Comments on: A new Japan export: "cat cafes" come to Austria http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 21:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1420861 Guest Thu, 10 May 2012 21:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1420861  Let me guess... it's the fat one that hasn't seen his own bits in years? Of course he always uses the smallest box!  Let me guess… it’s the fat one that hasn’t seen his own bits in years? Of course he always uses the smallest box!

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1420850 Guest Thu, 10 May 2012 21:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1420850  Did they have a food service license? If not, it's not a big deal.  Did they have a food service license? If not, it’s not a big deal.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1420847 Guest Thu, 10 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1420847 Something tells me letting 5 <i>dogs</i> roam (and eventually waddle) freely in a restaurant wouldn't work as well. Something tells me letting 5 dogs roam (and eventually waddle) freely in a restaurant wouldn’t work as well.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1419833 niktemadur Thu, 10 May 2012 02:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1419833 Thank you for the concern and the tip, but I'm relieved to say that it's not that, whoever it is (and I have my suspicions narrowed down) pees at a weird angle, sometimes he misses the litter box wall and there's a puddle on the floor nearby.  Then there's three litter boxes, and he always uses the smaller one.  The rest of the house remains urine-free. Thank you for the concern and the tip, but I’m relieved to say that it’s not that, whoever it is (and I have my suspicions narrowed down) pees at a weird angle, sometimes he misses the litter box wall and there’s a puddle on the floor nearby.  Then there’s three litter boxes, and he always uses the smaller one.  The rest of the house remains urine-free.

]]> By: Marilyn Terrell http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1419780 Marilyn Terrell Thu, 10 May 2012 01:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1419780 I haven't been and don't plan to visit one unless I get to know the simple joys of a monkey knife fight. I haven’t been and don’t plan to visit one unless I get to know the simple joys of a monkey knife fight.

]]> By: serfer0 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1419703 serfer0 Thu, 10 May 2012 00:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1419703 Dude, any chance your cat could be diabetic? My guy, Gubby, started doing the same thing last year.  Took him to the vet, turns out he's diabetic.  Dude, any chance your cat could be diabetic? My guy, Gubby, started doing the same thing last year.  Took him to the vet, turns out he’s diabetic. 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1419572 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 09 May 2012 22:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1419572 Have you ever been to a monkey temple? I don't have many limits, but that was beyond them. Have you ever been to a monkey temple? I don’t have many limits, but that was beyond them.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1419571 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 09 May 2012 22:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1419571 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-pgK_Rvuwc" rel="nofollow">Nothing wrong with mixing cats and food.</a> Nothing wrong with mixing cats and food.

]]> By: electronicnonsense http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1419399 electronicnonsense Wed, 09 May 2012 20:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1419399 I've been to plenty of mom & pop shops over the years with friendly cats living in them and they don't make a big deal about it. Posers! I’ve been to plenty of mom & pop shops over the years with friendly cats living in them and they don’t make a big deal about it. Posers!

]]> By: electronicnonsense http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1419400 electronicnonsense Wed, 09 May 2012 20:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1419400 I've been to plenty of mom & pop shops over the years with friendly cats living in them and they don't make a big deal about it. Posers! I’ve been to plenty of mom & pop shops over the years with friendly cats living in them and they don’t make a big deal about it. Posers!

]]> By: Marilyn Terrell http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1419212 Marilyn Terrell Wed, 09 May 2012 18:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1419212 Those cat cafes may seem cute and harmless at first, but before you know it the cats are getting you to build shrines to them, like they did at Kagoshima: http://digitalnomad.nationalgeographic.com/2011/09/12/the-cats-of-kagoshima/ Those cat cafes may seem cute and harmless at first, but before you know it the cats are getting you to build shrines to them, like they did at Kagoshima: http://digitalnomad.nationalgeographic.com/2011/09/12/the-cats-of-kagoshima/

]]> By: krisindallas http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1419203 krisindallas Wed, 09 May 2012 18:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1419203 probably not a good idea to position the cat basket just above a table of food.   probably not a good idea to position the cat basket just above a table of food.  

]]> By: twianto http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418757 twianto Wed, 09 May 2012 12:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418757 <blockquote>Sartre and shit</blockquote>I think they have the 'shit' part covered.

Sartre and shit

I think they have the ‘shit’ part covered.

]]> By: twianto http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418758 twianto Wed, 09 May 2012 12:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418758 <blockquote>Sartre and shit</blockquote>I think they have the 'shit' part covered.

Sartre and shit

I think they have the ‘shit’ part covered.

]]> By: petz79 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418726 petz79 Wed, 09 May 2012 11:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418726  "Cats reading Sartre". Now that's an idea for a Tumblr!  ”Cats reading Sartre”. Now that’s an idea for a Tumblr!

]]> By: TheMudshark http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418701 TheMudshark Wed, 09 May 2012 10:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418701 Funny. When I read about the cat cafes a few weeks ago, my first thought was: "That would never fly with health reagulations here in Vienna." Funny. When I read about the cat cafes a few weeks ago, my first thought was: “That would never fly with health reagulations here in Vienna.”

