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Cat Caption Contest: Chickens Come Home To Roost

May 11, 2016 / 16 Comments
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Cat Caption Contest: Chickens Come Home To Roost edition.

Our winner of last week’s vintage cat caption contest is suitably vintage in flavor and is courtesy of one of our favorite kitty bloggers. Congrats to Nellie! After many years of blogging, she retired one blog but is blogging less frequently at her new one. We still enjoy her unique and funny take on the world. Pop by and visit Nellie, the cute, old Meezer miss at Nellieontheedge.

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The quote “a chicken in every pot” was first stated by Henry IV of France as, “I want there to be no peasant in my realm so poor that he will not have a chicken in his pot every Sunday,” and later in the United Statesduring the Hoover campaign in 1928 for presidency as part of an advertisement. Since then it’s suggestive of general welfare or prosperity. In the case of our poor cartoon kitty, she may have taken the news a tad too literally.

Speaking of idioms, and we do love a good idiom, don’t you? Our favorite this week is:

chickens come home to roost

The consequences of doing wrong always catch up with the wrongdoer, as in karma or what goes around comes around. The fact that chickens usually come home to rest and sleep has long been known, but the idea was used figuratively only in 1809, when Robert Southey wrote in his epic poem, “Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost” ( The Curse of Kehama).
MO– — USES! We have a few choice words if not curses for the WordPress gods. Our latest posts were not showing up on our home page. Today’s post appears as normal but our last two posts Cat Moms of the World and our latest Monday’s with Merlin who was doing free numerology/tarot readings on Instagram. The permalinks are working for the wayward posts but we had to share the post manually to our email subscribers. The good news it’s upped our traffic. Life is weird. Maybe weird is the the new normal?

This week’s caption mirrors a familiar family dynamic. There is a husband and wife out for a drive with the kids or kitties. This dates back a hundred years but some things never change. Well, except we have seatbelts now and kids don’t ride in the front seat.

Think of a clever caption and you might be next week’s winner. If you’re a blogger you may include your URL or social media link.

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