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Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Interesting theory about black cats Date: 21 Jun 2024 16:52:05 GMT Organization: loft Lines: 51 Message-ID: <ldlpdlFdiklU1@mid.individual.net> References: <ldlakcFbd18U1@mid.individual.net> <v548j4$382e4$1@dont-email.me> X-Trace: individual.net NkKqIhhjLVe172bZdGAJ3wi3aOQmqG/lGi7R/1WIkqn7mbP6DC X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:gFl2+IwF49LK0o3UiWWIbOF+ZgY= sha256:SA8+UKkHfNXyspRNajeKR+kMxfkLmqXMMe1r2+46m9c= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Bytes: 2329 In article <v548j4$382e4$1@dont-email.me>, Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote: >On 6/21/2024 8:39 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote: >> This showed up in the comments of a (non-SF) blog I follow. >> I think you could get an interesting story out of it: >> >> >> Blogger Jupiter said... >> >> I encountered an idea that I find intriguing. Suppose that >> black cats are clairvoyant. When they see you going to what >> they clearly perceive to be your doom, they try to warn >> you. By crossing in front of you. "Nix. No. Don't go here. >> Turn back". >> >> Whitish-orange cat: So, you can see what's going >> to happen to the monkey? >> >> Black cat: Not exactly. I just know that ... the >> monkey shouldn't go that way. >> >> WOC: And this happens often? >> >> BC: (Licking paw. Shrugs) Yeah. Yeah, actually, a >> lot. All the time. >> >> WOC: And you try to tell them? But they don't pay >> any attention? >> >> BC: Oh, pretty much. Sometimes they blame me. They >> say I'm "bad luck". >> >> WOC: Wow. Weird. Haven't they learned? >> >> BC: (Shrugs again. Licks paw, a bit more carefully) >> You can tell a monkey no. But you can't stop him. >> They seem to have, like, an attraction to doom. >> (Examines paw, extends and retracts a single long, >> curved claw). Or, who knows. Maybe they're doomed >> no matter what they do. >> > >What happens in the countries where black cats are considered >*good* luck? > >pt Those contries prosper. -- columbiaclosings.com What's not in Columbia anymore..