Shame you werent hear a few months ago HangSeng.. You could have bought a puppy

Awww but my puppes were so cute.. Well you could get a Hairless Sphynx cat which wont leave hair on your sofa.. Or get a Devon or Cornish Rex cat as they have really short hair so they don't make a mess.

Can't we just say 'cat'? Enough with 'pussy' already, folks!

HangSeng- I do hope you realize that pussy has two meanings in the English language. To say you like pussy- er, well it could be taken as slightly inappropriate. Especially by the women here.

As we frequently have such mix ups in the lab I just wanted to clarify things.

p.s. If yoy DO know what you are talking about, well -then you are a worthy DanD replacement.

HangSeng totally knows about his double entendre, don't you HangSeng?

Tricky- Rex cats often don't have any whiskers either, so under German law they have been (in the past, don't know about now)classified as a "Qualzucht" - ie a breed that causes suffering, and should not be continued to be bred.

Who do they cause suffering to? Themselves?

Anyone remember that Friends episode when Rachel buys that ugly bare cat for a grand and ends up selling it to Gunther for 1500

My appologies! HangSeng, you are a true master of the English language, then!

regards, Mrs anonGerman

H- sadly: yes. Having whiskers is thought to essential for every pussy, as they use them for orientation. But we're getting a bit off topic with this. Strangely the missing furr was not seen to be essential - but I would agree with HangSeng: a pussy should be warm to the touch!

Ok- because it's Friday. When I first came to the UK I said that my supervisor was buggering be. Trying to say that she was bugging me as in pestering me about something. The rest is up to your imagination.

Our French postdoc use to say that she was SOO boRING! When she was bored. And so on. A spanish postdoc was talking about restriction sheits, instead of sites.

Am geniunely disturbed that a nation should promote eugenics for cats with no wiskers!!!Oh dear!

H - yes, I watched that episode of friends yesterday, it was repeated on E4...yeah, I know, maybe I should have been working...

Thats why I remembered it, I watched it too

Hahaha! Livin' the student dream...

Come on, they do have eyes...I think wiskers are more a hunting tool really. They would be disadvantaged without them, but not to the point that I think it is ok to prevent them from breading. That might be going a little far. Plus, if your pussy is anything like mine, it is very lazy, and would never dream of going out in the cold a night to hunt, when its stupid but adoring owners are more than willing to bring it the choicest selection of meats on a platter (my boyfriend's mother actually buys and cooks steak for hers!).

I meant breeding, not breading. Although I would pay whole british pounds to see a cat that could indeed bread...!