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SummerSnow

(12,608 posts) Sun Feb 22, 2015, 10:08 PM Feb 2015

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Crazy question of the day

If a quick sleep is a catnap,then what is a dognap?A long nap?

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Crazy question of the day (Original Post) SummerSnow Feb 2015 OP

Dognapping is the crime of taking a dog from its owner with the intention of demanding a ransom. Electric Monk Feb 2015 #1

I know. Just being humorous here. SummerSnow Feb 2015 #3

if I stole a sheep guillaumeb Feb 2015 #4

With a billy club! Aerows Feb 2015 #6

I feel really sheepish guillaumeb Feb 2015 #13

As wool ewe should pinboy3niner Feb 2015 #16

Those puns were pretty lamb Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #24

a dog nap is a nap you take every 7 years el_bryanto Feb 2015 #2

All are way better than a "dirt-nap" nt pkdu Feb 2015 #5

Why, when an adult is abducted, cwydro Feb 2015 #7

The intermission between eating and playing. :) Oneironaut Feb 2015 #8

hello n/t orleans Feb 2015 #15

Hi! Oneironaut Feb 2015 #17

hi. orleans Feb 2015 #18

Because this is one of the few sane places on the internet. Haha Oneironaut Feb 2015 #21

yeah, i didn't know about it either until i ran across it. and i've been around here for orleans Feb 2015 #22

And why is it called a catnap to begin with? They sleep 23.5 hours a day :) arcane1 Feb 2015 #9

exactly. KMOD Feb 2015 #12

This OP would be the bees knees if you could put it in doggerel Fumesucker Feb 2015 #10

there once was a poster " fumesucker" guillaumeb Feb 2015 #19

... Fumesucker Feb 2015 #20

Well done! herding cats Feb 2015 #23

Bark shenmue Feb 2015 #11

It's like a regular nap Spirochete Feb 2015 #14

Electric Monk

(13,869 posts)

1. Dognapping is the crime of taking a dog from its owner with the intention of demanding a ransom.

Reply to SummerSnow (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 10:10 PM

Feb 2015

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)

3. I know. Just being humorous here.

Reply to Electric Monk (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 10:10 PM

Feb 2015

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

4. if I stole a sheep

Reply to Electric Monk (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 10:11 PM

Feb 2015

would I demand a ramsom?

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

6. With a billy club!

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 10:27 PM

Feb 2015

I know, that was baaaad.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

13. I feel really sheepish

Reply to Aerows (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 12:32 PM

Feb 2015

about continuing this discussion

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

16. As wool ewe should

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #13)

Thu Feb 26, 2015, 01:55 AM

Feb 2015

Butt I'm down with it.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

24. Those puns were pretty lamb

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #16)

Fri Feb 27, 2015, 12:42 AM

Feb 2015

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

2. a dog nap is a nap you take every 7 years

Reply to SummerSnow (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 10:10 PM

Feb 2015

a long nap is a bearnap

Bryant

pkdu

(3,977 posts)

5. All are way better than a "dirt-nap" nt

Reply to SummerSnow (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 10:12 PM

Feb 2015

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

7. Why, when an adult is abducted,

Reply to SummerSnow (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 10:29 PM

Feb 2015

it's called a "kid"nap?

Oneironaut

(5,530 posts)

8. The intermission between eating and playing. :)

Reply to SummerSnow (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 10:31 PM

Feb 2015

orleans

(34,085 posts)

15. hello n/t

Reply to Oneironaut (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 26, 2015, 01:41 AM

Feb 2015

Oneironaut

(5,530 posts)

17. Hi!

Reply to orleans (Reply #15)

Thu Feb 26, 2015, 12:23 PM

Feb 2015

orleans

(34,085 posts)

18. hi.

Reply to Oneironaut (Reply #17)

Thu Feb 26, 2015, 02:04 PM

Feb 2015

i mostly post in the lounge
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1018

and i ran across a sidebar that linked to a page so i started a thread in the lounge:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018730549#top

so...what brings you here?

Oneironaut

(5,530 posts)

21. Because this is one of the few sane places on the internet. Haha

Reply to orleans (Reply #18)

Thu Feb 26, 2015, 08:20 PM

Feb 2015

It's so nice to talk about things w/o memes and trolls every other post.

I didn't know about the "first posts" thing. Very cool!

orleans

(34,085 posts)

22. yeah, i didn't know about it either until i ran across it. and i've been around here for

Reply to Oneironaut (Reply #21)

Fri Feb 27, 2015, 12:31 AM

Feb 2015

ten years!

so...i guess there are still a few things that surprise me

(not many--but a few)

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

9. And why is it called a catnap to begin with? They sleep 23.5 hours a day :)

Reply to SummerSnow (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 10:46 PM

Feb 2015

KMOD

(7,906 posts)

12. exactly.

Reply to arcane1 (Reply #9)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 11:54 PM

Feb 2015

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

10. This OP would be the bees knees if you could put it in doggerel

Reply to SummerSnow (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 10:50 PM

Feb 2015

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

19. there once was a poster " fumesucker"

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #10)

Thu Feb 26, 2015, 02:19 PM

Feb 2015

who could kiss with a wonderful pucker,
said he oh so smugly, I would give you a huggly
if I weren't such a tailgating trucker.

The ending was not the best but I had to avoid the obvious rhyme.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

20. ...

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #19)

Thu Feb 26, 2015, 02:32 PM

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herding cats

(19,568 posts)

23. Well done!

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #19)

Fri Feb 27, 2015, 12:38 AM

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shenmue

(38,506 posts)

11. Bark

Reply to SummerSnow (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 11:52 PM

Feb 2015

Spirochete

(5,264 posts)

14. It's like a regular nap

Reply to SummerSnow (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 02:23 PM

Feb 2015

except you move your feet like you were running...

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