β² 306 βΌ For 3 he plays. (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 4 months ago* by Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments "A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays." In Italy and Greece they have 7. In Arabic and Turkish parts of the world cats have 6. The sauce: https://satwcomic.com/for-3-he-plays
[β] lugal@sopuli.xyz 78 points 4 months ago (4 children) In Germany it's also 7 permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [β] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 32 points 4 months ago (1 child) This made a puzzle in Might and Magic 4 so hard. But a few years later I had learned of 9 lifes through cultural osmosis (eg American cartoons) which made the puzzle so much easier and I needed a moment to figure out why I used to have so much trouble with it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] brsrklf@jlai.lu 6 points 4 months ago I think I probably had to solve that too since I did finish Clouds of Xeen long ago but I don't remember that puzzle. Though I had something kinda similar to that feeling when I learned about Citizen Kane and I got that the witches' password "rosebud" was probably a random reference to that. At least I think it was? permalink fedilink source parent [β] unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 14 points 4 months ago "Nein, you no get nein lives" permalink fedilink source parent [β] Ephera@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 months ago Also interesting: What's "cloud nine" in English is "cloud seven" in German ("Wolke Sieben"). No idea, if those are linked... permalink fedilink source parent [β] Dagnet@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago And Brazil permalink fedilink source parent
[β] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 32 points 4 months ago (1 child) This made a puzzle in Might and Magic 4 so hard. But a few years later I had learned of 9 lifes through cultural osmosis (eg American cartoons) which made the puzzle so much easier and I needed a moment to figure out why I used to have so much trouble with it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] brsrklf@jlai.lu 6 points 4 months ago I think I probably had to solve that too since I did finish Clouds of Xeen long ago but I don't remember that puzzle. Though I had something kinda similar to that feeling when I learned about Citizen Kane and I got that the witches' password "rosebud" was probably a random reference to that. At least I think it was? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] brsrklf@jlai.lu 6 points 4 months ago I think I probably had to solve that too since I did finish Clouds of Xeen long ago but I don't remember that puzzle. Though I had something kinda similar to that feeling when I learned about Citizen Kane and I got that the witches' password "rosebud" was probably a random reference to that. At least I think it was? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 14 points 4 months ago "Nein, you no get nein lives" permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Ephera@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 months ago Also interesting: What's "cloud nine" in English is "cloud seven" in German ("Wolke Sieben"). No idea, if those are linked... permalink fedilink source parent
