# there's more than one way to skin a cat

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-more-than-one-way-to-skin-a-cat/2556>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 14, 1999, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-more-than-one-way-to-skin-a-cat/2556 "1999-06-14T09:16:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alan\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@Alan\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Q)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 1999, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-more-than-one-way-to-skin-a-cat/2556/21 "1999-08-16T05:26:00Z")

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A river outfitter I’ve guided for, when you ask him how he wants something done, invariably answers, “It’s _your_ cat…” implying, “Do it how you want to”.  
He and I also had a great discussion once on variations of “screwing the pooch”–shtupping the schnauser, buggering the beagle, etc., but I’m getting off the species at hand.  
–Alan Q

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**Author:** ![Big\_Iron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Big\_Iron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Iron)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 1999, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-more-than-one-way-to-skin-a-cat/2556/22 "1999-08-16T07:28:00Z")

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[[So, why is it a cat that one attempts to spin in an enclosed space in order to establish that there is not enough room to spin one? Why not a dog, chipmunk, ardvark, or whatever?]]

I believe that refers to “swinging” a cat-o-nine-tails.

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