Cat Found

2 04 2008

I would love to tell you about so many things today but my diseased and tired brain just cannot do it.

So I will give you this.

 

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Someone is missing their cat somewhere. You don’t have to live in rural America to appreciate the absolute wonder of this poster.

Update: Howdy to every one coming over from Eschaton.

Image credit: My pal Linda Mac.


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2 04 2008
Cathy

If someone claims it, they can have the ones that must be related to it from my yard.

2 04 2008
cravensworld

too funny. hysterical. still laughing. No i reckon it wasn’t friendly. Surprised they had fingers left to hold the marker.

2 04 2008
Paul Chenoweth

“Not very friendly”…ROFL!!

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2 04 2008
Reba

HAHA…that is great

2 04 2008
Jeffraham Prestonian

You rewl! Bwahahahahaha!
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2 04 2008
missybw

It’s ma kitteh… ma kitteh… I misses its.

3 04 2008
Jeffraham Prestonian

Uh-oh… Attaturk just front-paged ya @ Eschaton, so HERE COME THE HITS.
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3 04 2008
manicmanicurist

Oh lawdy.. I hate those kind of kittens!!! that’s too funny though..:)

3 04 2008
3 04 2008
tim

That’s a funny lookin cat.

3 04 2008
D.R. Marvel

That’s my Virgil!

What was that phone number?

3 04 2008
Doodle Bean

Please post this on icanhascheezburger.com. No additional lolcaption needed!

3 04 2008
Antman

bull-dada in action is what I suspect.

3 04 2008
Plotinus

April fools joke?

3 04 2008
Nix

Howdy and thank you that is just the smile I needed to start off the day.

3 04 2008
sasquatch

Silly nekkid apes. That’s no kat, it’s my pet chupacabra.

3 04 2008
gimmeabreak

Fluffy, we’ve missed you!

3 04 2008
Mike B

Cuddle that, and you’ll never play the guitar again.

3 04 2008
Jon

Screams April’s Fool, people. You’ve been had.

3 04 2008
newscoma

It’s still hysterical.

3 04 2008
Plotinus

Is that Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles?

3 04 2008
Southern Beale

Screams April’s Fool, people. You’ve been had.

Of course! But it’s still hilarious!

3 04 2008
George W. Bush

I kan haz cat bak now?

3 04 2008
jim voorhies

Humph. “Not very friendly” indeed. They just don’t know how to handle a cat. Why i could make it roll over and play dead in no time…

😀

3 04 2008
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3 04 2008
Peter Principle

Reminds me of the time a neighbor came over and told me she had found a dead possum in her driveway. (At least she recognized it as a possum). So we went back over, looked, saw nothing. She was completely bewildered. “But I SAW it!”

That’s when we had a little talk about the defensive strategies of Didelphis Virginiana

3 04 2008
Jon

Of course! But it’s still hilarious!

Indeed, but the horribly-named Attaturk (does he know what he shares the name of a notorious dictator, I wonder?) advanced this on Eschaton as “the state of the American educational system is depressing.” He took the thing seriously.

3 04 2008
Fez

This is an old one and, as Jon Says, an obvious joke.

3 04 2008
Jamey

“I call the big one, ‘Bitey.'”

3 04 2008
newscoma

Jamey, your comment made me laugh as much as the picture did. 🙂

3 04 2008
Southern Beale

George W. Bush (07:52:20) :
I kan haz cat bak now?

LOL!

Of course Attaturk knows from whence his name cometh. Why don’t you go over to Rising-Hegemon and ask him about it? I suspect it will be a lot like cuddling that kitteh pictured here!

3 04 2008
newscoma

Southern Beale,
Yes Indeed.

3 04 2008
The Dude

That’s a hipster prank: everyone who lives on or near Sunset knows what a possum looks like.

Possums, coyotes, skunks, deer, etc., we have them all living in the Hollywood Hills and you see them all the time. Hell, I just saw a coyote in the middle of the day at Wilton & Santa Monica.

