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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "In the dark all cats are gray" #171366 11/15/2007 5:43 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York OK, here's another one. How do you interpret it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "In the dark all cats are gray" AnnaStrophic #171367 11/15/2007 5:57 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont there is no color in the dark. no need for racism? btw, I've never heard it, I don't think. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "In the dark all cats are gray" Buffalo Shrdlu #171369 11/15/2007 6:15 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass heh. Ben Franklin paraphrasing Francis Bacon? -joe (did you hear the one about..) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "In the dark all cats are gray" AnnaStrophic #171370 11/15/2007 6:26 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague "In the dark all cats are gray". When a situation isn't clear. When the facts of an incident are not clear. So there can't be a fair judgement. Last edited by BranShea; 11/15/2007 6:36 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "In the dark all cats are gray" BranShea #171371 11/15/2007 6:35 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... themilum veteran themilum veteran Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... Originally Posted By: BranShea "In the dark all cats are gray". When a situation isn't clear. When you can't make a fair judgement. Yes, that is the proper content of the phrase in Alabama. Case closed. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "In the dark all cats are gray" themilum #171372 11/15/2007 8:23 PM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand Or, cats are essentially, just cats. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "In the dark all cats are gray" AnnaStrophic #171373 11/15/2007 8:30 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park looks don't matter...(and to some degree that somethings (and people) are fungible) what matters are more substantial things.. i've heard it used about un attractive spouses.. who are valued for their wit, or wisdom, or character.. even if they are short on looks.. (what, someone said it about moi? yes!) why keep a cat? if you want a mouser, do you care what it looks like? at night, when the cat is hard at work, its will be grey... my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "In the dark all cats are gray" of troy #171374 11/15/2007 8:52 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass okay then, here's the joke I alluded to: "You remember what Ben Franklin said about taking older mistresses?" "In the dark, all cats are gray?" "No, no. He said the main benefit is that they're so grateful!!" -joe (please note link) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "In the dark all cats are gray" AnnaStrophic #171383 11/16/2007 5:39 PM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 74 Sandy, Utah pennyless journeyman pennyless journeyman Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 74 Sandy, Utah The saying can have something to do with a situation in which the lack of information or clarity (= light) obfuscates clear choices as in this article . Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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