TheCatScan.tumblr.com
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TheCatScan.tumblr.com is one of the strangest sites I've seen in some time. I have no idea how these people got their cats wedged into their scanners, or why.
does anyone read the posts down here?
posted by not_on_display at 10:57 PM on August 4, 2011 [11 favorites]
posted by not_on_display at 10:57 PM on August 4, 2011 [11 favorites]
Huzzah! The meme returns!
posted by redbeard at 10:58 PM on August 4, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by redbeard at 10:58 PM on August 4, 2011 [1 favorite]
I think this is not only a double, but someone has used this exact wording before?
posted by sweetkid at 10:59 PM on August 4, 2011 [15 favorites]
posted by sweetkid at 10:59 PM on August 4, 2011 [15 favorites]
Phase III commences ...
posted by mannequito at 11:02 PM on August 4, 2011
posted by mannequito at 11:02 PM on August 4, 2011
copyright 1997 DO STEAL THESE IMAGES
posted by troll at 11:03 PM on August 4, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by troll at 11:03 PM on August 4, 2011 [2 favorites]
You know what? These pictures are STILL best of the web.
posted by davejay at 11:08 PM on August 4, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by davejay at 11:08 PM on August 4, 2011 [1 favorite]
Happy B... hey! That's not right.
posted by inpHilltr8r at 11:08 PM on August 4, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by inpHilltr8r at 11:08 PM on August 4, 2011 [3 favorites]
Cat Scan? More like Cat SCAM, amirite?
posted by oneswellfoop at 11:26 PM on August 4, 2011
posted by oneswellfoop at 11:26 PM on August 4, 2011
Does anyone read the ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
posted by shii at 11:31 PM on August 4, 2011
posted by shii at 11:31 PM on August 4, 2011
"Oh no, not again."
posted by loquacious at 11:32 PM on August 4, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by loquacious at 11:32 PM on August 4, 2011 [3 favorites]
Retro!
posted by crabintheocean at 11:32 PM on August 4, 2011
posted by crabintheocean at 11:32 PM on August 4, 2011
Cat-arses.
posted by Ardiril at 11:33 PM on August 4, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Ardiril at 11:33 PM on August 4, 2011 [1 favorite]
"It's a fax from your dog, Mr. Dansworth. It looks like your cat."
posted by Kronos_to_Earth at 11:38 PM on August 4, 2011 [9 favorites]
posted by Kronos_to_Earth at 11:38 PM on August 4, 2011 [9 favorites]
"Oh no, not again."
If we're going to use the vernacular of the day, shouldn't it be 'oh noes'?
posted by spicynuts at 11:38 PM on August 4, 2011
If we're going to use the vernacular of the day, shouldn't it be 'oh noes'?
posted by spicynuts at 11:38 PM on August 4, 2011
Deja blue
posted by Sailormom at 11:39 PM on August 4, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Sailormom at 11:39 PM on August 4, 2011 [2 favorites]
At least the tumblr has a professional white background.
posted by spicynuts at 11:42 PM on August 4, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by spicynuts at 11:42 PM on August 4, 2011 [3 favorites]
Yay! Moar Birthday!
posted by Ahab at 11:48 PM on August 4, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Ahab at 11:48 PM on August 4, 2011 [1 favorite]
I think these cats lack ambition. Ours ignores the smooth smooth scanner for the tactile joy of pinging letter off the keyboard.
posted by arcticseal at 11:52 PM on August 4, 2011
posted by arcticseal at 11:52 PM on August 4, 2011
With one of those I thought, "Wait a minute, is that MY cat? But I've never scanned her! At least, not that I've posted to the internet!" But then I realized no, while they have stunningly similar rectal regions, it's not quite 100%.
posted by lesli212 at 12:09 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by lesli212 at 12:09 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
Is this something I'd need to own a cat to understand?
posted by at the crossroads at 12:13 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by at the crossroads at 12:13 AM on August 5, 2011
Look, it's the cat's ass
posted by Pruitt-Igoe at 12:29 AM on August 5, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by Pruitt-Igoe at 12:29 AM on August 5, 2011 [3 favorites]
There's like this guy that lives in my building, and he has a french bulldog. He's a big sweaty fat dude, I think he makes his money as a trader. He's nice, but just on the precipice of annoying. Until you happen to be behind him getting your mail or brushing past him down the back stairs or wherever, and you realize he is forever talking to his dog. I mean like long conversations with this dog. Long, involved, girlfriend sort of dinner conversations with his crazy-tongue french bulldog.
