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# They said you couldn't swing a cat in that kitchen

but Colin was enjoying showing his owners just how wrong they were.
(I helped save b3ta! HP hasn't been here in aaaaaages, Wed 5 Mar 2003, 12:44, archived)
# did you know
that the saying "too small to swing a cat"
refers to the torture weapon, cat o' nine tails
(3mo Kid, Wed 5 Mar 2003, 12:46, archived)
# did you know the saying 'did you know?'
comes from Roy Castle?
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Wed 5 Mar 2003, 12:48, archived)
# Did you know Roy Castle?
.
(I helped save b3ta! sick_boy, Wed 5 Mar 2003, 12:53, archived)
# roy castle
was diagnosed as having cancer - the doctors gave him 6 months to live, he said he'd do it in 3.
(I helped save b3ta! ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Wed 5 Mar 2003, 12:54, archived)
# did you know
roy 'anti-smoking' castle played a cigarette salesman in a hammer horror film?
(I helped save b3ta! munkt0n, Wed 5 Mar 2003, 12:54, archived)
# Serves him right then
/on my way to hell
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Wed 5 Mar 2003, 12:58, archived)
# I thought the other day though
surely hell will be full of all the fun stuff that God doesn't like.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Wed 5 Mar 2003, 13:04, archived)
# apparently
all there is to do in heaven is play monopoly day after day...
(I helped save b3ta! ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Wed 5 Mar 2003, 13:10, archived)
# There's a bloke who stands on a corner near my house
Who always says "Only born again Christians get into heaven". Which is very sensible, if there is life after death I'd certainly want the born again Christians kept away from the rest of us.
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Wed 5 Mar 2003, 13:20, archived)
# i
think the building regs said they couldn't build a cat swing in the kitchen...
for some strange reason, we're not allowed to turn our house into an off-license *FACT*
(I helped save b3ta! ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Wed 5 Mar 2003, 12:49, archived)
# pointless fact
this phrase refers to the cat o' nine tails used to lash miscreants aboard british ships

(as does 'cat out of the bag')
(I helped save b3ta! isthisyou?, Wed 5 Mar 2003, 12:55, archived)
# no, letting the cat out of the bag
is revealing a pig in a poke for what it really is

edit: www.word-detective.com/back-c2.html
(I helped save b3ta! smutch, Wed 5 Mar 2003, 13:14, archived)
# That made
me giggle so I almost wet my (for today only) knickers.
(I helped save b3ta! Mr. Sheep Fat Squelchy Goodness, Wed 5 Mar 2003, 13:03, archived)