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Chris -- 2025-05-10
In Aesop’s fable, a council of mice decide that they will deal with a predatory cat by putting a warning bell around its neck And then, a wise old mouse asks, ‘But who will bell the cat?’ (I don’t know that ‘bell’ is used as a verb anywhere else.) You can equally well render a cat harmless by restraining it with a belt. Uncommon.
... Even Police officers in Leh are also involved with this ring. Who will belt the cat? Any taker?
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THE INNOCENT ALWAYS PAY FOR THE GUILTY. ITS A GOOD THING THAT POLITICS DONT RUN THE WEST INDIES CRICKET BOARD. WHO WILL BELT THE CAT?
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The question is: who will belt the cat in order to set the system right? Merely expressing pious sentiments is not enough. They have to be accompanied by …
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Could be “belt” in the sense of a cincture, but it could also the “belt” that means wallop, slug, smack. What mouse is going to land a haymaker on a cat and live to brag about it? Besides Mighty Mouse, that is.
Last edited by kem (2014-09-21 12:54:28)
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