Are you going with making bread on this one?
No.
Was the cat itself a replacement for something?
Was the rationed item
Gas
Steel
Rubber
A food product?
Was the cat’s dandruff substitute for flour?
Did it have to do with the cat’s hair/fur?
No to all.
No to all.
Just to clarify, was it a rationed item that a household would be issues a ration book for?
:
Yes.
Are the cat’s claws involved?
Was it a raw item such as rubber or steel?
Was it a finished item like tires or washing machines?
Stealing from Ana_Byrd, did it involve sewing?
No
reply to Saint_Cad:
Was it a raw item such as rubber or steel? No.
Was it a finished item like tires or washing machines? Yes.
Stealing from Ana_Byrd, did it involve sewing? No.
Were pillows or slippers or hot water bottles ever rationed?
Is it of those things of which I said?
reply to Saint_Cad:
Were pillows or slippers or hot water bottles ever rationed? Not sure about all of these. Shortages of materials made many items completely unavailable. One site I just checked said that slippers and sandals simply disappeared from all stores at the time. If the hot water bottles were made from needed material, I would guess they might be unavailable. Pillows… if the material was needed for the war, maybe?
Is it of those things of which I said?
Not exactly, but I don’t think I can say firmly no.
Well, before the no, I wouldn’t have ruled it out, but since Nancy thinks laterally, I wouldn’t have wanted to limit it to just that.
That said:
Was Nancy taking advantage of something we might think of as “typical cat behavior”?
Could a dog or an armadillo or goldfish have produced similar results? (Or any other animal?)
reply to dirtball:
Was Nancy taking advantage of something we might think of as “typical cat behavior”? Yes.
Could a dog or an armadillo or goldfish have produced similar results? (Or any other animal?) No.
Was the cat pushing things off a table?
Is the usefulness of the cat as a replacement for X related to its production of body heat?
Was the “product” produced somehow from the cat purring?
No.