Comments on: KING OF ALL THE BOXES

KING OF ALL THE BOXES

The Whelk — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:56:15 -0800

Rufus the Cat had to get some painful ear drops and was feeling pretty stroppy about it so his owner decided to build him a magnificent cardboard box tower to lift his spirits.

By: Mrs. Pterodactyl

Mrs. Pterodactyl — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:03:38 -0800

I liked the kitty.

By: kinnakeet

kinnakeet — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:06:15 -0800

Well, that was better than I expected, and gave me a big silly smile. Thanks!

By: idest

idest — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:06:54 -0800

Sweetness!

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:07:44 -0800

I was sitting here watching this thinking, "that's an awful lot of work just for a pet," but then realized that while watching I've been sewing up a hole in my puppy's favorite stuffed frog toy for like the fourth time, so yeah. Cute.

By: elwoodwiles

elwoodwiles — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:09:58 -0800

Every once and awhile I realize I'm made of evil: If I was this guy, I'd put a "In loving memory of Rufus 2001 - 2012" on the freeze-frame at the end.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:10:41 -0800

The attention we show ourselves displays our roots in the animal. The attention we show our animals demonstrates our aspirations to the divine.

By: Rev. Syung Myung Me

Rev. Syung Myung Me — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:15:43 -0800

I can't be the only one who expected Rufus to just jump down when he was placed on the top. After all, he IS a cat, and cat nature is to NEVER do what you want them to do. Even if it's enjoy a gift you built. Good thing cats are so dang adorable...

By: rtha

rtha — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:16:21 -0800

This is inspiring. I'm not sure that's a good thing (though my cats would love it). Wonderful video - Rufus is lucky to have such a good helper monkey.

By: hoyland

hoyland — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:16:44 -0800

Edmund totally has a box tower. My mother decided she was chucking all my crap from years 0-18, put it in her car and drove it to Minnesota. Even once we went through it all and made her not leave me with boxes of her stuff or my brother's stuff, I ended up with a tower behind the TV. Edmund uses it sleep on and to survey his domain.

By: fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit

fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:17:28 -0800

Rufus has excellent timing as they plan the structure. "What do you think?" *Rufus walks off* Good kitty.

By: FirstMateKate

FirstMateKate — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:19:32 -0800

I would never get to see my cats ever again.

By: EmpressCallipygos

EmpressCallipygos — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:23:25 -0800

I want to put Maru in there. I feel like it would trigger some huge quantum feline singularity or something.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:24:57 -0800

thats what powers the TARDIS actually.

By: Egg Shen

Egg Shen — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:28:14 -0800

This made me happy.

By: the theory of revolution

the theory of revolution — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:30:56 -0800

By: FAMOUS MONSTER

FAMOUS MONSTER — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:37:02 -0800

I think my favorite part was actually the little headbutt Rufus gave him once put on top of the tower. He's a lucky cat, and you can tell that he is the dude's very best pal.

By: strixus

strixus — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:42:37 -0800

I know what I'm doing with the boxes from my move now...

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:42:39 -0800

We recently lost both of our cats and this video makes me a little weepy but very, very happy. Dude really loves his Rufus. Dude is all right by me. And the tower is magnifiscent. Kitty Michaels and Grey Cat got to experience something similar due to the stacks of comic book boxes in the apartment. As soon as I saw his design, I knew it was going to be a big hit with Rufus. That is one happy kitty at the end.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:43:03 -0800

Did he secure it to the wall? My cat would tip that thing over pronto. Doesn't mean I won't try to put something together. That structure is awesome!

By: desjardins

desjardins — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:07:47 -0800

fake, the cat didn't jump in a box once while he was making it.

By: maryr

maryr — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:10:01 -0800

I saw photos of the end product online the other day and the video is much more impressive. Well done, sir. You are a credit to your charming accent.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:18:02 -0800

Borked that link.

By: winna

winna — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:33:15 -0800

I did much the same thing with those wire crate things and zip ties and carpet samples, but I didn't think to make an adorable video out of it. That man loves his kitty cat. I love the little head bump that Rufus gives him!

By: ThatCanadianGirl

ThatCanadianGirl — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:43:22 -0800

The whole time, the guy reminded me of Mr Bean. (Not that there's anything wrong with that....)

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:47:05 -0800

Rufus is totally scoping out the hardest-to-reach corner of his castle to barf in.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:53:16 -0800

Just FYI: If you're going to do this, go to a grocery store and ask the dead-eyed kid stocking the shelves to grab you some potato chip boxes. They're exactly the right size, they're free, and the fronts punch right out.

By: bicyclefish

bicyclefish — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:58:26 -0800

A cat's approval is a cruel, cruel thing to shackle your hopes to.

By: eugenen

eugenen — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:01:41 -0800

I just got done watching Chariots of Fire, and this was way better -- and much shorter!

