Now THAT is what I call a cat-scan.
And thus, MetaFilter had gone full circle, devouring its own tail while, throughout the internet, without any fuss, the stars were going out. posted by wendell at 6:13 PM on June 2, 2006
wendellwrites"Now THAT is what I call a cat-scan."
Sadly, the site itself is long gone. It's replaced by a generic keyword page which, when I looked, was advertising female ejaculation and lung cancer screening. I love/hate the web. posted by mr_roboto at 6:17 PM on June 2, 2006
Best. Tag. Ever. posted by mullacc at 6:28 PM on June 2, 2006
Overheard while in line at an amusement park when I was in high school: "Kitties is just like little kids - peoples say you can't beat 'em; I says you can't beat 'em enough." posted by Jos Bleau at 6:34 PM on June 2, 2006
Ceiling Cat is watching you watching
an image of cats watching cats watching cats watching cats.. posted by zenzizi at 6:50 PM on June 2, 2006 [1 favorite]
There needs to be a flag that says: "This has nothing to do with dios and/or my particular axe-to-grind, please delete." posted by Eideteker at 7:02 PM on June 2, 2006
Until I got a cat, I was convinced that I wanted children. But you can't drop children on the ground, can you? posted by dhammond at 8:27 PM on June 2, 2006
Children also don't stick to the ceiling if you toss 'em up in the air. And children's heads are usually too large for socks, and even if they weren't they probably wouldn't scoot around backwards like some kind of drunken lobstercat. posted by loquacious at 8:34 PM on June 2, 2006
This post has been a long time coming. Congrats. posted by nomad at 8:54 PM on June 2, 2006
OK, the video of the cat with the white mouse kind of freaked me out. Did the people buy the mice just to entertain the cat? Because that is really sick.
Someone please explain the history and genius of Ceiling Cat, please! I have not experienced it until now but I am quite sure I LOVE IT. posted by nonmerci at 9:02 PM on June 2, 2006
The phrase "There are approximately 77.6 million owned cats in the United States alone." will undoubtedly bring back awful memories for viewers of the UK version of The Apprentice. posted by matthewr at 9:06 PM on June 2, 2006
Did the people buy the mice just to entertain the cat? Because that is really sick.
my ex has been known to do that ... and her cat knows what to do with them
Hey whatever happened to that Bonsai kitten site? posted by Behemoth at 9:19 PM on June 2, 2006
let's make sure we don't forget the time-honored intarweb traditions of limecat and (for lack of a better name) domo cat! posted by kaytwo at 9:32 PM on June 2, 2006
whoa... Neo on the can #1 = proof that keanu reeves can be toilet-trained posted by overanxious ducksqueezer at 10:05 PM on June 2, 2006
Bitsy defies you to hate her.
Oh, and homunculus? You owe me a new keyboard and physical therapy — I threw my back out from laughing/dry heaving. posted by rob511 at 10:57 PM on June 2, 2006
ereshkigal45: yeah, they did. They being my (non-related, even by friendship) housemates, a couple years back. posted by dmd at 7:43 AM on June 3, 2006
Hey now, don't forget about "Dr.Katz" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111942/ posted by Radio7 at 8:29 AM on June 3, 2006
I'm a "dog person" but this was still a fun thread. Thanks. posted by Zinger at 9:16 AM on June 3, 2006
What is so strange about buying prey animals for your pet predator? posted by subtle_squid at 1:17 PM on June 3, 2006
To a Cat
Mirrors are not more wrapt in silences
nor the arriving dawn more secretive ;
you, in the moonlight, are that panther figure
which we can only spy at from a distance.
By the mysterious functioning of some
divine decree, we seek you out in vain ;
remoter than the Ganges or the sunset,
yours is the solitude, yours is the secret.
Your back allows the tentative caress
my hand extends. And you have condescended,
since that forever, now oblivion,
to take love from a flattering human hand.
you live in other time, lord of your realm -
a world as closed and separate as dream.
-- Jorge Luis Borges posted by vronsky at 3:37 PM on June 3, 2006
Then the Man threw his two boots and his little stone axe (that makes three) at the Cat, and the Cat ran out of the Cave and the Dog chased him up a tree; and from that day to this, Best Beloved, three proper Men out of five will always throw things at a Cat whenever they meet him, and all proper Dogs will chase him up a tree. But the Cat keeps his side of the bargain too. He will kill mice and he will be kind to Babies when he is in the house, just as long as they do not pull his tail too hard. But when he has done that, and between times, and when the moon gets up and night comes, he is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him. Then he goes out to the Wet Wild Woods or up the Wet Wild Trees or on the Wet Wild Roofs, waving his wild tail and walking by his wild lone.
Well I don't know where they come from
But they sure do come
I hope they comin' for me
And I don't know how they do it
But they sure do it good
I hope they doin' it for free
They give me cat scratch fever
Cat scratch fever
The first time that I got it
I was just ten years old
I got it from some kitty next foor
I went and see the Dr. and
He gave me the cure
I think I got it some more
They give me cat scratch fever
Cat scratch fever
It's nothin dangerous
I feel no pain
I've got to ch-ch-change
You know you got it when you're going insane
It makes a grown man cryin' cryin'
Won't you make my bed
I make the pussy purr with
The stroke of my hand
They know they gettin' it from me
They know just where to go
When they need their lovin man
They know I do it for free
They give me cat scratch fever
Cat scratch fever
(although i'm more partial to christopher smart) posted by pyramid termite at 8:31 PM on June 5, 2006
-- Mkgnao!
-- O, there you are, Mr Bloom said, turning from the fire.
The cat mewed in answer and stalked again stiffly round a leg of the table, mewing. Just how she stalks over my writing-table. Prr. Scratch my head. Prr.
Mr Bloom watched curiously, kindly, the lithe black form. Clean to see: the gloss of her sleek hide, the white button under the butt of her tail, the green flashing eyes. He bent down to her, his hands on his knees.
-- Milk for the pussens, he said.
-- Mrkgnao! the cat cried.
They call them stupid. They understand what we say better than we understand them. She understands all she wants to. Vindictive too. Wonder what I look like to her. Height of a tower? No, she can jump me.
-- Afraid of the chickens she is, he said mockingly. Afraid of the chookchooks. I never saw such a stupid pussens as the pussens.
Cruel. Her nature. Curious mice never squeal. Seem to like it.
-- Mrkrgnao! the cat said loudly.
She blinked up out of her avid shameclosing eyes, mewing plaintively and long, showing him her milkwhite teeth. He watched the dark eyeslits narrowing with greed till her eyes were green stones. Then he went to the dresser, took the jug Hanlon's milkman had just filled for him, poured warmbubbled milk on a saucer and set it slowly on the floor.
-- Gurrhr! she cried, running to lap.
He watched the bristles shining wirily in the weak light as she tipped three times and licked lightly. Wonder is it true if you clip them they can't mouse after. Why? They shine in the dark, perhaps, the tips. Or kind of feelers in the dark, perhaps.
Because of its close association with humans, the domestic cat is one of the most successful biological invaders, with established populations on every continent and hundreds of islands worldwide.
Holy crap, 48 inches ? That record holding cat is freaking huge! I thought my mom's cat was large but we just measured him and he's only 36 inches from tip of nose to tip of tail. 4 feet of cat kind of scares me, to be honest. posted by zarah at 6:03 AM on June 6, 2006
Cats in sinks.
Stuff on cats.
Kitten war.
Rate my kitten.
Kittens.
Cute little kittens.
posted by weretable and the undead chairs at 6:00 PM on June 2, 2006