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My mother also used that phrase, so thanks for clearing that up. Mother called Father 'Adie' as his name was Adrian, and Father called Mother 'Jonesy' after her maiden name. My bad sense of humour comes from himself. E.g., he used to stand at the front door and yell out, 'Are you carmen, Jones?' It weren't the cat's whisker, that one ... Andrew On 28/02/07, MC Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Thanks very much for clearing up "the cat's mother." > It never occurred to me that it was/is a dehumanizing > gesture. As for Himself, my Irish great-grandmother > always called her husband "Mr. McAlister." Obviously, > one couldn't call him "the cat's father" without being > insulting, though insulting a woman was okay. > > > >