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There's a folk belief (or maybe a legend of such belief) that when moving into a new house, one should let in the cat first, observe where they choose the resti
by cperciva 5y ago
There's a folk belief (or maybe a legend of such belief) that when moving into a new house, one should let in the cat first, observe where they choose the resting place, and promptly install the bed there.
It's a very sensible belief! Cats are quite sensitive to drafts, so (especially in days when houses were draftier and lacked central heating) sleeping in the location the cat picks is likely to be much healthier than picking a location at random.
- pengaru 5y agoMy cats would have been insane guides for bed placement. They largely gravitated to wherever the sun shined the most on the floor, and one of them liked to jump into the fridge and nap in there. It was a fun party trick to have a cat abruptly push open and exit the refrigerator in the middle of dinner or a board game, but clearly not the best guide for where to put the bed.
- jeffh 5y agoWait though ... how can you make that assumption without actually testing it? For science!
- TylerE 5y agoYou'll sleep pretty well...once.
- rkagerer 5y agoHah, Schrödinger's fridge.
- cperciva 5y agoThis folk belief almost certainly originated before refrigerators were common fixtures in homes. ;-)