By: jeather

jeather — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:10:06 -0800

See, this is why I claim that on the pet-owner-insanity scale, I am nearer the sane end than my friends think I am. I'm way too lazy to ever do this for my cats. Who would love it. Maybe they should go for a visit.

By: SpacemanStix

SpacemanStix — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:54:25 -0800

"Year five, day 17: I have manipulated my 'master' through a serious of passive-aggressive behaviors to build me a magnificent fortress. On an unrelated note, my hearing seems to be improving."

By: limeonaire

limeonaire — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:55:33 -0800

fake, the cat didn't jump in a box once while he was making it. But he did jump on top of boxes and nose them around a bit, and it was adorable.

By: arcticseal

arcticseal — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:06:27 -0800

Good owner. *feeds treat*

By: spitefulcrow

spitefulcrow — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:21:00 -0800

This is cute. Also, the song is totally great — thought it was Rufus Wainwright that I hadn't heard yet at first.

By: caryatid

caryatid — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:38:19 -0800

Rufus (I once had an awesome cat named Rufus) has excellent staff.

By: Lentrohamsanin

Lentrohamsanin — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:44:15 -0800

Well of course he did this. After all, sweet orange boy cats are the best cats. Miss you like crazy, Eddie.

By: valrus

valrus — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:49:25 -0800

Congratulations, guy. Now Rufus has a good place to hide when you get back from work to deliver his liquid ear pain.

By: Charity Garfein

Charity Garfein — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:53:16 -0800

Have you ever noticed how many children's books have unmentioned cats in the illustrations? There's just a secret cat hanging out discretely in picture, and it's a little game you play with whomever you're reading the book to/whomever's reading it to you. We read the words, now we examine the illustration for context clues, now we find the omnipresent cat. That's how I felt during most of the time lapse. "Do you see the kitty? Is he hiding? Wait, there he is!!!"

By: billyfleetwood

billyfleetwood — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:07:16 -0800

he could have saved himself a lot of time and effort and just half packed a suitcase, and pretended he was in a hurry.

By: maryr

maryr — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:11:31 -0800

After all, sweet orange boy cats are the best cats. Eh, the Best Cat's brother is pretty okay, y'know, for someone else's cat.

By: KokuRyu

KokuRyu — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:13:06 -0800

There's something endearing about men who like cats.

By: charlie don't surf

charlie don't surf — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 21:11:33 -0800

Jeez, what a waste. That's 40 boxes, and even in bulk, Banker's Boxes are like $1.50 each. And strapping tape is expensive. You can buy 48" x 96" cardboard sheets in 5 packs for $15. Let me sketch this out.. I figure that for the same money, with a mat knife and some hot glue, I could build a similar maze structure but like 4' x 8' x 8' feet, with about 200 compartments. I am available for consulting on large scale cardboard architectural projects.

By: PapaLobo

PapaLobo — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 21:25:30 -0800

There's something endearing about men who like cats. And he's just one guy with a fab pad and a cat. I AM SO READY TO GAYMARRY HIM NOW.

By: BlueHorse

BlueHorse — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 21:43:42 -0800

After all, sweet orange boy cats are the best cats. Lentrohamsanin, you said it all. I lubs me some orange tim kittehs. I even lub me some orange tom kittehs, but dang! they are the toughest, smelliest, fightin'-ist, most scarred-up, torn-eared pirates in the world. Much better to change their minds from girls to squirrels.

By: Shit Parade

Shit Parade — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 21:51:15 -0800

Trumer Pils is an excellent beer.

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:12:55 -0800

I thought all orange cats were male? Did my wife lie to me?

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:13:16 -0800

I mean, specifically about that.

By: bonehead

bonehead — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:18:54 -0800

Nope.

By: [insert clever name here]

[insert clever name here] — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:44:37 -0800

Orange cats are more likely to be boys, but it's not alwats the case. A boy cat needs one orange gene to be orange. A girl cat needs two. If she gets one, she's a calico. Incidentally, all calicos are girls, except in weird cases where they have an extra chromasomeand are xxy (rare).

By: The otter lady

The otter lady — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:40:02 -0800

I wanted to say I would marry this man, but PapaLobo beat me to him. (shakes fist)

By: louche mustachio

louche mustachio — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:05:52 -0800

Orange cats are more likely to be boys, but it's not alwats the case. True story. There is a big orange girl cat on the couch right here. She also has a curly monkey tail. All kinds of recessive genes in this cat.

By: essexjan

essexjan — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:12:26 -0800

louche mustachio, this is why you ended up with an orange cat with a curly monkey tail.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:30:51 -0800

For the record, I flagged charlie don't surf's comment as "ENGINEER HERO OF THE MONTH."

By: Purposeful Grimace

Purposeful Grimace — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:07:33 -0800

Rufus has an excellent human. I wish them many happy years together.

