Curiosity Killed the Cat

[TimbaLanD]

Anyone know the story behind this?

[YT2095]

nope but there`s a second line IIRC,

 

"Curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought him back"

[h4tt3n]

I Denmark we say "Curiosity killed the blacksmiths cat" - it doesn't take a lot of imagiation to come up with a few nasty ways that might've happened!

[Phi for All]

Shakespeare, Marlowe and Johnson all wrote about "care" killing cats, where care is meant to be worry or anxiety about something. It probably morphed from there.

[KLB]

I don't know about couriosity killing the cat, but I do know about one cat that has a mighty high opinion of its own abilities to deal with intruders:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060611/ap_on_fe_st/cat_scares_bear;_ylt=Aq370dnWtD2LEvcjOIUwDm.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-

[Mokele]

YT, the correct line is "Curiousity killed the cat, but I have more hit points than a cat."

[TimbaLanD]

I have heard a lot of people use the old saying!! We basically know that curiosity killed the cat but do we know how it got killed? We should investigate!!! )

[chemfreak]

Forensic Science!!!! I'm a real CSI now!!!