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[Poll #1879786]

(ETA: The reason I ask is that Ken wanted to use the term in a geocache name, and I was a bit concerned about the connotations!)

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Dead pets???

Seven of the first ten Google results!

http://www.rainbowbridge.com/Poem.htm

I heard that term for the first time this weekend, somewhere... But I'd never heard it before.

It was in reference to dead pets. But I didn't vote, because... before a few days ago, I'd pick neither.

ETA: Actually, what I'd think of first is Rainbow Brite.

Edited 2012-11-19 18:24 (UTC)

Both? I think of dead pets but my immediate next thought is "but I don't know why they'd want to go to Valhalla."

I knew it was originally a Norse mythology reference to Bifrost, but it's been co-opted. (And am I the only one who's annoyed by the dead pet thing?)

Our old cat would. And take the vet with her, I think.

It's not just you. I find the alternate use overly cutesy.

Huh.

All dogs go to Asgard?

So, I need to go and learn Norse mythology.

Same here.

Oh hell no. I find it cringeworthy. But I think it's here to stay.

Yeah...but some people find it comforting, so I hate to snark on it. :(

Many many years ago, a friend of mine who was involved with a bisexuals support group sent me a few copies of a newsletter he had worked on, called, "Bifrost: The Rainbow Bridge".

So that's what I think of. But I recognize that that's a fairly limited use. :)

I know both, but I think of the pet reference more.

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