fubarobfusco comments on Local Ordinances of Fun - Less Wrong

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Comment author: fubarobfusco 24 June 2012 05:00:26PM *  8 points [-]

The opposite of cat is clearly not dog, but rather cow.

After all, we don't eat dogs or cats, but we do eat cows.

And you can keep a dog or a cat in an apartment, but you can't keep a cow. Also, cows have horns; dogs and cats don't.

Also, they revered cats in ancient Egypt and they revere cows in modern India; ancient and modern are opposites; and Egypt and India are on opposite sides of the navel of the world.

Wow, I think we've invented a new version of the Rationalization Game.

Comment author: prase 25 June 2012 08:07:18PM 4 points [-]

Once I have spent a train commute with my former colleague discussing what was the opposite of "cow". I don't remember what answer we finally agreed upon, but it certainly wasn't "cat".

(However I can't rule out it was "vodka" or "to be".)