The sad corollary? Anytime you see a ‘missing cat/dog’ flyer in those same areas… sorry, they’re not “missing” – they coyotes got ’em.

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3 04 2008
ron

reminds me of the stupid neighbor kids (that have since moved away, praise jesus) that were calling the groundhog living under my woodpile a beaver.

3 04 2008
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3 04 2008
squirrelqueen

Marsupial mania on the Innertubes.
Practical joke or not, still funny.

3 04 2008
sarah

“ndeed, but the horribly-named Attaturk (does he know what he shares the name of a notorious dictator, I wonder?) advanced this on Eschaton as “the state of the American educational system is depressing.” He took the thing seriously.”

Apparently he’s right about the educational system, since people like you can’t recognize irony when it jumps up and punches you in the face.

3 04 2008
Hawise

Reminds me of the problem we had with the ‘black and white cat’ that my father-in-law thought was lost. Very funny.

3 04 2008
djangone

A few years ago these same telephone poles had flyers for ‘Missing Lizard’ on them, featuring a komodo dragon I believe. Same neighborhood. Same pranksters.

3 04 2008
waldo

That’s some mean looking pussy ya got there. It reminds me of the Clouseau line “Ders yeur derg baht?”

3 04 2008
dmark

Hey, that looks just like the cat that comes up on my deck every night.

3 04 2008
Robert

Everybody knows that’s a dog……..with little human-like hands…

3 04 2008
captainkona

If the people from the Vietnamese restaurant show up to claim it DO NOT GIVE IT TO THEM.

3 04 2008
Greenbanks

Aw, mannnn… I wanted it to be true.

3 04 2008
newscoma

Greenbanks, it is if we believe real, real hard.
🙂
Sorta like Dorothy getting home and out of Oz, but for more nefarious reasons such as our own amusement.

3 04 2008
Jon

Apparently he’s right about the educational system, since people like you can’t recognize irony when it jumps up and punches you in the face.

Irony, huh? I’ll tell you what’s funnier than any obvious April’s Fool joke: ignoramuses who like to excuse idiocy by calling it “irony” because they think it makes therm seems smart and culturally aware. Well, Sarah dear, let me explain how “irony” works”: Irony is basically exaggeration withing an appropriate context. So, when Colbert channels and exaggerates Falafel Bill within the context of an opinion TV show, that’s irony. Giving yourself the moniker of a somewhat obscure military dictator without any context is just, well, stupid — but, I must admit, not as stupid as people who use words they don’t understand.

3 04 2008
nm

Hey, ‘Coma, this post just showed up on one of my mailing lists. I guess via Eschaton. The internets is a very, very small place.

3 04 2008
newscoma

It ’tis, nm. My first link from Atrios.
Yay!!!

3 04 2008
newscoma

Well Attaturk, actually, who is of the groovy.

3 04 2008
nm

Oh, sure, and next thing we know you’ll become an A-lister yourself and won’t speak to your friends any more. Heh. Good for you — I hope some of them stick around and look at your other stuff.

3 04 2008
Masao-Kun

interesting that the text is almost identical to this other poster I found just the other day. hmm…

( link to other picture: http://www.lolpix.com/pictures/3/Funny_Pictures_265.htm )

3 04 2008
newscoma

Call Mack now!! We need another cabin throwdown! Heh.
I’ll bring the beer.

3 04 2008
newscoma

I have no idea, Masao-Kun, where it came from. It must be a viral epidemic. I got it through an email.
They both make me laugh.

3 04 2008
lutton

In the (in my opinion small) chance that’s not a joke, I wonder how the male/female exam went?!?

3 04 2008
Magnum

Saw the same notice with the same wording including the smiley but with pictures of a different animal.. almost certainly an April Fools joke.

3 04 2008
Billie S.

Wow! Anyone else read the book The Last Child In The Woods, by Louv? Talk about your Nature Deficit Disorder!

3 04 2008
t6

Irony is basically exaggeration withing an appropriate context.

That isn’t the definition of irony. Colbert tends to engage in parody and satire, he often tends to use sarcasm, but not so often irony.

