Sunday, November 03, 2013

Sudden Insight

     The ancient Egyptians, as a matter of policy, did not let non-Egyptians have cats, not ever.  Especially not to take home.

     No doubt some cats snuck away anyhow but consider: this makes ancient Egypt, land of a society running on economics and imperatives nobody has quite worked out, land of vast stone structures and arcane, even incomprehensible gods, the crazy-old-lady cat-hoarders of the ancient world.

     Explains rather a lot, I think.
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5 comments:

  1. Fuzzy CurmudgeonNovember 3, 2013 at 7:42 AM

    Heh. Indeed.

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  2. PeterNovember 3, 2013 at 8:06 AM

    Clearly, that's why they suffered periodic cat-astrophes.

    ;-)

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  3. John ANovember 3, 2013 at 10:17 AM

    Cats may well have been regarded as super-weapons of economics. Not only a lot cheaper but far more effective at keeping grain stores free of various types of vermin. Think of the mechanical loom, which England did its best to keep to itself and away from competitors.

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  4. Roberta XNovember 3, 2013 at 12:46 PM

    Oh, totally, but still-- Cat-hoarders!

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  5. Old NFONovember 3, 2013 at 3:47 PM

    ROTFLMAO! Not touching that one with a 10 foot pole!

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