alexander koryagin wrote to Roy Witt:

 DM>>>> I wonder what the cats are thinking, when during washing suddenly
 DM>>>> freeze and a few seconds looking into nothingness?
 IS>>> And the answer is, obviously: What the pain in the neck is
 IS>>> stooping like this!

 RW>> There is nothing logical in the question. The best I can figure is
 RW>> that part before the first comma.

 RW>> "I wonder what the cats are thinking?"

 RW>> The answer to that is, no one knows for sure.

 RW>> The rest;

 RW>> "when during washing suddenly freeze and a few seconds looking into
 RW>> nothingness?" Makes no sense.

 ak>    I believe the correct version is this:

 ak>    With black humor:

 ak>    I wonder what the cats are thinking when during washing THEY
 ak> suddenly freeze and for a few seconds look nowhere?

I'd re-phrase it to:

I wonder what cats are thinking while cleaning themselves, they suddenly
freeze and for a few seconds, look stupified.

 ak>    without black humor:

 ak>    I wonder what the cats are thinking when while washing THEMSELVES
 ak> THEY suddenly freeze and for a few seconds look nowhere?

 ak>    The answer is of course that nobody knows. But looking at the
 ak> cats' faces during such moments we certainly can suppose that they
 ak> are deep in thoughts.

Deep in thought would go hand in hand with stupified.

 ak> If we consider the first variant we can suppose that when a human
 ak> washes a cat the whole life flashes through its mind and a state of
 ak> consternation is the aftermath of the washing process.

The best way for a human to wash a cat is to pour some liquid soap into
a toilet bowl, open the back door of the house, insert the cat and close
the lid. When the rukus dies down, lift the lid. The cat will air dry on
it's way out the door.

 ak>    I can't vouch for the second variant - I've never observed cats
 ak> freezing when they wash themselves.

It is generaly thought that cats have too much on their minds at one time
to deal with it while busy cleaning themselves.

 ak> But who knows - maybe the process wakes up some thoughts inside their
 ak> brains.

Cats are psycic too.

 ak> After all people are often deep in thoughts after scratching
 ak> their heads. ;-)

I sometimes scratch my head while in deep thought. 8^) Afterward, I have a
hard solution to a problem or a blueprint on how to deal with it...



         R\%/itt


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