Comments on: Dead cat helicopter upsets people on internet (video)

By: lewis_stoole

lewis_stoole — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:22:00 +0000

as featured in “101 things to do with a dead cat”, 2012 edition

By: lewis_stoole

lewis_stoole — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 15:06:00 +0000

this video is offensive. i wish i had my volume turned off. a warning about the sound would have been nice. my skin is still crawling because of those stupid crowd whoopers. when will this stop? it has been a good 22 g-d-mn years now. no one did this before the 90′s, no one, not before the simpsons at least. in america, they even do this at tennis exhibitions now. why??? today, for my birthday, i wish that they all get stuffed and mounted with motorized propeller blades–then i will woo-hoo at their launch party. oh what a joyous day that will be, it will be the only appropriate time to woo-hoo, ever. a first. a flying armada of these jokers all buzzing over my head, and i will woo-hoo the loudest because that is what they would want to hear if they were still alive. please kickstart this into reality.

By: Andrew Morrow

Andrew Morrow — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 05:13:00 +0000

Testacopter?

By: Andrew Morrow

Andrew Morrow — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 05:12:00 +0000

Is that a flying cat? Nope! Chuck Testa.

By: Warren Grant

Warren Grant — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:12:00 +0000

Personally, although I am a cat owner, I think this is hilarious. Face it, the cat doesn’t care, its dead. Obviously the body had a very good taxidermy job done on it. The sight of the cat in flight is really funny IMHO.
All I can think of is birds sitting calmly on the telephone wires – thinking they are safe – when up comes Orvillecopter to meet them face to face, and the birds thinking “hang on, this isn’t fair at all” or something :P

By: Joey Rintoul

Joey Rintoul — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 06:13:00 +0000

Dogfort, come in dogfort. They’re using their dead against us. They’re…they’re monsters!

By: buster_friendly

buster_friendly — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:43:00 +0000

Maybe the cat had an advance directive.

By: usonia

usonia — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:32:00 +0000

Oh I shan’t skin her myself…handling sharp knives while my vision is blurred with tears would result in sloppy work. She deserves a professional (unless she gets diabetes and pees on everything like my childhood cat did. Spite will help).

By: donovan acree

donovan acree — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:21:00 +0000

It’s gauche. That is all.

By: Donald Petersen

Donald Petersen — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:07:00 +0000

Thank you thank you thank you!

I’m almost ashamed to admit how much better I feel now.

By: Kimmo

Kimmo — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 05:24:00 +0000

Simon Bond never thought of this one.

By: Stephan

Stephan — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 03:19:00 +0000

Dutch artist causing outrage for using dead animals in their work?
Tinkebell anyone?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TINKEBELL

She even turned the hatemail she received into a book.

David Shrigley also has a “I’m dead” sculpture series with animals holding up signs that state the ovious.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=david%20shrigley%20i'm%20dead&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=7xzQT8jlFZGq8QP4u6zXDA&biw=1603&bih=735&sei=9BzQT-acD5Oo8AOJ2_m_DA

By: acidrain69

acidrain69 — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 02:51:00 +0000

Creepy? Only slightly more than stuffing dead animals for display. Kind of endearing with the “take flight and chase the birds” angle.

Meh, I’m over it. As long as this guy loved his cat in life and wasn’t somehow responsible for it’s death, I’m OK with it.

When my cat passed, I chose the option to have his ashes put in an urn. I really don’t know why I chose it, and all these years later, I still think it’s strange. If you shake it, you can hear teeth and/or nails or maybe bone fragments rattling inside. Or maybe it’s just pebbles and there’s no ashes inside (the lid is sealed). Whatever it is, it’s all rather strange when you analyze it. Who am I to say this is worse?

By: robdobbs

robdobbs — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:34:00 +0000

And wild birds, don’t forget them.

By: robdobbs

robdobbs — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:34:00 +0000

Hey, when my cat died I put her in a shoebox and stuck her in the ground – is that any better?

By: Carlos Sismeiro

Carlos Sismeiro — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:43:00 +0000

Mine gets the neighbourhood rid of all the mice it can find. I think that is useful.

She is also the house “weather checker” as if it is bad weather in any way she won’t ask to go out – we immediately know if it is cold or raining without checking.
The downside is we don’t need alarm clocks any more, even in days when we can just sleep all morning – someone always has to get up at 7h30 to feed the scratchy fur ball.

By: BadIdeaSociety

BadIdeaSociety — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:15:00 +0000

I don’t have a problem with the guy stuffing his cat and making him into a helicopter. I DO however find it depressing. I think being able to see the cat’s head makes it a bit of a bummer ( though a headless cat helicopter would be worse)

By: SamSam

SamSam — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:57:00 +0000

House cats already kill far too many migratory birds, but that's a discussion for another time...

By: Ernest Valdemar

Ernest Valdemar — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:56:00 +0000

By an remarkable coincidence, you posted this entry on Dead Jeremy Bentham Day.

By: trondmm

trondmm — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:39:00 +0000

The only right soundtrack for the flying cat is this:
http://tubedubber.com/#-HnwhGgsgXc:QH2-TGUlwu4:0:100:0:0:1

By: nothingistrue

nothingistrue — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:01:00 +0000

Missing kitty, last seen at 20000 feet…

By: Nicky G

Nicky G — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Because it’s AWESOME. Duh.

By: cjporkchop

cjporkchop — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:31:00 +0000

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:15:00 +0000

I love cats a lot (raise hands if you kiss your kitty on the lips), and I sorta kinda get the rage over this… but not really. I get an ick feeling over anything that has to do with playing games with the dead bodies of any kind of living thing, but for some reason over this, not so much. I’m not even sure why.

By: Editz

Editz — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:15:00 +0000

”Why not make a bigger helicopter and have it sitting like it was flying it?”

Yes, much more dignified.

http://www.greenergrassdesign.com/suck-cardcatplay2.html

By: bcsizemo

bcsizemo — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:07:00 +0000

I think the video implies this is a test trial for the whole setup. He had better motors and props on order so it could actually “fly”.

By: SKR

SKR — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:02:00 +0000

It’s not a dead body. It’s a preserved hide with the hair still attached, not much different from chairs upholstered with cowhide with the hair still attched. The stuffing is all synthetic as are the soft tissues like eyeballs.

By: petertrepan

petertrepan — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:57:00 +0000

And surprised!

EDIT: I guess it’s not as evident in this particular video. But here’s an example: http://cdn.elitedaily.com/elite/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/elite-daily-dead-cat-helicopter.jpg

By: petertrepan

petertrepan — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:54:00 +0000

This is a dream of mine as well. I’d like for no one to know I’ve been made animatronic until I sit up in my coffin and deliver my own eulogy.

By: dirktanzarian

dirktanzarian — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:52:00 +0000

Before I watched the video, I thought the cat was the actual rotor and it was going to be spinning around really fast.