Cat people don't seem so weird anymore.
posted by four panels at 12:35 AM on August 5, 2011 [3 favorites]
Cat people don't seem so weird anymore.
posted by four panels at 12:35 AM on August 5, 2011 [3 favorites]
lesli212: But then I realized no, while they have stunningly similar rectal regions, it's not quite 100%.
Little known fact: the anus is as unique as the iris.
posted by troll at 12:41 AM on August 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
Little known fact: the anus is as unique as the iris.
posted by troll at 12:41 AM on August 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
Little known fact: the anus is as unique as the iris.
I can see Q's next conversation with Bond.
posted by arcticseal at 12:48 AM on August 5, 2011 [3 favorites]
I can see Q's next conversation with Bond.
posted by arcticseal at 12:48 AM on August 5, 2011 [3 favorites]
In The Man With the Golden Goatse?
James, you're hurting me!
posted by pracowity at 12:54 AM on August 5, 2011 [3 favorites]
James, you're hurting me!
posted by pracowity at 12:54 AM on August 5, 2011 [3 favorites]
Damn, someone out there has a cat with 3 front legs!
posted by autoclavicle at 1:00 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by autoclavicle at 1:00 AM on August 5, 2011
In the style of Run-DMC:
somebody scanned a CAT!
and then they posted THAT!
and then they quoted MATT!
i'm gonna get my GAT!
that shit is gettin' OLD!
that shit just leaves me COLD!
like a recurring DREAM!
it's time to kill this MEME!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 1:06 AM on August 5, 2011 [8 favorites]
somebody scanned a CAT!
and then they posted THAT!
and then they quoted MATT!
i'm gonna get my GAT!
that shit is gettin' OLD!
that shit just leaves me COLD!
like a recurring DREAM!
it's time to kill this MEME!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 1:06 AM on August 5, 2011 [8 favorites]
Thunderballs? Wait, didn't we do this already?
"No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"
posted by Zack_Replica at 1:10 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
"No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"
posted by Zack_Replica at 1:10 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
beukeboom, for having brought awareness of the resurrection of cat scans back to the tubes, I would like to present you with a trophy...
A Cat Ass trophy, to be sure.
This one seems the most appropriate; perhaps you should print it out and frame it... sort of a DIY trophy I guess. We're a little cheap in these parts.
posted by drfu at 1:23 AM on August 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
A Cat Ass trophy, to be sure.
This one seems the most appropriate; perhaps you should print it out and frame it... sort of a DIY trophy I guess. We're a little cheap in these parts.
posted by drfu at 1:23 AM on August 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
Im having the worst deja vu right now, didn't I see this here just last week?
posted by dabitch at 1:35 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by dabitch at 1:35 AM on August 5, 2011
It's a rewind to paws!
posted by Abiezer at 1:36 AM on August 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Abiezer at 1:36 AM on August 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
In the style of Bread:
Hey have you ever tried / Really reaching out to scan his other side?
The claws sink deep and I can't keep him in / But baby, here goes...
F2 previews then makes a beep / F4 makes a scan for us to keep
And if you're wondering where this cat is going to
I'm gonna scan him with you
I really think that we could wedge him, girl
go for the gold, man... 70s gold
posted by crapmatic at 2:14 AM on August 5, 2011
Hey have you ever tried / Really reaching out to scan his other side?
The claws sink deep and I can't keep him in / But baby, here goes...
F2 previews then makes a beep / F4 makes a scan for us to keep
And if you're wondering where this cat is going to
I'm gonna scan him with you
I really think that we could wedge him, girl
go for the gold, man... 70s gold
posted by crapmatic at 2:14 AM on August 5, 2011
I've never understood the part about having to wedge the cat into the flat bed scanner. You just put the cat on the scanner, right? No wedging involved.
posted by twoleftfeet at 2:59 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by twoleftfeet at 2:59 AM on August 5, 2011
You mean you're not supposed to close the lid?
