All the horses do the costume requiring the least effort – a unicorn horn. One horse is promising to actually put in some effort next year (but never will).
I guess the ‘pumpkin spice oats’ should’ve been a clue. So, is a zebra white with black stripes, or black with white stripes? I suppose if it’s a brown horse, s/he’d have to paint them all.
‘Unicorn’ is the horse costume equivalent of ‘bum’.
So why is pumpkin spice such a huge in – joke trope/meme *this* year?
It’s not just this year. It’s been a meme for years. It really picked up in 2014, from a quick check.
@ Andréa – Assuming the question wasn’t rhetorical: tradition has favored black stripes (on a white base), but modern research has shown that the fundamental color is black, with the white stripes as evolutionary development.
Good to know! Sometimes even rhetorical questions need answers.
Phil Smith III wins the prize for the WEIRDEST pumpkin-spiced item. So far . . .
@ Phil Smith III – A cat who rejects scented kitty litter might result in unpleasant deposits, but getting the cat to accept such an idiotic product might be even worse: in a few weeks (or months), the stuff will no longer be available, and the scent-conditioned cat may be equally unlikely to accept the non-scented replacement.
Kilby: True. Leaving the owner scrounging through the Starbucks dumpster looking for pumpkin spice coffee grounds with which to try to fool the feline…
When I had cats, if I went out of town for more than one night, one of them (I knew which one) would find a piece of my clothing and pee on it. Had nothing to do with whether the litterbox was dirty or not: was clearly the cat version of a middle finger.
BTW, today is National Cat Day!
Pumpkin Spice-mas: “All of the Pumpkin Spice products mentioned in the song are real (except for those in the last verse..”
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All the horses do the costume requiring the least effort – a unicorn horn. One horse is promising to actually put in some effort next year (but never will).
I guess the ‘pumpkin spice oats’ should’ve been a clue. So, is a zebra white with black stripes, or black with white stripes? I suppose if it’s a brown horse, s/he’d have to paint them all.
‘Unicorn’ is the horse costume equivalent of ‘bum’.
So why is pumpkin spice such a huge in – joke trope/meme *this* year?
It’s not just this year. It’s been a meme for years. It really picked up in 2014, from a quick check.
@ Andréa – Assuming the question wasn’t rhetorical: tradition has favored black stripes (on a white base), but modern research has shown that the fundamental color is black, with the white stripes as evolutionary development.
Good to know! Sometimes even rhetorical questions need answers.
Even DOGS like pumpkin spice . . . or at least know the appeal thereof . . .
https://www.gocomics.com/dogsofckennel/2018/10/29
Re pumpkin spice: it’s worse than I’d feared.
Special Kitty Scoopable Clumping Odour Control CAT Litter – Pumpkin Spice Scented
https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/special-kitty-scoopable-clumping-odour-control-cat-litter-pumpkin-spice-scented/6000197147851
Truly a sign of the apocalypse. Not to mention animal cruelty (well, emotional–owner will pay for it, though, when cat says “I don’t think so” and finds another spot).
Phil Smith III wins the prize for the WEIRDEST pumpkin-spiced item. So far . . .
@ Phil Smith III – A cat who rejects scented kitty litter might result in unpleasant deposits, but getting the cat to accept such an idiotic product might be even worse: in a few weeks (or months), the stuff will no longer be available, and the scent-conditioned cat may be equally unlikely to accept the non-scented replacement.
Kilby: True. Leaving the owner scrounging through the Starbucks dumpster looking for pumpkin spice coffee grounds with which to try to fool the feline…
When I had cats, if I went out of town for more than one night, one of them (I knew which one) would find a piece of my clothing and pee on it. Had nothing to do with whether the litterbox was dirty or not: was clearly the cat version of a middle finger.
BTW, today is National Cat Day!
Pumpkin Spice-mas: “All of the Pumpkin Spice products mentioned in the song are real (except for those in the last verse..”
http://thefump.com/fump.php?id=2113