Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information >