I’m not a cat person and I agree on what is the point of skinning one so can’t imagine why this started. It’s not like they used to make cat fur coats so the phrase had historic context. Or did it?
What is a better idiom to reflect multiple effective solutions?
@SoftAsFur I like this sentiment and wish it were true! But this seems like a well-sourced article suggesting the phrase predates the American South and refers to kitties.
I prefer the expression at the bottom and am going to try and work it into one conversation this week at work: “There’s more ways into Heaven than one.”
I think it’s necessary and proper for us to acknowledge that, though a particular practice may be abhorrent, there can be numerous methods through which to accomplish it, ostensibly with a variety of potential merits depending upon the needs and preferences of the individual contemplating the practice.
I don’t like the phrase, “Kill two birds with one stone” either.
I had a dream about kittens last night. They all had skin.
/image kittens
There’s more than one way to flay a feline?
The Apple commercial where the girl asks, ‘what’s a computer?’, while working on whatever Apple calls the device she’s working on. That bothers me.
@Aramat THANK YOU!
@Aramat I thought the kid was a boy, doesn’t matter it’s still a dumb commercial.
@Aramat Don’t assume my gender you 20th century relic
@Aramat “What’s gender?”
@wickhameh That’ll be their next ad for for some feminine product … like an apple version of a tampon. but it won’t have a string. Courage
@Aramat I also am bothered by young kids running around a city alone while flaunting thousands of dollars of easily snatched tech.
@hisgrossness #IHaveNoStrings
That saying bugs the hell out of me- and on the rare occasions someone has used it in conversation with me, I’ve reacted… badly.
@Pony
/giphy backhand slap
@Pony would “more than one way to parse a pussy” be any better?
When a band at a concert spends more time letting the crowd sing the song instead of singing it themselves.
I’m not a cat person and I agree on what is the point of skinning one so can’t imagine why this started. It’s not like they used to make cat fur coats so the phrase had historic context. Or did it?
What is a better idiom to reflect multiple effective solutions?
@mollama there are places where they eat cat.
I watched a video that showed how they skinned them. I’m scarred for life.
I believe it comes from more than one way to skin a catfish. Those lazy southerners shortened it to ‘cat’. You skin fish but no-one skins a feline!
@SoftAsFur I like this sentiment and wish it were true! But this seems like a well-sourced article suggesting the phrase predates the American South and refers to kitties.
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/32123/origin-of-the-phrase-theres-more-than-one-way-to-skin-a-cat
I prefer the expression at the bottom and am going to try and work it into one conversation this week at work: “There’s more ways into Heaven than one.”
Can it be “There’s more than one way to get into heaven?” I just think it parses better.
I suspect that’s how we wound up with skinned cats from “there are more ways to kill a dog than hanging.”
Apparently, it takes more than one day to skin a cat…
I think it’s necessary and proper for us to acknowledge that, though a particular practice may be abhorrent, there can be numerous methods through which to accomplish it, ostensibly with a variety of potential merits depending upon the needs and preferences of the individual contemplating the practice.
I hope this clears everything up.
This farking thing is bothering me more than anyone will ever know. Please change the video. Or the cat. Or my sox. Or something.
@gertiestn Maybe someone can create a chrome extension that will replace the meh video with a random one from youtube…
Why so many days?
@RiotDemon Their creative team (@matthew) occasionally needs a vacation. And then rehab.
@PocketBrain at least switch it to a rerun of something else.
@PocketBrain A vacation from making 1 crappy new vid per month and re-listing old vids every 2-3 days.