By: shelleycat

shelleycat — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:10:29 -0800

Obviously I approve of this video but I also really liked the music included. I'm listening to their bandcamp page now and it's quite mellow and friendly, nice for a Sunday morning hanging out with my own boycat Macrophage.

By: ersatz

ersatz — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:27:11 -0800

Nope. That Signy cat just made my ilovecatonine levels go way higher than normal. I should go for a catup.

By: hat_eater

hat_eater — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:34:53 -0800

He cut holes in 30 boxes with a paper cutter. Two holes per box, four cuts per hole, that's 240 cuts right there. Each accompanied by this terrible, terrible sound that gives me goosebumps all over my body just for thinking about it. This man is a hero.

By: hat_eater

hat_eater — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:36:27 -0800

And I can count, just not very well.

By: JanetLand

JanetLand — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:01:30 -0800

Looks great Rufus, but watch out for the boxes labelled with powers of prime numbers.

By: DU

DU — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:04:06 -0800

fake, the cat didn't jump in a box once while he was making it. I had the same thought at first. Then it got to the part where the cat ignored the open boxes and tried to force his way into only the closed ones. That's a real cat.

By: carter

carter — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:41:51 -0800

I figure that for the same money, with a mat knife and some hot glue, I could build a similar maze structure but like 4' x 8' x 8' feet, with about 200 compartments. Hmm, yes, I would build it flat on the floor out of orthogonally interlocked strips (say 15") (like a large version of one of those storage boxes for Xmas decs), cut the maze holes, add some bracing, a front and a back, and then put it up on the wall.

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 06:24:36 -0800

This was beautiful. I would very much one day to love something as much as this guy loves something.

By: charlie don't surf

charlie don't surf — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 06:51:52 -0800

Hmm, yes, I would build it flat on the floor out of orthogonally interlocked strips (say 15") (like a large version of one of those storage boxes for Xmas decs), cut the maze holes, add some bracing, a front and a back, and then put it up on the wall. Exactly. The problem is, you have to cut slots through the horizontally interlocked strips, to drop strips vertically to make the compartments. Come to think of it, forget the hot glue, I could make this self-bracing, and easily to disassemble/reassemble. Yeah, I have built crazy large things out of cardboard.

By: absalom

absalom — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:16:48 -0800

He's not doing it because he loves Rufus, but because he fears the cat. This other video of his is proof: Rufus is not to be fucked with.

By: sevenyearlurk

sevenyearlurk — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:44:03 -0800

I think the music pushes this uncomfortably close to the boundary between "I love my cat" and "my cat is my lover". But pretty cool!

By: Slarty Bartfast

Slarty Bartfast — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 09:17:01 -0800

He's not doing it because he loves Rufus, but because he fears the cat. This other video of his is proof: Rufus is not to be fucked with. posted by absalom at 8:16 AM on September 16 [1 favorite −] Favorite added! [!] That was awesome, even more post worthy than the box tower video.

By: yaymukund

yaymukund — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 09:34:22 -0800

How do we know this wasn't Photoshopped?

By: biscotti

biscotti — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:46:36 -0800

That was awesome. Dude loves his kitty.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:20:53 -0800

夕暮れの　お座り猫ちゃん

By: ignignokt

ignignokt — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 15:08:01 -0800

Wow. Rufus Tower blows away Bonus City-1. A classic cardboard triumph. Much respect! Doing painful things to cats that have benefits that they can't understand is brutal. I'm glad Rufus got some recompense.

By: Ad hominem

Ad hominem — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:23:29 -0800

I think Rufus is a good name for a cat. Sure, the trend now is for names like Count Purrington, but I don't think cats should go though life with a name like Lord Snugglesworth if they are not actually member of the peerage. Now that he has a castle though, he should probably get a title. Something like Earl Of Snugglington. That would only be proper.

By: deborah

deborah — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:56:16 -0800

Ginger boys are the best kitties. And the mister has recently made them two new kitty condos as well as buying one new one and recovering the old one.

By: louche mustachio

louche mustachio — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:43:26 -0800

louche mustachio, this is why you ended up with an orange cat with a curly monkey tail. That explains everything but the wavy hair on her flanks and the barking.

By: louche mustachio

louche mustachio — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:48:09 -0800

She loves her freakish monkey tail.

By: Uther Bentrazor

Uther Bentrazor — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:04:30 -0800

is it wrong that I want to take this guy's youtube videos, stitch them together into a short film concluding with the FPP video of him building the castle as the dramatic finish, give it a coy title, and submit it to some film festivals an understated, avant-garde take on "Garfield"?

By: LN

LN — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:02:44 -0800

That Signy cat just made my ilovecatonine levels go way higher than normal. I should go for a catup. Unfortunately, ersatz, Signy passed away this past February. RIP Signy.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:41:46 -0800

ilovecatonine Wh-chh!

By: ersatz

ersatz — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:38:27 -0800

Sorry to hear that, LN. Beautiful cat.