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lostmypw on Aug 3, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: NYT Crossword editor: "I was willing to endure a l...

Ah, I was bitten by not being a native-speaker. I've interpreted "hibernate" as the same thing my laptop does, when it hibernates. And cats do that all the time, right? ;-)

chrischen on Aug 3, 2011 [–]

Cats sleep, buts I don't think they hibernate, do they? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernation

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