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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (33029)	3/22/1999 11:45:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I don't know if I can be of much assistance, seeing as cats don't have much use or love for shampoo. (ps Thanks for "sapient")

To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (33029)	3/23/1999 12:50:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

once more to purr to the sounds of the great violinist in the sky. Play the CD, let the tears stream, and purr on; he lived as full a life as any of us have a right to, and left a lot more behind than most of the rest of us will. And somewhere a child is practicing; it will go on. May I assume that you read Dickens?

To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (33029)	3/23/1999 1:28:00 AM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

perhaps a little Takako Nishizaki will help ease the sting

To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (33029)	3/23/1999 3:39:00 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

<< (both are suggestions are wrong -- it should actually be sapient).>> Hey! Now, sapient is a fine word, but whether 'it' should actually be sapient.....depends on....... what 'it' is! If 'it' is 'sentient,' 'it' shouldn't be 'sapient.' Same with rational. It's a different 'it' than is sapient. (Did the word 'rational' actually enter into our earlier discussion? I don't recall it, though it might well have.) The exercise here has been to come to an agreement about what the 'it' we are talking about is. So now we have the fun, for those who care to join in the having of it, of deciding not only whether bees are sentient or not, or mindful or not, but also whether they are wise. Speaking of which, what a coincidence: I'm sure I've never in my life used the word 'mindful' as an adjective describing an insect; but mere hours after I did that in my earlier post today, I go out to pick up the NYT, and what is headline of the lead piece in the Science Times, an article about ants? -- "Mindless Creatures, Acting 'Mindfully'."! Here's a link to the article online. I haven't yet read it. I am so behind on this thread, that someone may already have posted it. If so, sorry for the repetition. It looks interesting, and so do the links to three related articles. nytimes.com