Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 93

RickyMaveety · 11-11-2008, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by BookishDreamer

If you love those videos, then take a look at this one. Same cat as the box video. Check out his facial expression at the very end.

Dreamer

I LOVE THAT CAT!!! His whole attitude seems to be "what ARE you looking at?? I meant to do this .... I think I did a good job ... now get OVER it!!"

RickyMaveety · 11-11-2008, 11:28 PM

There is one in that series ... same cat .... gets his head into a plastic bag (not the kind that you can suffocate in ....) and just walks around with it on his head for a bit ... then wanders over to his water bowl and .... hmmm .... can't drink water with a bag on my head.

And another with him letting the tap water just run on his head .... that cat is just plain hysterical. It looks like it's filmed in Japan (?) ....

ShortNCuddlyAm · 11-12-2008, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

It looks like it's filmed in Japan (?) ....

It is

The cat's name is Maru, and there's possobly more pics than you ever want to see here - there is English under the photos, but most of the navigation is in Japanese (I think!)

pshrynk · 11-12-2008, 09:02 AM

I have to take Thspud the Nip Addict in for his annual today. Which is not a happy time. He goes from mellow, laid back, stoner, slacker cat to Ginzu-matic in the space it takes to try and place him in the carrier. I have taken to grabbing him with a towel and wrapping him up like a sausage and tossing him in with a slam, just to preserve my skin.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-12-2008, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

I have to take Thspud the Nip Addict in for his annual today. Which is not a happy time. He goes from mellow, laid back, stoner, slacker cat to Ginzu-matic in the space it takes to try and place him in the carrier. I have taken to grabbing him with a towel and wrapping him up like a sausage and tossing him in with a slam, just to preserve my skin.

Ginzu-matic, heh... my cats also do not like to go in the carrier. luckily for me it's not so much a question of ginzu-matic as it is "holy crap how did that cat suddenly sprout 30 extra legs, all of which are at right angles to her body, and twice as long as the width of the opening ???" it's like one of those chinese puzzles.

further complicating the problem is trying to get the second cat inside without letting the first one escape (and go to ground underneath the shower basin, or somewhere equally inaccessible to humans).

LazyScot · 11-12-2008, 09:18 AM

I remember when, as a child, we had to take our cat to the vet for the very first time. We got him quite happily into his basket/woven kitty transporter and carried him to the car and put him in the back, as he happily curled up and dozed. About three quarters of the way, this strange unnatural, unholy sound welled up from the back of the car and built and built and built until it felt nearly deafening. At which point his basket seemed to become possessed by poltergiest demon bent on combining break-dancing, fractal movements and the study of levitating chaotic pendulums into a new dance fad.

I still have no idea how he knew we were going to have him "seen to".

Interestingly, when the vet saw him, I'm told, the first thing the vet said was "my, he'd make a beautiful pair of mittens", at which point our cat's ears promptly when flat, his hair stood on end and he started backing away from the vet. Problem was he was on a stainless steel inspection table at the time, and was promptly left clinging to the edge (somehow, we have no idea how) by his claws.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-12-2008, 09:55 AM

aw ! i don't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for him. poor kitteh. i always feel bad when i have to take mine to the vet. luckily it's rare (as long as they don't catapult themselves through the open (4th story) window again... bast, i'm looking at *you*).

LazyScot · 11-12-2008, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

aw ! i don't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for him.

Hmmm. He had that effect on the family a lot of the time.

Actually, quite a lot of cats I've encountered seem to have that effect on me. I'm sure they'd be much more successful masters of the universe if only their forward planning skills where a touch better.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-12-2008, 10:06 AM

RickyMaveety · 11-12-2008, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

It is

The cat's name is Maru, and there's possobly more pics than you ever want to see here - there is English under the photos, but most of the navigation is in Japanese (I think!)

I love Maru!! That site is now bookmarked. I wish I read Japanese .... I'd volunteer to help the owner with his/her English translations.

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

I have to take Thspud the Nip Addict in for his annual today. Which is not a happy time. He goes from mellow, laid back, stoner, slacker cat to Ginzu-matic in the space it takes to try and place him in the carrier. I have taken to grabbing him with a towel and wrapping him up like a sausage and tossing him in with a slam, just to preserve my skin.

I bought heavy duty gloves that go high up on my arms. I think they are for handling burning logs or something.

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

Ginzu-matic, heh... my cats also do not like to go in the carrier. luckily for me it's not so much a question of ginzu-matic as it is "holy crap how did that cat suddenly sprout 30 extra legs, all of which are at right angles to her body, and twice as long as the width of the opening ???" it's like one of those chinese puzzles.

further complicating the problem is trying to get the second cat inside without letting the first one escape (and go to ground underneath the shower basin, or somewhere equally inaccessible to humans).

