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World’s Oldest Cat Door Has Let Working Cats Enter the Cathedral Since 14c
- TRiG_Ireland 3y agoA cat door, but contra the article, no actual cat flap. I believe that the cat flap was invented by Isaac Newton.
- tromp 3y agoIt's still strange to call a hole in a door a cat door. Apparently it cannot be called a cat hole though [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathole
- saalweachter 3y agoNo, but it was still cathol-ic.
- akolbe 3y agoAstute observation, given that the cat hole clearly predated Henry VIII.
- saalweachter 3y agoI actually googled that just to make sure before making the pun.
- tbalsam 3y agoI come to HN to avoid comments that leave me brimming with anger.
- thsksbd 3y ago[flagged]
- akomtu 3y agoCat-holy-cs, or the ancient order of holy cats, that began in the ancient Egypt.
- ants_everywhere 3y agoI thought you were joking, but Wikipedia does mention a tradition that Newton invented the cat flap. They call it an urban legend though.
- TRiG_Ireland 3y agoI learned the tale from Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently books.
- akolbe 3y agoGiven the site's propensity for hoaxes I thought I had better check that the 1827 book cited there actually exists. ;) And lo and behold: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hVm4lHMT3VwC&pg=PA18 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hVm4lHMT3VwC&pg=PA18
- Slava_Propanei 3y agoI love catte
- ralferoo 3y agoAfter reading the title (and the article), I was left wondering how it denies access to lazy cats who don't work...
- 6LLvveMx2koXfwn 3y agoPerhaps, due to their lethargy, they're too rotund to gain access?
- r3trohack3r 3y agoThere is a fun high tale of an anti-gluttony door in a monastery that denied entrance to monks that grew beyond a certain size. https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2021/10/09/not-a-monasterys-anti-gluttony-door/ https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2021/10/09/not-a-monasterys-an...
- thatguy0900 3y agoAlso some buffets that give discounts based on how small of a hole you can fit through https://traveltomorrow.com/this-restaurant-makes-discounts-depending-on-your-body-size/ https://traveltomorrow.com/this-restaurant-makes-discounts-d...
- ralferoo 3y ago"... which is associated to a tiny passage almost impossible to pass ..." The irony is that it gets easier after eating there... ;)
- ilaksh 3y agoI actually think some of the (in a way) hardest working cats are actually the fattest. It's just that they are like little politicians or maybe rent-a-friends. What they do is walk around in their neighborhood and just greet people and be affectionate. Then after everyone feeds them for a few months, they can't fit in the cat door anymore. But they are definitely doing some work to get that fat. They work the neighborhood.
- Traubenfuchs 3y agoIf you have enjoyed cat doors, you might also enjoy cat ladders. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cat-ladders https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cat-ladders https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/switzerland-cat-ladders https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/switzerla...
- CapitalistCartr 3y agoA Nave is the central part of a church. A knave is a tricky deceitful fellow.
- twiddling 3y agoalthough one could have a knave in the Nave
- walthamstow 3y agoSemi-related: Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Mouser_to_the_Cabinet_Office https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Mouser_to_the_Cabinet_Of...