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Originally Posted by TheGuru
Has the cat got your tongue? (Just where does that saying come from  ) |
The phrase probably comes from a custom in the Mideast hundreds of years ago, when it was common to punish a thief by cutting off their right hand, and a liar by ripping out their tongue. These severed body parts were given to the king's pet cats as their daily food. 
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Kaz
"I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king; I've been up and down and over and out and I know one thing; each time I find myself flat on my face, I pick myself up and get back in the race."
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