tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post8813213836109701924..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: BTW, About the "Deal"Dale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-20400672495387653152007-08-30T09:03:00.000-07:002007-08-30T09:03:00.000-07:00I had no idea what the calico-cat reference was, s...I had no idea what the calico-cat reference was, so, practicing proper netiquette, I googled "john ashcroft calico cat" instead of asking and wasting blogspace one what might otherwise be common knowledge (a propos: I've never seen The Godfather or Braveheart -- gasp! -- I know I can be so out-of-touch).<BR/><BR/>Anywho, the first hit was to Snopes, which identifies the calico-cat fear as false:<BR/><BR/>http://www.snopes.com/critters/gnus/calico.asp<BR/><BR/>But if it were true, I suppose we could build a plausible model. You see, all calico cats are female. The mottled color pattern is due to X-inactivation. <BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_cat<BR/><BR/>And we all know that you can't trust anything with two X chromosomes (just look at what that one 2-Xer did with that apple).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com