# (Old) The MMP is the place to be!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
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**Created:** [January 27, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472 "2025-01-27T12:20:17Z")\
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> [@(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/322):
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> Can you tell by looking at a cat, not closely, what sex it is?

I can narrow it down to two options…

> [@(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/324):
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> Calicos are nearly always female

_Cats Are Not Peas_, by Laura L Gould, is a very interesting book that starts with the author wondering why that is so.

> [@(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/404):
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> I blame all the Brittanys. Also their parents. "You couldn’t have named her _Malta_ or _Liechtenstein_, noooo. "

Some years back somebody said “A girl should never be named ‘Brittany’ unless she has older brothers named Maine and Anjou.”

> [@(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/415):
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> I’m using it in the meatloaf that I’m making today.

I’ll probably add some bacon to my next batch of chili.

> [@purplehorseshoe](#):
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> If I hafta tell it again, I will.

Please do!

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