Comments on: Cat meets balloon cat http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 03:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mark http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1205270 Mark Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1205270 My three year old son is dying right now. From laughter, not cancer. My three year old son is dying right now. From laughter, not cancer.

]]> By: Brewer_ME http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1205131 Brewer_ME Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1205131 I'm pretty sure she was calling her boyfriend an asshole- otherwise a David Attenborough voice-over wouldn't have been too much. I’m pretty sure she was calling her boyfriend an asshole- otherwise a David Attenborough voice-over wouldn’t have been too much.

]]> By: Alex Dunn http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1204715 Alex Dunn Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1204715 FATALITY! FATALITY!

]]> By: Vengefultacos http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1204211 Vengefultacos Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1204211 The only thing that could have made this better is if the cat had gotten a lungfull of helium and emitted  some munchkin-like victory meow. The only thing that could have made this better is if the cat had gotten a lungfull of helium and emitted  some munchkin-like victory meow.

]]> By: communi_kate http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1204146 communi_kate Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1204146 This should be a series. I for one would totally watch Real Rhino vs. Balloon Rhino. This should be a series. I for one would totally watch Real Rhino vs. Balloon Rhino.

]]> By: francoisroux http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1204084 francoisroux Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1204084 Oh man, that made me giggle... That was so funny! I wish my wife would let me have a cat...:-( Oh man, that made me giggle…

That was so funny! I wish my wife would let me have a cat…:-(

]]> By: Juta Stokes http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1204054 Juta Stokes Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1204054 The amusing thing is that the cat now overestimates his own slaying abilities.  If these people introduce a new cat into the house he's going to be seriously confused when the intruder doesn't pop on his first swipe. Also, I have five cats.  I want to see the reaction when I bring five balloon cats into the room... The amusing thing is that the cat now overestimates his own slaying abilities.  If these people introduce a new cat into the house he’s going to be seriously confused when the intruder doesn’t pop on his first swipe.

Also, I have five cats.  I want to see the reaction when I bring five balloon cats into the room…

]]> By: rattypilgrim http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1204035 rattypilgrim Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1204035 I hate pet videos that have the sound of the person filming LOLing not to mention calling her pet cat an a-hole. Just film it already and we'll be the judge of it's hilarity quotient. I hate pet videos that have the sound of the person filming LOLing not to mention calling her pet cat an a-hole. Just film it already and we’ll be the judge of it’s hilarity quotient.

]]> By: Nick Criscuolo http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1204027 Nick Criscuolo Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1204027 I didn't ask to be president of balloon kitties, the balloon kitties demanded it! I didn’t ask to be president of balloon kitties, the balloon kitties demanded it!

]]> By: jennchlebus http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1204024 jennchlebus Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1204024 Unkitteh valley. Boxerbaum! Stealing my thunder! Nicole will be hearing about this..... Unkitteh valley. Boxerbaum! Stealing my thunder! Nicole will be hearing about this…..

]]> By: jimbuck http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203943 jimbuck Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203943 Prepare to be saddened!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLpZ7jUhIzQ Prepare to be saddened!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLpZ7jUhIzQ

]]> By: Bliss http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203905 Bliss Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203905 Don't diss big cats, of the three sterilized of my four, Kalimba, the largest, is very agile and strong, and can climb and do anything any other cat. Btw big cats are common, specially operated cats. It's not an "epidemic", and normally needs atention only if the cat is morbidly obese, or into old age Don’t diss big cats, of the three sterilized of my four, Kalimba, the largest, is very agile and strong, and can climb and do anything any other cat. Btw big cats are common, specially operated cats. It’s not an “epidemic”, and normally needs atention only if the cat is morbidly obese, or into old age

]]> By: ackpht http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203825 ackpht Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203825 Bert did adopt the head-low defensive posture initially, but he didn't growl or put his ears back, so I'd say he was puzzled, but not frightened or upset. He gave the inflatable intruder fair warning with the hiss, but it kept coming- so the balloon asked for it, and Bert (admirably fast for such a big kitty) merely obliged. Bert did adopt the head-low defensive posture initially, but he didn’t growl or put his ears back, so I’d say he was puzzled, but not frightened or upset. He gave the inflatable intruder fair warning with the hiss, but it kept coming- so the balloon asked for it, and Bert (admirably fast for such a big kitty) merely obliged.

]]> By: billstewart http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203772 billstewart Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203772 My cat's meeting with the uncanny valley:  The toy animals in my house mostly look like tigers or lions or dinosaurs, and the cats have normally thought of them as pillows for cats to sit on, not as animals.  But a couple of years ago we got a rescue cat who was about three years old, and one day there was a different tiger on the bed that was shaped more like a cat than a cartoon tiger, and he saw it and freaked out.  He pulled his ears back, looked really worried, and gradually snuck up to it.   It didn't respond, and he sniffed it and didn't smell a cat, and he poked it and it didn't respond, and he gradually figured out it wasn't a real cat so he didn't have to worry about it, and by now it's just another pillow for him to lie down on.  There's also a toy cheetah that purrs (with the recorded purr of a real cheetah), and he likes to knead on that one and has burned through several sets of batteries), but he also kneads on pillows that are the right texture. My cat’s meeting with the uncanny valley:  The toy animals in my house mostly look like tigers or lions or dinosaurs, and the cats have normally thought of them as pillows for cats to sit on, not as animals.  But a couple of years ago we got a rescue cat who was about three years old, and one day there was a different tiger on the bed that was shaped more like a cat than a cartoon tiger, and he saw it and freaked out.  He pulled his ears back, looked really worried, and gradually snuck up to it.   It didn’t respond, and he sniffed it and didn’t smell a cat, and he poked it and it didn’t respond, and he gradually figured out it wasn’t a real cat so he didn’t have to worry about it, and by now it’s just another pillow for him to lie down on. 

