Comments on: Proposal: cats could deliver mail

By: Jeremy Sweeney

Jeremy Sweeney — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:56:00 +0000

Correction: Wargs.

By: CLamb

CLamb — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:35:00 +0000

The cats could carry a larger load if they were riding sheep.

By: CLamb

CLamb — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:34:00 +0000

The truth is more bizarre than fiction here. The generally accepted reason for the passenger pigeon’s demise is that they would only copulate when in dense crowds and hunting reduced the density of crowds enough to kill their libido.

By: proginoskes

proginoskes — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:18:00 +0000

In all seriousness… if you’re going to reduce the number of people doing it, why not use robots? A Segway chassis would be a good platform.

By: Paul Renault

Paul Renault — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:04:00 +0000

And makes sure you keep the mail away from this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZBHZT3a-FA

By: sockdoll

sockdoll — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:06:00 +0000

The Internet: a series of cats.

By: Jacky

Jacky — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:32:00 +0000

Could cat deliver mail? This is unbelievable. Its too cruel to animal especially to the adorable cat.

By: knoxblox

knoxblox — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:27:00 +0000

Since our cat loves to chew on envelopes, I suspect you would also need postal inspector cats to arrest cats who are guilty of tampering with the mail.

By: Tyler Brown

Tyler Brown — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:50:00 +0000

That’s less probable than having a cat mail delivery service

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:38:00 +0000

What — you’ve never heard the phrase, “note to self?”

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:33:00 +0000

Another solution would be to stop electing people who try to destroy the USPS. But I do like cats.

By: Culturedropout

Culturedropout — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:02:00 +0000

”Help, I’m stuck in Timmy!”

By: Nash Rambler

Nash Rambler — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:34:00 +0000

It’s surprising the cheese delivery service ever took off, after the milk delivery fiasco.

By: Nash Rambler

Nash Rambler — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:33:00 +0000

Impractical, but adorable.

By: Paul Renault

Paul Renault — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:40:00 +0000

I suspect there’s something about the way they were moved from place to place and the fact that one of them was able to make it back in a little under five hours, that limits the transportation methods and distance where this is, um, practical.

By: Heevee Lister

Heevee Lister — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:30:00 +0000

Deliver mail? They could, but they won’t.

By: Nathan Rae

Nathan Rae — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:27:00 +0000

So i think I’d rather go with the modern version of pigeon based delivery system, http://www.pigeonpost.co

By: James Penrose

James Penrose — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:16:00 +0000

They went out of business you know…Cheetahs never prosper.

By: James Agenbroad

James Agenbroad — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:06:00 +0000

Of course there’s a history of cats working for the post office. http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/page/animals

By: Margaret Organ-Kean

Margaret Organ-Kean — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:50:00 +0000

This reminds me of the cheese cats of France who even to this day deliver local cheeses to picnics in the French countryside.

By: Henry Pootel

Henry Pootel — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:07:00 +0000

:) beat me to it

Clearly though this could be a solution to the whole US Postal Service issue. Plus consider selling LOLcat stamps – collectors would obsessively collect them.

By: elusis

elusis — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:05:00 +0000

Given how my cat reacts when I put a harness on her, I imagine cats would take to mail bags like, uh…. a cat to water….

By: Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:47:00 +0000

What, held under the dorsal guiding feathers?

By: huskerdont

huskerdont — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:44:00 +0000

But what if you used two swallows with a string tied between them?

By: Brainspore

Brainspore — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:27:00 +0000

Yeah, but a dog is much more likely to give a shit if its owner lives or dies.

By: CH

CH — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:26:00 +0000

“Help, I’m stuck in a well!!!”

It worked for Timmy, at least.

By: Brainspore

Brainspore — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:22:00 +0000

You can also use a cheetah, but they’ll charge extra for the express delivery.

By: angusm

angusm — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:20:00 +0000

The Victorians could tell which dogs were criminals from the shape of their skulls.

By: angusm

angusm — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:19:00 +0000

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night … wait, is that catnip I smell?”

By: BookGuy

BookGuy — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:16:00 +0000

So, as per the experiment described, the process would be:

1. Attach a message, which you want delivered to yourself, to a cat.
2. Take the cat far away from where you live.
3. Release cat, return home, and wait for the message to be delivered–the message you created for yourself–to you.
4. ??
5. Profit!