Irony, is about expectations being different that reality…or when the full significance of a character’s words or actions are unknown to them but known to an audience. Irony is about contradiction, not about exaggeration.

3 04 2008
Donald Harbour

Looks like Opie my pet possum. Opie is away training for the tree climbing competition in the Beijing Olympics, that is if he can stand the toxic Chinese soup he’ll have to breath. Last letter from him was postmarked L.A. Opie wrote (he’s a really smart possum) that he was on the 10 imitating road kill so he could condition his lungs to the upcoming event. L.A. smog is about as close to Beijing as you can get without actually being there.

3 04 2008
Lynnster

That wasn’t in Hooterville was it?

In any case, that’s so awesome. Hee hee.

3 04 2008
newscoma

Not in Hoots.
Sunset Blvd? I’m guessing LA. I’m smart that way. 🙂

3 04 2008
alexis

lmao

3 04 2008
Peanutcat

Hell, you don’t have to live in rural America to know what a friggin’ cat looks like . . . . .

3 04 2008
steph172165

thats a possum

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BabyJune

Thanks, t6, for the correction on irony. As luck would have it, there’s a rather good example of dramatic irony already posted in the comments here…

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3 04 2008
les

It’s a los Angeles Guerrilla Artist.

I found his Pod Cast on Libsyn

http://thebeautifulloser.libsyn.com/index.php?post_category=podcasts

It is a recording of the messages people left about the poster.

Funny.

3 04 2008
raincoaster

Congrats on the Eschaton link. I put this up awhile back and didn’t nobody like it then!

3 04 2008
damyantig

Lols!

Thank god I hate cats anyway:)))

4 04 2008
njhrustyk

i dont know much but that cat looks alot like a ferret anyone agree with me hahaha but either way its REALLY PISSED haha

4 04 2008
njhrustyk

ooh heres my link i realized clicking my screen name takes you to my business site not wordpress so here it is njhrustyk@wordpress.com

4 04 2008
lejournaldesara

I have never seen a cat like this before 😉
Hi, i’m Sara, i’m live in Italy and I like your blog very much!

4 04 2008
renur

I am form INDIA that does not look like a cat at all ha ha

4 04 2008
hildigunnur

One of the photos is of course taken from Wikipedia. Funny, though 😀

4 04 2008
Maxadolf

Oh, Hell! That’s my pet wombat, Wally, that escaped after out-manoeuvring my flame thrower. Ended up eating the neighbour’s pooch instead.

What I can’t understand is how Wally drifted over to the Western Seaboard of the USA from Epsom (in England, for those upright US citizens that haven’t yet discovered the existence of a world outside of the USA – and that’s most!) and am even more surprised that someone else had the audacity to claim Wally as his/hers. Don’t Californians have any sense of morality?

At least Wally would have made a better President than @+%$£-face(What’sthe half-wit’s name?). Maybe Wally can fool you guys into electing him next President of the USA! For that you can thank me later.

4 04 2008
newscoma

I got it in an email. I must have missed it it’s first go around.
It’s funny. Thanks Raincoaster!

4 04 2008
syedjunaid

lol, @ not very friendly,

nice post!

4 04 2008
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lwayswright

HEY I think that’s My cat…. LOL.

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Noscere

It might be a prank but it is funny, wonder how many people thought it was for real..

7 04 2008
David

Jon, you are very funny. “Irony is basically exaggeration withing an appropriate context.” Wrong, wrong, wrong. That is hyperbole. Irony is something entirely different. I suggest you consult a dictionary.

7 04 2008
David

Well… Unless Jon was using irony there, intentionally defining “irony” incorrectly…

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18 04 2008
kittymama

Feh. Irony is for losers. I have a fabric steamer now.

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14 05 2008
Petar

ahahaahahha 😀 good one

2 06 2008
dan

this cracks me up so much
this had to have been made as a joke, i know this because i took the photo on the left. i loaded that shot on wikipedia which is where they got it.
see here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opossum

4 08 2008
tackytaco

Irony is like rain on your wedding day.

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