Hooked on a Feline
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Hooked on a Feline
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#3> It is this gap that Oliver Soden proceeds to plug in his delightful ‘biography’ of Jeoffry. Soden decides that Jeoffry is rust-coloured. He starts him off in a Covent Garden brothel, where he spends his kitten days chasing used condoms across the floor, avoiding piss pots and wondering at the meaty smells emanating from the bed under which he crouches while his mistress, Nancy Burroughs, doggedly transacts her business.
TIL I learned 18th century condoms were a common thing [1]:
> The condom market grew rapidly, however. 18th-century condoms were available in a variety of qualities and sizes, made from either linen treated with chemicals, or "skin" (bladder or intestine softened by treatment with sulphur and lye). They were sold at pubs, barbershops, chemist shops, open-air markets, and at the theater throughout Europe and Russia. The first recorded inspection of condom quality is found in the memoirs of Giacomo Casanova (which cover his life until 1774): to test for holes, he would often blow them up before use.
Or not? Interesting contradiction here. They basically used the same thing they used for sausage casing so why was it so expensive?
> Up to the 19th century, condoms were generally used only by the middle and upper classes. Perhaps more importantly, condoms were unaffordable for many: for a typical prostitute, a single condom might cost several months' pay.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_condoms#18th_centur...
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#4> It is this gap that Oliver Soden proceeds to plug in his delightful ‘biography’ of Jeoffry. Soden decides that Jeoffry is rust-coloured. He starts him off in a Covent Garden brothel, where he spends his kitten days chasing used condoms across the floor, avoiding piss pots and wondering at the meaty smells emanating from the bed under which he crouches while his mistress, Nancy Burroughs, doggedly transacts her busi…
Sausages may have also been unaffordable for a typical prostitute, even with a free condom with every link.
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#5I'm here to complain about the utterly annoying 'redeem your shit' hovering diff that obscures the main page.
If you are in anyway responsible for doing this to other people, please, take a bit of time and go fuck yourself.
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#6> It is this gap that Oliver Soden proceeds to plug in his delightful ‘biography’ of Jeoffry. Soden decides that Jeoffry is rust-coloured. He starts him off in a Covent Garden brothel, where he spends his kitten days chasing used condoms across the floor, avoiding piss pots and wondering at the meaty smells emanating from the bed under which he crouches while his mistress, Nancy Burroughs, doggedly transacts her busi…
Sausages may have also been unaffordable for a typical prostitute, even with a free condom with every link.
It sounds like condoms were made from younger animals (lambs), and treated with lye to make them thinner. Maybe that made for a low yield? Offtopic, how about a condom with a mercury derivative coating? https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/wp-content/uploads...
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#7I'm here to complain about the utterly annoying 'redeem your shit' hovering diff that obscures the main page. If you are in anyway responsible for doing this to other people, please, take a bit of time and go fuck yourself.
Initially I was pleasantly surprised by the lack of annoying popups, flashy design and cookie policy whack-a-molery. I managed to read a couple of sentences before the page dimmed and a "subscribe to our free newsletter" box slowly faded in...
I kinda miss the 90s/early-2000s, when I'd only have to insta-close browser windows with shock images, malicious popdowns and "You Are An Idiot!" looping WAVs.
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#8Cats elicit an irrational response from me. My cat hates me when she's not hungry, and loves me when she is hungry, but I love her in either case for her honesty. She's one of the most honest beings I have in my life. It's irrational, I know, but I love my cat. She's honest about her intentions, and I appreciate that. I can count on her love when it 7pm and it 's time to fill her bowl with cat food. That's more love than I can expect from any human on any given day, and it's completely predictable.
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#9Cats elicit an irrational response from me. My cat hates me when she's not hungry, and loves me when she is hungry, but I love her in either case for her honesty. She's one of the most honest beings I have in my life. It's irrational, I know, but I love my cat. She's honest about her intentions, and I appreciate that. I can count on her love when it 7pm and it 's time to fill her bowl with cat food. That's more love…
My cat will be the sweetest most delightful creature imaginable for hours then, for no reason whatsoever, turn round and attack me then run around our house like a demented hell creature for 15 minutes before repeating the whole process.
I absolutely adore him!
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#10Cats elicit an irrational response from me. My cat hates me when she's not hungry, and loves me when she is hungry, but I love her in either case for her honesty. She's one of the most honest beings I have in my life. It's irrational, I know, but I love my cat. She's honest about her intentions, and I appreciate that. I can count on her love when it 7pm and it 's time to fill her bowl with cat food. That's more love…
My cat will be the sweetest most delightful creature imaginable for hours then, for no reason whatsoever, turn round and attack me then run around our house like a demented hell creature for 15 minutes before repeating the whole process. I absolutely adore him!
Correlate that his hunger, and you'll understand him. There's inalienable truth to cats. They don't know how to lie.