Sorry, Oreo.
posted by JanetLand at 3:04 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
Sorry, Oreo.
posted by JanetLand at 3:04 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
In Communist Bloc, cat scans YOU.
I live on the same block as the Parti Communiste headquarters here. No joke.
posted by fraula at 3:19 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
I live on the same block as the Parti Communiste headquarters here. No joke.
posted by fraula at 3:19 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
Cat-ass-trophy.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 3:41 AM on August 5, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by ZenMasterThis at 3:41 AM on August 5, 2011 [5 favorites]
This thread hasn't been deleted yet? I'm still waiting to see the flashing red box with the unicorns
posted by infini at 3:45 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by infini at 3:45 AM on August 5, 2011
It's a great idea, but what about the risk of scratching the glass? Better make sure they're declawed first...
posted by psoas at 3:46 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by psoas at 3:46 AM on August 5, 2011
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Cat gut.
Cat gut who?
Cat gut your tongue?
posted by oneswellfoop at 3:48 AM on August 5, 2011
Who's there?
Cat gut.
Cat gut who?
Cat gut your tongue?
posted by oneswellfoop at 3:48 AM on August 5, 2011
Meet the new web, same as the old web.
posted by piratebowling at 4:14 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by piratebowling at 4:14 AM on August 5, 2011
Fur-st!
posted by Kirth Gerson at 4:35 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by Kirth Gerson at 4:35 AM on August 5, 2011
After my morning tea maybe I'll enlist Flora the Siamese and my sheet-feeding scanner to do a picturesque re-enactment of the wood chipper scene from Fargo.
posted by FelliniBlank at 4:46 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by FelliniBlank at 4:46 AM on August 5, 2011
Has anyone else noticed that lolcatspeak use seems to have subsided somewhat on the internet?
posted by Salvor Hardin at 4:47 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by Salvor Hardin at 4:47 AM on August 5, 2011
For some reason this always seems to make me feel older then my actual birthday does. Psychology is a heck of a thing. Happy birthday, Metafilter!
posted by cavalier at 4:50 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by cavalier at 4:50 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
Okay, okay, I'm still a n00b and will be for the next - what, 3 years or so. I thought the birthday had already been celebrated and the post reposted.
So who are these folks? And cats?
(must mathowie buy all the possible variants across teh innerwebs?)
posted by likeso at 4:55 AM on August 5, 2011
So who are these folks? And cats?
(must mathowie buy all the possible variants across teh innerwebs?)
posted by likeso at 4:55 AM on August 5, 2011
so many leetle peenk toes!
posted by elizardbits at 5:01 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by elizardbits at 5:01 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
6+ hours and still standing
posted by nathancaswell at 5:12 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by nathancaswell at 5:12 AM on August 5, 2011
Some of these pictures look like a cat suspended between realities, their paws still in the here and now, the rest of its body a warped reflection from the other side of a window to an alternate universe.
posted by anthom at 5:41 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by anthom at 5:41 AM on August 5, 2011
Great submissions! Keep them coming!
I don’t know if anyone wants to do this to their scanner, however we here at Cat Scan HQ have some ideas for bizzarre cat scans:
That being said, I don’t think any of it will hurt the scanner (or the cat!).
…But nonetheless, proceed at your own risk.
posted by Dr. Zira at 5:48 AM on August 5, 2011
I don’t know if anyone wants to do this to their scanner, however we here at Cat Scan HQ have some ideas for bizzarre cat scans:
- Scans of cats debating the debt crisis on the scanner glass
- Scans of cats silently judging you on the scanner glass
- Scans of cats impersonating Charles Nelson Reilly on the scanner glass
- … any other wacky cat+scanner ideas you have (that aren’t animal cruelty, of course)
That being said, I don’t think any of it will hurt the scanner (or the cat!).
…But nonetheless, proceed at your own risk.
posted by Dr. Zira at 5:48 AM on August 5, 2011
KEEP THE FUCKING LIGHT OUT OF THE CAT'S EYES.
posted by zennie at 5:56 AM on August 5, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by zennie at 5:56 AM on August 5, 2011 [4 favorites]
My Trilby likes to sit on my scanner, and frequently sets the scanner in motion. Can any of your cats operate a scanner?