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418659 niktemadur Wed, 09 May 2012 09:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418659 Heeeereeee kitty kitty kitty!  Just wait till I figure out which one of my four has been pissing out of the box, and I'll contribute to the cause. For the one that waltzes meowing into the bedroom at 4 am, well I've bought a water gun in his honor. Heeeereeee kitty kitty kitty!  Just wait till I figure out which one of my four has been pissing out of the box, and I’ll contribute to the cause.
For the one that waltzes meowing into the bedroom at 4 am, well I’ve bought a water gun in his honor.

]]> By: EvilTerran http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418623 EvilTerran Wed, 09 May 2012 08:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418623 Market stands? You know those vegetables are grown in horse poo? Horse poo, I tell you! HORSE POO! Excuse me, I have to go disinfect now. Out, damned spot... Market stands? You know those vegetables are grown in horse poo?

Horse poo, I tell you! HORSE POO!

Excuse me, I have to go disinfect now. Out, damned spot…

]]> By: Drabula http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418600 Drabula Wed, 09 May 2012 07:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418600 As a Yank ex-pat in the UK I love how dogs are allowed pretty much everywhere here. Pubs are twice the fun when there's a couple dogs wandering around, but I'd prefer a cat cafe/pub. After my two cats died and it was impractical to get new ones I would have spent all day in such a cafe trying to pet the pain away. As a Yank ex-pat in the UK I love how dogs are allowed pretty much everywhere here. Pubs are twice the fun when there’s a couple dogs wandering around, but I’d prefer a cat cafe/pub. After my two cats died and it was impractical to get new ones I would have spent all day in such a cafe trying to pet the pain away.

]]> By: retepslluerb http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418570 retepslluerb Wed, 09 May 2012 06:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418570 Of course you shouldn't just drop the cats in there and clean the box only once a day, but really. People who worry about this should never, ever eat anything that was industrially produced or what they didn't purchase directly from a market stand thy trust. Of course you shouldn’t just drop the cats in there and clean the box only once a day, but really. People who worry about this should never, ever eat anything that was industrially produced or what they didn’t purchase directly from a market stand thy trust.

]]> By: Ash L http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418310 Ash L Wed, 09 May 2012 01:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418310 Basically every bike shop is a cat cafe Basically every bike shop is a cat cafe

]]> By: riverlaw http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418277 riverlaw Wed, 09 May 2012 01:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418277 Cats and their slow march to world domination. (they make it look easy) Cats and their slow march to world domination. (they make it look easy)

]]> By: Kommkast http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418271 Kommkast Wed, 09 May 2012 01:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418271 I do wonder what american food safety would say about this.. but to be honest it would be the cleanest place around since rats would be terrified to come anywhere near it.. And with that said, I cannot express how much want.  I do wonder what american food safety would say about this.. but to be honest it would be the cleanest place around since rats would be terrified to come anywhere near it.. And with that said, I cannot express how much want. 

]]> By: thatbaddog http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418214 thatbaddog Wed, 09 May 2012 00:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418214 Neko baba suru. Neko baba suru.

]]> By: tristan eldritch http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418212 tristan eldritch Wed, 09 May 2012 00:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418212 That's really cool and all, but shouldn't these be called "cat friendly" cafes?  From the headline, I was expecting a full-on feline hang-out, with cats smoking pipes and playing chess and reading Sartre and shit. That’s really cool and all, but shouldn’t these be called “cat friendly” cafes?  From the headline, I was expecting a full-on feline hang-out, with cats smoking pipes and playing chess and reading Sartre and shit.

]]> By: snowmentality http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418196 snowmentality Wed, 09 May 2012 00:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418196 Awwww, who's a sleepy kitty paw-cat? *pets paw* I would definitely go to a cat café! Awwww, who’s a sleepy kitty paw-cat? *pets paw*

I would definitely go to a cat café!

]]> By: Gbaji http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418158 Gbaji Tue, 08 May 2012 23:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418158 This is a 1000% improvement over Austria's cat dungeons. This is a 1000% improvement over Austria’s cat dungeons.

]]> By: bobarctor http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418144 bobarctor Tue, 08 May 2012 23:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418144  Something witty/toxoplasmosis/kopi luwak  Something witty/toxoplasmosis/kopi luwak

]]> By: davidmang http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418124 davidmang Tue, 08 May 2012 23:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418124 As a Chicagoan, I'm totally seconding this. On the plus side, we have Myopic Books in Wicker Park, and there's a friendly cat or two wandering around the reading areas and bookshelves in there. As a Chicagoan, I’m totally seconding this.

On the plus side, we have Myopic Books in Wicker Park, and there’s a friendly cat or two wandering around the reading areas and bookshelves in there.

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/a-new-japan-export-first-ca.html#comment-1418120 bcsizemo Tue, 08 May 2012 23:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=159469#comment-1418120 Mysteriously there always only 5 cats, yet a new one each week.... Mysteriously there always only 5 cats, yet a new one each week….

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