# White Settlement council jerks votes to remove library mascot (a cat) from library **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 24, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274 "2016-06-24T23:14:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274/21 "2016-07-18T13:22:31Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Right, how dare people expect to live their lives without constant scrutiny from the Holy Willies of the world! > > Gimme a break. I’m on Browser’s side but the fucking Internet isn’t Big Brother. (At least not yet.) The internet is Little Brother … watching the Powerful … ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274/22 "2016-07-18T13:31:10Z")
The cat should be black-and-white - a library cat should be black and white, and read all over. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274/23 "2016-07-18T14:31:00Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Right, how dare people expect to live their lives without constant scrutiny from the Holy Willies of the world! You misspelled “outside agitators”. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274/24 "2016-07-18T18:21:26Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > :smack: > > mea culpa > > No doubt the tears of joy obscured my vision… no doubt. Lol, let’s all lol and go down to the lol and lol stuff down lol. Lol. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274/25 "2016-07-18T18:33:51Z")
I once knew a longhaird _gray_ Persian that lived in a bookstore Her name was lady Jane. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274/26 "2016-07-18T18:54:52Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I once knew a longhaird _gray_ Persian that lived in a bookstore Her name was lady Jane. Did you have to pledge yourself to her? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274/27 "2016-07-18T19:07:59Z")
No wonder the cat was going to get evicted…he’s not white ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274/28 "2016-07-19T15:31:46Z")
I still just can’t get past the idea that there’s a town called White Settlement. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274/29 "2016-07-19T16:41:39Z")
Part of me hopes to read one day that Browser has kittens…and that someone names them Firefox, Navigator, Explorer, and Safari. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274/30 "2016-07-19T21:10:14Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > You misspelled “outside agitators”. They should have brought in some outside alligators. Coulda solved Disney’s problem AND gotten rid of the cat… ETA: Winner, winner, kitty dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274/31 "2016-07-19T22:04:49Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Did you have to pledge yourself to her? No, she was pretty laid back. That cat would sleep in the display window up front, and not even twitch when people tapped on the glass, she was so used to it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274/32 "2016-07-19T22:06:18Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Part of me hopes to read one day that Browser has kittens…and that someone names them Firefox, Navigator, Explorer, and Safari. While Browser is male, I think that’s a cool idea. But what about Dewey? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274/33 "2016-07-19T22:12:43Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > No, she was pretty laid back. That cat would sleep in the display window up front, and not even twitch when people tapped on the glass, she was so used to it. _[Lady Jane](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yd8X2EnajU)_-Rolling Stones. > [@](#): > > Just heed this plea my love > On bended knees my love > I pledge myself to Lady Jane [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-settlement-council-jerks-votes-to-remove-library-mascot-a-cat-from-library/758274.md?page=1)