{"id":1452,"date":"2020-04-04T03:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caroljpost.com\/?p=1452"},"modified":"2020-04-04T13:34:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T17:34:46","slug":"its-zaturday-ziggys-take-on-cat-idioms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caroljpost.com\/dev\/its-zaturday-ziggys-take-on-cat-idioms\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Zaturday – Ziggy’s Take on Cat Idioms"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Zaturday, the day we (Ziggy and Zorro) take over Mommy\u2019s blog!<\/p>\n

\"\"Ziggy here. The other day, Mommy said something about Daddy letting the cat out of the bag. I got all excited, but when I looked around, I didn\u2019t see any cats except Zorro. And he wasn\u2019t in a bag. He was laying on one of the dining room chairs.<\/p>\n

But Mommy said she wasn\u2019t talking about a real cat. She said she meant \u201cspilled the beans,\u201d which really doesn\u2019t make any more sense to me than letting the cat out of the bag. Mommy said people say that because a long time ago (before Zorro and I were even born), some farmers would put kittens in bags and sell them as piglets. When these people got home and opened the bag, a kitten would come out.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t see what the problem was. Why wouldn\u2019t somebody be excited to find out that they got a kitten instead of a piglet? We\u2019re a lot softer and we purr. We curl up in your lap and make great company. Pigs don\u2019t do any of that. Besides, we\u2019re really cute. I mean, look at this face:<\/p>\n

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Another weird thing that humans say is \u201cCat got your tongue?\u201d Zorro and I never mess with Mommy or Daddy\u2019s tongue. That would just be weird. Zorro likes to lick Mommy\u2019s nose, though. Mommy encourages him, telling him what a sweet kitty he is. But I wonder about him sometimes.<\/p>\n

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People say other crazy things about cats, too. Like \u201cIt\u2019s raining cats and dogs.\u201d I haven\u2019t talked to any dogs, but I\u2019ve never met a cat that fell out of the sky, at least not that they could remember.<\/p>\n

And why does everyone say \u201cscaredy-cat\u201d? I\u2019m not scared. I\u2019m brave. Mommy used to have a dog that was so scared of storms she would start shaking before it even started raining. She was a \u201cscaredy-dog.\u201d But no one ever says that. It\u2019s always the cat who gets the bad rap.<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s another one: \u201cThere\u2019s more than one way to skin a cat.\u201d That one makes me nervous. I\u2019m not sure what skinning a cat is, but it doesn\u2019t sound like fun. When Mommy says that, I go hide.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0But I\u2019m not hiding now, because I just heard Mommy put our dishes in the sink. That means in a few minutes, they\u2019re going to be washed and full of fresh food. Zorro and I will be scarfing it down, because we love to eat. Hmm, I wonder if there are any cat sayings for that. I\u2019m going to make a cat of myself\u2026I\u2019m catting down my food\u2026Zorro eats like a cat\u2026<\/p>\n

Nah, those just don\u2019t have the right ring. We\u2019ll let the pigs, wolves and horses keep those sayings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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