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Thursday, January 18, 2007
5:00:00 PM EST
Hearing Lovecats -- The Cure


I beta-tested this topic elsewhere online, and people seemed to enjoy its total and complete silliness. So now I proudly bring it to you, here, for the Weekend Assignment:

Weekend Assignment #148: Cats. Cheese. There's only enough room on the planet for one of them -- and you have to decide which stays and which goes. Which do you choose and why? Now, you ask, why cats and cheese? Well, why not? People like cats; people like cheese. They're generally considered to be unrelated. Having to choose one over the other sort of gives you insight into your soul, about what's really important to you. Or, alternately, it's just fun to consider. Really, let's not pretend we're doing anything too deep here.

For clarity's sake, when we say "cats" we mean domestic cats; lions and tiger and cheetahs and such will still be about, so you don't have to worry about taking out a whole bunch of endangered species. When we say "cheese" we mean all cheese, even the stuff that comes out of aerosol cans and/or is spelled "cheez." It all goes.

Extra Credit: what's your favorite breed of cat and/or type of cheese?

So as not to tip the scales one way or another in this momentous and planet-changing debate, I will withhold my preference vis-a-vis cats and cheese until Monday. That will leave you all time to write up your own answers on your own blogs and journals, and come back here to leave a link. I know it's a difficult question and you will be forced to make hard choices. But I know that you have the personal depth of character to make a choice between cats and cheese. There can be only one! Tell us all your choice.


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• #51 Comment from bear2claw 
  1/23/07 2:46 PM | Permalink

  As a Buddhist I would choose neither. Both have every right to be here. So, let's pretend in fantasy land a little more and never discuss issues that need to be raised.
• #50 Comment from carolinabttrfls 
  1/23/07 1:50 PM | Permalink

  I pick CHEESE!!!!!!! I am allergic to cats. My Fav cheese is Colbyjack.
• #49 Comment from firelady15919 
  1/23/07 12:33 PM | Permalink

  I WOULD PICK THE CAT. THE CAT WOULD BRING MORE ENJOYMENT.
• #48 Comment from gsdraiss 
  1/23/07 7:52 AM | Permalink

  I would keep the cheese. The only place you could eat cats is at your local oriental take ouy
  
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• #47 Comment from erinbush03 
  1/22/07 3:45 PM | Permalink

  AIMDave says Cheese! http://buddyblog.aim.com/2007/01/22/cheese-rules/
  AIMErin says Cats! http://buddyblog.aim.com/2007/01/22/cats-rule/
  
  WOO!

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