Curiosity killed the cat!

I realised that I use this expression way too much when I'm telling my adorable satanic kitten Chewie off!!

Sometimes I wonder if he can't help being so naughty, if perhaps it's due to fact that all cats are way too curious. This kitty finds everything interesting, from closets to cardboard boxes and even the toilet ( so disturbing at times)I've attached a picture of this monster for you to see what I'm dealing with :)

So I decided that Friday will be learning something new day and figured I may as well share this new wisdom with my fellow bloggers!!

After doing some in-depth research on the interweb ... ( thank you Wikipedia ^^ ) I found the history behind this proverb which was quite interesting.We all know that "Curiosity killed the cat" is used to warn others of the dangers snooping may cause, if only Chewie understood human speech like his sister Bella does (some day perhaps) Back in the day, one did not say "Curiosity killed the cat" but rather "Care killed the cat" ( which sucked!) Care was used in a different context however, and was defined as worry or sorrow.

The first time we ever saw this expression being used was in the English play Every Man in his Humour by Ben Jonson that dates back to 1958 and later by Shakespeare himself in Much Ado About Nothing. Unfortunately these two author's used the sucky proverb "Care killed the cat" and the first time "Curiousity killed the cat" was first used was in 1898, found in The Galveston Daily News.

It is said that once "curiosity killed a Thomas cat." [Thomas cat is a jokey form of tom cat, i.e. a male cat.]

So you see, thanks to me you learn something new today :) And for all those Stephen King buffs out there, your fave author has also used this idiom in several of his novellas: "Curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction bought it back"

My apologies if I bored you to death with this blog :)