There’s also a toy cheetah that purrs (with the recorded purr of a real cheetah), and he likes to knead on that one and has burned through several sets of batteries), but he also kneads on pillows that are the right texture.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203753 Mister44 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203753 It really needs to have "SNIKT!" in there somewhere. It really needs to have “SNIKT!” in there somewhere.

]]> By: Armoire Plans http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203734 Armoire Plans Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203734 Hilarious, is there any other way that could have ended?  I like the purring noise that continued after it was obliterated. Hilarious, is there any other way that could have ended?  I like the purring noise that continued after it was obliterated.

]]> By: Nylund http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203697 Nylund Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203697 After a bad car accident, my wife brought me a stuffed animal of a red panda.  After I got home, I set it down and the darn thing tormented my real cat (I'm guessing it looked quite a bit like a raccoon to her).  She'd stare, hiss, keep her distance, etc.  One day she finally mauled it and felt like quite the victor.  Now she loves to charge it and play fight with it...now that she knows it doesn't fight back.  It's actually one of her favorite toys now and she'll meow and beg for me to get it out for her to kill. After a bad car accident, my wife brought me a stuffed animal of a red panda.  After I got home, I set it down and the darn thing tormented my real cat (I’m guessing it looked quite a bit like a raccoon to her).  She’d stare, hiss, keep her distance, etc.  One day she finally mauled it and felt like quite the victor.  Now she loves to charge it and play fight with it…now that she knows it doesn’t fight back.  It’s actually one of her favorite toys now and she’ll meow and beg for me to get it out for her to kill.

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203667 ill lich Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203667 "Your helium-filled plastic bladder is no match for my carefully sharpened claws and (ahem) cat-like reflexes!" “Your helium-filled plastic bladder is no match for my carefully sharpened claws and (ahem) cat-like reflexes!”

]]> By: chellberty http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203546 chellberty Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203546 I already posted IT http://www.gifsoup.com/view/2997754/cat-balloon-carlyandrobert-o.gif I already posted IT http://www.gifsoup.com/view/2997754/cat-balloon-carlyandrobert-o.gif

]]> By: Will Campbell http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203500 Will Campbell Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203500 GIF. Not. Satisfactory. Enough. Must. Have. Super Slo-Mo. Replay! GIF. Not. Satisfactory. Enough. Must. Have. Super Slo-Mo. Replay!

]]> By: Barry Stock http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203490 Barry Stock Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203490 Extra period blues: http://barrystock.com/video/balloon-cat-slow.gif Extra period blues:

http://barrystock.com/video/balloon-cat-slow.gif

]]> By: bonus pariuri http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203487 bonus pariuri Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203487 so funny:))))) so funny:)))))

]]> By: irksome http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203480 irksome Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203480 Fast-ass cat, good job. As it walks away, you can hear it say "Now I'm gonna shit on yer pillows, damn Pinkies!" Fast-ass cat, good job.

As it walks away, you can hear it say “Now I’m gonna shit on yer pillows, damn Pinkies!”

]]> By: Barry Stock http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203475 Barry Stock Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203475 BAAAAAAMMMMM!!!! http://.barrystock.com/video/balloon-cat-slow.gif BAAAAAAMMMMM!!!!

http://.barrystock.com/video/balloon-cat-slow.gif

]]> By: Barry Stock http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203464 Barry Stock Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203464 BAM! http://barrystock.com/video/balloon-cat.gif BAM!

http://barrystock.com/video/balloon-cat.gif

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203458 Mister44 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203458 See - this is why we are running out of helium. See – this is why we are running out of helium.

]]> By: Islington http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203442 Islington Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203442 "Let's goad our cat into defending itself against what it clearly reads as a threat, then laugh maniacally at its confusion! oh my sides!" It's usually wise to choose your battles. Why you chose this one is beyond me. “Let’s goad our cat into defending itself against what it clearly reads as a threat, then laugh maniacally at its confusion!
oh my sides!”

It’s usually wise to choose your battles. Why you chose this one is beyond me.

]]> By: princessalex http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203421 princessalex Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203421 jpnewyork used the correct spelling of "its."  I'm not sure what's going on with all the apostrophes in your version, though. jpnewyork used the correct spelling of “its.”  I’m not sure what’s going on with all the apostrophes in your version, though.

]]> By: kernkraftwerks http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203363 kernkraftwerks Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203363 WHO WILL PAY THE THERAPIES. CAT GUILT FOR THE NOOOES! WHO WILL PAY THE THERAPIES. CAT GUILT FOR THE NOOOES!

]]> By: humansaretheproblem http://boingboing.net/2011/08/31/cat-meets-balloon-cat.html#comment-1203360 humansaretheproblem Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116108#comment-1203360 I agree. It's sad to see the obesity epidemic moving to cats.  I agree. It’s sad to see the obesity epidemic moving to cats. 

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