The "line cut"

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"My sister-in law is from Oklahoma and has a slight accent. She has cats and when she lived in the south she would take them to the groomers and have what is called a Line Cut. To her a line cut is when all of the fur hanging down below the cat's tummy is taken off (because it gets matted or snarled).

When she moved to Chicago with my brother, one of the cats fur got all tangled up during the move so she took it in for a line cut. She was quite surprised when she heard the price as it was twice as much as it was down south. She confirmed with the groomer that he understood what a line cut was and he said "yes, I know what a LION cut is."

It seems her accent came out sounding like LION not LINE and this is how her cat was returned to her."
http://pages.ripco.net/~dymaxia/lioncut2.jpg

― Kerry (dymaxia), Friday, 7 February 2003 17:20 (twenty-two years ago)

This validates every cat-related thread ever. The cat is clearly thinking, "I'm gonna mess you UP."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 7 February 2003 17:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Or, "you'll have to sleep eventually..."

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 7 February 2003 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)

What a great story.

― felicity (felicity), Friday, 7 February 2003 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

my god, that's amazing.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 7 February 2003 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)

My mom's cat is really old and long-haired and can't process (from either end) hairballs anymore - so she gets him cut like this all year (except during the brief LA winter). You can't laugh at him or he gets pissed off - I think I would, too.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 7 February 2003 19:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I just received this in an email from Mark H!

― C J (C J), Friday, 7 February 2003 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

poor puss dont look very happy who the fuck would do that to their cat? and why?

― hellbaby (hellbaby), Saturday, 8 February 2003 10:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Are cats' tails really that thin? You could barely swing one by that, it'd just come off inna lizard stylee!

― Mark C (Mark C), Saturday, 8 February 2003 11:13 (twenty-two years ago)

ha ha ugg boots!

― , Saturday, 8 February 2003 11:16 (twenty-two years ago)

dood if i had a cat i would make sure he would be like that all the time, how cool are those boots?

― Chupa-Cabras (vicc13), Saturday, 8 February 2003 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Favorite similar story was a friend of mine who works at an organic alt market in Richmond, Va.. Elwood Thompsons... a while back someone apparently from the deeper south came in and asked for some "peels". She kinda paused and asked.. "peels"? What kind of peels?

"PEELS! LIKE YOU GONNA TAKE A BUNCHA PEELS!"

― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 8 February 2003 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

oh man, poor cat!

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 8 February 2003 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

classic. this thread could be used to cheer up anyone!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Saturday, 8 February 2003 19:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Good God.

― Matt (Matt), Saturday, 8 February 2003 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

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