the hairless wonder, has been telling me to shave all the other cats for years. I have yet to do it.
Besides, Dan won’t let me use his razor…
Sarah
According To Hoyt 
It’s all a conspiracy
by the cats. They have all humans under their control already. In their world, they don’t want us going out and killing our neighbors out of hand. However, when there’s a dog around, especially one the cats have determined needs to be gotten rid of, they make some poor hapless human think the dog told them to commit mayhem. That way, they weed out the humans who aren’t opening their kibble, rubbing their bellies and basically doing whatever the cat wants PLUS they get rid of the dog.
Okay, I’ll go back to my hole now. I hear my cat calling. *G*
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Dan is a spoilsport
I bet the other cats would look great naked. ;) (What if virtual humans start telling you to do stuff? What then? Do you tell me “Bad Alyson, go to your house, make dinner” or do you shave the cats with Dan’s razor?)
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http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P6483174&BN=999&PN=1
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What Dan doesn’t know until later (such as when he decides to shave and there is cat hair in the razor) won’t hurt him.
And why would anyone obey their dog? Mine is as dumb as a box of dirt!
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Perhaps only alpha dogs have what it takes to boss people around…
— Alex S.
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