The solution to that, given that your place is not huge .... they have these great collapsible animal carriers. You only put them up when you need them. Get two and then you don't have that problem anymore. Plus, when collapsed, they'll probably take up less space combined than your current carrier.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-12-2008, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

The solution to that, given that your place is not huge .... they have these great collapsible animal carriers. You only put them up when you need them. Get two and then you don't have that problem anymore. Plus, when collapsed, they'll probably take up less space combined than your current carrier.

true, but then i would have to *carry* two carriers, whereas now i just have to stagger along under *one*. the storage is not the real problem, since i take the door off the front when not using it and stick it under the bed, and bast spends a significant portion of the day sleeping in it (

it's ironic how much she loves that thing as long as it stays under the bed).

actually i have A System for getting them into it. you could almost say i've developped it into a science. when possible, i take it out and put it in the living room several days ahead of time, so they have time to get used to the idea. that, at the crucial moment, when they suspect nothing, i very casually close the bathroom door and the bedroom door, and then grab the first one and stuff her inside. then i chase down the second one (who has caught on by now, and is invariably tearing around the room and dashing under furniture and such, but has nowhere to hide since i've closed off the rooms with inaccessible hidey holes) and try to keep the first one inside while shoving the second one in with her. this part is a LOT easier if i have a friend to help me, there's only so much you can do with two hands. the last two times it went without a hitch, although it is rather heartbreaking to see them pressing their faces to the wire door and sticking their paws out through it in an attempt to escape.

nekokami · 11-12-2008, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i'm currently giggling like a loon at this video my friend sent me :

she said it reminded her of my cats and boxes. they would deny it but it's totally true. don't miss what happens around 0:20 !

0:20 is funny, but it's the pose at 0:35 that got me laughing helplessly... and the subsequent attempts to pretend "all is normal..." NOT!

nekokami · 11-12-2008, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

it's blink, with a cast of cats !!! (don't look away, even for a second !)

What amazes me is how the cat's head is at the same angle in every shot!

(That, and the curious look at the end... "What ARE you doing back there?"

nekokami · 11-12-2008, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by BookishDreamer

If you love those videos, then take a look at this one. Same cat as the box video. Check out his facial expression at the very end.

Who, me? I don't have a problem with boxes! That must be some other cat you're thinking of.

pshrynk, I think you might have a customer here. What's your billing rate for cats with addictive behaviors?

Taylor514ce · 11-12-2008, 02:45 PM

I think it's classic feline auto-asphyxiation syndrome, for sure.

11-11-2008, 11:28 PM	#1382
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	There is one in that series ... same cat .... gets his head into a plastic bag (not the kind that you can suffocate in ....) and just walks around with it on his head for a bit ... then wanders over to his water bowl and .... hmmm .... can't drink water with a bag on my head. And another with him letting the tap water just run on his head .... that cat is just plain hysterical. It looks like it's filmed in Japan (?) ....

11-12-2008, 09:02 AM	#1384
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	I have to take Thspud the Nip Addict in for his annual today. Which is not a happy time. He goes from mellow, laid back, stoner, slacker cat to Ginzu-matic in the space it takes to try and place him in the carrier. I have taken to grabbing him with a towel and wrapping him up like a sausage and tossing him in with a slam, just to preserve my skin.

11-12-2008, 09:18 AM	#1386
LazyScot DSil Posts: 3,201 Karma: 6895096 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hants, UK Device: Kindle, Cybook	I remember when, as a child, we had to take our cat to the vet for the very first time. We got him quite happily into his basket/woven kitty transporter and carried him to the car and put him in the back, as he happily curled up and dozed. About three quarters of the way, this strange unnatural, unholy sound welled up from the back of the car and built and built and built until it felt nearly deafening. At which point his basket seemed to become possessed by poltergiest demon bent on combining break-dancing, fractal movements and the study of levitating chaotic pendulums into a new dance fad. I still have no idea how he knew we were going to have him "seen to". Interestingly, when the vet saw him, I'm told, the first thing the vet said was "my, he'd make a beautiful pair of mittens", at which point our cat's ears promptly when flat, his hair stood on end and he started backing away from the vet. Problem was he was on a stainless steel inspection table at the time, and was promptly left clinging to the edge (somehow, we have no idea how) by his claws.

11-12-2008, 09:55 AM	#1387
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	aw ! i don't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for him. poor kitteh. i always feel bad when i have to take mine to the vet. luckily it's rare (as long as they don't catapult themselves through the open (4th story) window again... bast, i'm looking at you).

11-12-2008, 10:06 AM	#1389
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?

11-12-2008, 02:45 PM	#1395
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	I think it's classic feline auto-asphyxiation syndrome, for sure.