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Jo Firey - 23 Apr 2005 03:02 GMT

Cruel Clever Cat:

Sally, having swallowed cheese,
Directs down holes the scented breeze,
Enticing thus with baited breath
Nice mice to an untimely death.

first published in 1933 in a limited edition of Geoffrey Taylor's poems
entitled A Dash of Garlic.]

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Kreisleriana - 23 Apr 2005 04:35 GMT

>Cruel Clever Cat:
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>first published in 1933 in a limited edition of Geoffrey Taylor's poems
>entitled A Dash of Garlic.]

This is for the poetry thread!!!;)

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Mary - 23 Apr 2005 06:51 GMT

> Cruel Clever Cat:
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> first published in 1933 in a limited edition of Geoffrey Taylor's poems
> entitled A Dash of Garlic.]

I knew the attribution for Cheryl's signature was wrong.
W. C. Fields was not the type to say this. Thanks!

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sriddles@aol.com - 23 Apr 2005 18:59 GMT

> > Cruel Clever Cat:
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> I knew the attribution for Cheryl's signature was wrong.
> W. C. Fields was not the type to say this. Thanks!

How did you know it was wrong? I'd seen the quote before--not sure but
I believe it was in the book "The Quotable Feline". I checked google,
it seems that quote is attributed to him all over the place.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&c2coff=1&q=%22The+clever+ca
t+eats+cheese+and+breathes+down+rat+holes+with+baited+&btnG=Search

Sherry

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Cheryl - 23 Apr 2005 18:08 GMT

> Cruel Clever Cat:
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> first published in 1933 in a limited edition of Geoffrey
> Taylor's poems entitled A Dash of Garlic.]

Hey! That looks very similar to the quote in my sig line. I have a
desktop box calendar on my desk at work with pictures of cats and
quotes, and one day in Feb. featured the quote below and it stuck
in my mind how "clever" it was. Thanks for posting the whole poem.

Signature

Cheryl

"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited
breath."
- W.C. Fields

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Enfilade - 23 Apr 2005 18:26 GMT

> Cruel Clever Cat:
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> first published in 1933 in a limited edition of Geoffrey Taylor's poems
> entitled A Dash of Garlic.]

Funny, I thought Smokey cried for cheese because he was a glutton. Wow.

--Fil

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