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elfin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-04 09:01 PM
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Cat Trivia - Tabbies and Iraq
The name of the type of cat known as a ?tabby,? identifiable for the
tiger-like stripes along its sides, has been traced back to
al-'Attâbìya, a suburb of the city of Baghdad, Iraq.

from mentalfloss.com

This is a fun trivia magazine - in their latest e-newsletter.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-04 09:27 PM
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1. "Tabby" Refers to a Kind of Striped Cloth Made There
and striped cats were called tabby after the cloth.

"Check Mate" id as corruption of the Persian alShah mat - the king is dead.
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SWPAdem Donating Member (951 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-04 10:43 PM
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2. Next thing you know.....
Ashcroft will be rounding up all the tabby cats and sending them to KITMO for aiding and abetting terrorists.

He'll have to pry my yowling, spitting and scratching Abigail from my cold dead hands.
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