Just a bunch of athletes competing for the sweetest kittens

April 12, 2013 7:38 AM

Sports Balls Replaced With Cats.
posted by koeselitz (24 comments total)

The problem with this embryonic meme is that it carefully excludes baseball, so as not to evoke the image of kittens being hit by bats, which in turn leads one look at the violence being done (or about to be done) in almost every other instance.
posted by Halloween Jack at 7:44 AM on April 12, 2013

For years, confused elderly people have asked "I just don't get it--what's the point of this whole internet thing?"

And now we know.
posted by phunniemee at 7:44 AM on April 12, 2013 [7 favorites]

I love a good game of sports ball.
posted by DU at 7:51 AM on April 12, 2013 [5 favorites]

Thank heavens someone has figured out a way to fit more cats into the Internet.
posted by kinnakeet at 7:57 AM on April 12, 2013 [5 favorites]

The problem with this embryonic meme is that it carefully excludes baseball, so as not to evoke the image of kittens being hit by bats, which in turn leads one look at the violence being done (or about to be done) in almost every other instance.

I personally would like to see one with a field goal being kicked, but I'm not a cat person.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 7:59 AM on April 12, 2013 [1 favorite]

"Of course it was a goal; look at the replay, clearly over the line, even if only by a whisker!"
posted by Abiezer at 8:03 AM on April 12, 2013 [1 favorite]

The sheer absurdity of this appeals to me...ow.
posted by Naberius at 8:06 AM on April 12, 2013 [1 favorite]

The football player lining up a corner kitty-kick put this over the top for me.
posted by Danf at 8:10 AM on April 12, 2013

I went for serious lols. I came out with... nothing.

Pseudomeme (n, made up): all the components of a meme achieving none of the sticking power.
posted by abulafa at 8:11 AM on April 12, 2013 [3 favorites]

Nope.
posted by antiquated at 8:19 AM on April 12, 2013

I was very hopeful clicking the link, but it just didn't come together for me. Too bad.
posted by slogger at 8:46 AM on April 12, 2013

The Internet (n): an elaborate tool for systematically combining every noun in the universe with pictures of cats
posted by ook at 8:47 AM on April 12, 2013

They forgot the hacky cat.
posted by elgilito at 8:53 AM on April 12, 2013 [2 favorites]

The pics look too fake without any blood.
posted by orme at 8:57 AM on April 12, 2013 [2 favorites]

What this really needs more of is bowling.
posted by aubilenon at 9:05 AM on April 12, 2013 [1 favorite]

Seconding orme: NO ONE would be playing cat-based-*ball with exposed skin.
posted by mfu at 10:48 AM on April 12, 2013

Unfortunately, hockey uses pucks rather than balls. Because I could watch cat-hockey all day.
posted by Cookiebastard at 12:17 PM on April 12, 2013 [1 favorite]

Photoshop.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 12:28 PM on April 12, 2013 [2 favorites]

What are the toughest small mammals that still have a lousy grip on the ground? I'm thinking nerf, waxed tile and no raising the stick above ankle level. Live animal hockey, here we come.
posted by Hactar at 1:21 PM on April 12, 2013

Hedgehogs are of course traditional. There are records of them being used for croquet dating back to the 1800's.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 1:24 PM on April 12, 2013 [2 favorites]

Tennis, volleyball, and hockey of those little hairballs would be nice to see.
posted by SteelDancin at 2:59 PM on April 12, 2013

When I clicked on this I was erroneously thinking that "sport balls" meant those balls they use to fill up ball pits. I expected to see (a photo-shopped version of) adults and kids jumping up and down in a pit full of kittens. I'm relieved for the sake of all those shopped-kitties that that is not the case.
posted by marsha56 at 4:35 PM on April 12, 2013 [1 favorite]

I would personally love to see all these sports personalities after being clawed by sports cats.
posted by BlueHorse at 10:35 PM on April 12, 2013

those basketball kittens are going to be slam-dunked
posted by angrycat at 4:21 AM on April 13, 2013