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Enunciation matters.

By The Armorer on October 16, 2010 | | Comments (14)
I gave a speech this morning to some middle-school kids at a Rotary leadership conference my club sponsors. I said I have a great job as President of a Rotary Club - I'm a cat herder.

I asked if anyone wanted to tell the group what they thought cat-herding was. A nice young lady, with a very serious face, raised her hand.

I called on her....

"Someone who doesn't like cats."

Heh. So, now I'm known as the cat-hurter.

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By BillT on October 16, 2010 1:18 PM
Did you inform them you usually come off second-best in those events?
 
By ND Martin on October 16, 2010 1:19 PM
I'm an infomaniac.
Please enunciate that carefully.
 
By Casey on October 16, 2010 1:50 PM
John, better than puppy-blender. ;)

 
By J.M. Heinrichs on October 16, 2010 2:47 PM
 Gunner = Cat-hurler?

Cheers
 
By Justthisguy on October 16, 2010 2:53 PM
The linguo-dental stop is not the same as the linguo-palatal stop.  For "herd", you need to move yer tongue further back in the mouth. Or that kid needs to be evaluated for Auditory Processing Disorder.
 
By Justthisguy on October 16, 2010 2:59 PM
No, I lie. Belay what I wrote above. I think the main difference is, that the "t" is not voiced, but the "d" is.  Tongue is in same position in mouth, but vocal chords are used to make the "d." 
 
By Saker on October 16, 2010 3:47 PM
I'm with Bill. Right now the score seems to be Cats: 1 Armorer: 0.
 
By Kevin on October 16, 2010 4:23 PM

Cats 1, Bayonets 1, stationary, harmless cabinets 1, Armorer 0.

 
By BillT on October 16, 2010 5:12 PM
On the other hand, he does have a slight edge over inert cardboard silhouettes that have been rendered completely immobile by being tacked to 1x4 stakes...
 
By John of Argghhh! on October 16, 2010 6:12 PM
And coyotes.  Which move.  Well three of them that I got on the run with the Bushmaster M4 clone. 

Got two with one shot with the M1 Garand.  Not my fault they were standing shoulder-to-shoulder and motionless.

And the hardened steel, which, admittedly, only moves when struck.
 
By SFC_D on October 16, 2010 9:35 PM
I keep getting confused with herding cats and nailing Jello to a tree.  That explains the herd of Jello in the yard...I admit nothing when it comes to the cats in the trees...
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on October 17, 2010 2:32 AM
Coyotes??
So far we've only heard your side of the 'story'.

Cheers
 
By BillT on October 17, 2010 3:52 AM
Yes, indeedy. I think some testimony from Buffy the Coyote Slayer would be in order...
 
By Justthisguy on October 18, 2010 8:22 PM
Where are the coyote pelts? Waste not, want not.

No, really, If you nail their hides up on the barn, does that really scare the other ones away?

Which reminds of the Daily Coyote website.  I am so surprised that that coyote is still alive. Said coyote is beginning to get rowdy with his human, but always defers to the kitteh, whom he loves.