Didn't think so.
posted by orange swan at 6:02 AM on August 5, 2011
Didn't think so.
posted by orange swan at 6:02 AM on August 5, 2011
Our cat likes to shut down our computers.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 6:17 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by Kirth Gerson at 6:17 AM on August 5, 2011
They hadn't invented scanners back when we had house cats.
posted by infini at 6:21 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by infini at 6:21 AM on August 5, 2011
I have a sneaking suspicion someone posted this after yesterday's MeTa just to see the red box of doom in action.
posted by zylocomotion at 6:29 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by zylocomotion at 6:29 AM on August 5, 2011
Better cat than scat, I guess -- but I still don't see the point. Seems... stupid.
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 6:34 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 6:34 AM on August 5, 2011
New to the internet, Guy_Inamonkeysuit?
posted by MrMoonPie at 6:48 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by MrMoonPie at 6:48 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
does anyone read the posts down here?
We all do.
posted by Devils Rancher at 6:49 AM on August 5, 2011
We all do.
posted by Devils Rancher at 6:49 AM on August 5, 2011
Better cat than scat, I guess -- but I still don't see the point. Seems... stupid.
Drat, catchat spat! Scat!
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:52 AM on August 5, 2011
Drat, catchat spat! Scat!
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:52 AM on August 5, 2011
I think this is not only a double, but someone has used this exact wording before?
posted by sweetkid at 10:59 PM on August 4 [9 favorites +] [!]
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001 welllll almost
2000
And the grandaddy of 'em all - 1999! Welcome to Metafilter, sweetkid.
posted by FatherDagon at 6:52 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by sweetkid at 10:59 PM on August 4 [9 favorites +] [!]
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001 welllll almost
2000
And the grandaddy of 'em all - 1999! Welcome to Metafilter, sweetkid.
posted by FatherDagon at 6:52 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
Hey, there is finally a "cat-scan" link on one of these posts.
But I'm so let down by the images. After all these years, I had something fabulous built up in my mind.
posted by _paegan_ at 7:01 AM on August 5, 2011
But I'm so let down by the images. After all these years, I had something fabulous built up in my mind.
posted by _paegan_ at 7:01 AM on August 5, 2011
So we're moving from yearly to tri-weekly?
posted by zylocomotion at 7:02 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by zylocomotion at 7:02 AM on August 5, 2011
Oh. Nevermind. Move along. I'm going to have a cup of coffee now.
posted by zylocomotion at 7:07 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by zylocomotion at 7:07 AM on August 5, 2011
This feels kind of like Eastern Orthodox Christmas.
posted by benito.strauss at 7:24 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by benito.strauss at 7:24 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
Occasionally someone complains about too many cat posts on Metafilter.
And that person is always wrong.
posted by swift at 7:24 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
And that person is always wrong.
posted by swift at 7:24 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
These threads are the closest thing MeFi has to /r/circlejerk.
posted by adamdschneider at 7:40 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by adamdschneider at 7:40 AM on August 5, 2011
ZIPPITY BOP!
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:13 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:13 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
yeah, I just thought I saw it like two weeks ago. Oh well.
posted by sweetkid at 8:36 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by sweetkid at 8:36 AM on August 5, 2011
I tried a drum scanner, now Mr Wiggles refuses to go anywhere near me.
posted by Pink Fuzzy Bunny at 9:05 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Pink Fuzzy Bunny at 9:05 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
Maybe I'm the last one to get the memo, but I just realized the original cat-scan.com now links to Metafilter Memories. Awwwwwwww.
posted by geeky at 9:49 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by geeky at 9:49 AM on August 5, 2011
AGAIN with this crap??? It seems this gets posted every few months.
posted by Seekerofsplendor at 9:53 AM on August 5, 2011
posted by Seekerofsplendor at 9:53 AM on August 5, 2011
I CAN HAS FAVORITES?
posted by nathancaswell at 1:49 PM on August 5, 2011
posted by nathancaswell at 1:49 PM on August 5, 2011
Ha the first thing I thought of was Bonsai Kitty craze!
posted by hills_bells at 4:28 PM on August 5, 2011
posted by hills_bells at 4:28 PM on August 5, 2011
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