# Grumble du jour

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grumble-du-jour/395738>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 13, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grumble-du-jour/395738 "2007-03-13T13:24:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grumble-du-jour/395738/21 "2007-03-14T20:33:16Z")

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There’s an old knitting superstition that if you knit your hair into something you give as a gift, it binds you to that person.

Apparently, some people really, really want to be bound to their pets.

I usually end up knitting cat fur into my projects just because there’s so much of it around. I wonder how many people I bound to my cats this Christmas?

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**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grumble-du-jour/395738/22 "2007-03-15T02:40:13Z")

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What about the bird lovers? I don’t see any companies offering to make me a feather vest? (thankfully…)

Hmph! There’s my grumble du jour…the world thinks that the only pets out there are dogs and cats!

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grumble-du-jour/395738/23 "2007-03-15T16:29:35Z")

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[QUOTE=badbadrubberpiggy]  
\<snip\>I usually end up knitting cat fur into my projects just because there’s so much of it around. I wonder how many people I bound to my cats this Christmas?  
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You and me both. I just like to knit while watching tv, so I decided to knit scarves for the homeless shelter, and they will all come complete with bonus cat hair! W00t!

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