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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Cat / Plato
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:31:05 +0200
References: <4DA64035.3040104@csdco.com> <4DA6AD5D.9020107@gmx.de>

Both Cato and Posy look beautiful !

Well, I must have slept longer than usual, is it already Caturday?
;-)

Amiti?s
Philippe

Le 14 avr. 11 ? 10:16, Douglas Sharp a ?crit :

> Lovely animal, John
>
> it seems to be a cat thing - Posy, our Somali, growls at the German  
> postal service postman but can't be bothered with the guy who  
> delivers for a private organisation. She even recognises the sound  
> of the postman's bike, runs downstairs and sits in the mail basket  
> at the front door. (Stoopid puss - she often gets mail dropped on her)
>
> Here she is, waiting for the mail to be delivered:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Cats/00124_RT8.jpg.html
>
> Cheers
> Douglas
>
> On 14.04.2011 02:30, John Nebel wrote:
>> http://photos.csd.net/cat_plato.html
>>
>> A guard cat, looks harmless, but worse than a German Shepherd as  
>> far as UPS and FedEx are concerned.  USPS only gets a growl.
>>
>> Plato, in "The Republic", uses the analogy of philosophical dogs;  
>> the guardians of the ideal polis will be like philosophical dogs  
>> who are friendly to the people they know, but defend against  
>> outsiders.  The guardians are meant seriously enough, but perhaps  
>> the philosophical dogs are a joke.
>>
>> The cat has absorbed too much Plato.
>>
>> John
>>
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