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2861

No.

2862

was the rationed item a food item or a non-food item?

2863

No.

2864

Not a food item.

2865

Just to make sure it wasn’t the standard cat/toast meme…

Did it involve the cat spinning while falling with buttered toast on its back to run an electric generator?

2866

.

Say whuh… ??? … NO.

You kid me right?

2867

You’ve not heard of:

2868

That is friggin hilarious.

2869

Typical cat behavior… is it related to:
Licking/grooming
Stretching
Swatting/scratching
Climbing
Ignoring people
Playing with mice or toys (no lasers in 1943!)
Having 9 lives
Hating dogs
Poofing when scared
Meowing
Using a sandbox
Making little cats

2870

reply to Cheesesteak:

Typical cat behavior… is it related to:
Licking/grooming No
Stretching No
Swatting/scratching No
Climbing No
Ignoring people No
Playing with mice or toys (no lasers in 1943!) No
Having 9 lives No
Hating dogs No
Poofing when scared No
Meowing Yes
Using a sandbox No
Making little cats No

2871

So a cat meowing made money for Nancy and Sluggo due to the rationing (due to WW2) of a finished object (not raw material) that is not food?

Just a specific finished object or multiple objects? Like just a dishwasher or a dishwasher/clotheswasher/shower/&c. that all use water.

ETA: An alarm clock?

2872

reply to Saint_Cad:

So a cat meowing made money for Nancy and Sluggo due to the rationing (due to WW2) of a finished object (not raw material) that is not food? Yes

Just a specific finished object or multiple objects? Like just a dishwasher or a dishwasher/clotheswasher/shower/&c. that all use water. specific finished object .

ETA: An alarm clock? No

2873

Horn on a car? instead of the rubber bulb to squeeze

2874

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No

2875

Summary:
A cat’s meow is a finished product for a WWII rationed item that is not food.

Is this summary correct?

I’ll add a question…is this a rationed item in the US? or a different country?

2876

reply to Sigene:

Summary:
A cat’s meow is a finished product for a WWII rationed item that is not food.

Is this summary correct? No.

I’ll add a question…is this a rationed item in the US? Yes.or a different country? No.

2877

A doorbell?

2878

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No

2879

I’m stumped. So this is an item that’s somehow at least vaguely similar to pillows, slippers, and/or hot water bottles, none of which make noise. Yet the cat’s ability to meow is the crucial factor which makes it possible for it to substitute for this item. Is that right?

2880

Right. I just discounted my latest guess because of that.