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Tunch Shots

by John Cole|  September 12, 20056:33 pm| 30 Comments

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Trying out the office digital camera for something else, so I thought I would bring you some shots of the roommate:

People who pose cats for a living do not earn enough money. If I could figure out how to turn the flash off on this thing, I bet he would stop scowling, too.

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  1. 1.

    jg

    September 12, 2005 at 6:42 pm

    Whenever I reach for a camera my cats or dog just stop what they’re doing (which is why I reached for the camera) and just stare at me. They caught on to the whole ‘camera hidden in the cellphone’ trick real fast too.

  2. 2.

    demomondian

    September 12, 2005 at 6:57 pm

    Yours, too, eh? It’s weird — the cats are a lot more skittish about being caught being cute than the kids are. But the kids are supposed to be smarter.

  3. 3.

    Stormy70

    September 12, 2005 at 6:58 pm

    He needs a squooshing and a big dose of catnip to put up with such a Steeler-loving all-around apologist like you, John.
    Seriously, why won’t you answer the question? Where did the two little kittens go?

  4. 4.

    jg

    September 12, 2005 at 7:08 pm

    He ate them. He’s gearing up for a run at president. Baby eaters have to start somewhere. :-)

  5. 5.

    CaseyL

    September 12, 2005 at 7:14 pm

    Finally! A glimpse of the lovely and talented Tunch!

    He looks like someone very well aware of his superior spot in the pecking order; one who suffers foolish humans not at all well.

    He needs someone to blow raspberries into that big white tummy :)

  6. 6.

    jg

    September 12, 2005 at 7:17 pm

    Its funny how you called your cat a roommate. He has you well trained I see.

  7. 7.

    Stormy70

    September 12, 2005 at 7:20 pm

    He needs someone to blow raspberries into that big white tummy :)

    Yes, yes he does. But don’t forget the squooshing afterwards.
    Your master is very handsome, John.

  8. 8.

    tBone

    September 12, 2005 at 7:45 pm

    John, you’ve got a built-in excuse for typos there – if your cat is anything like ours, he will invariably jump up onto your keyboard at the most inoppurtlsj;aln;pq193-sidfj

  9. 9.

    RSA

    September 12, 2005 at 8:49 pm

    PawSense is software that detects “cat-like typing”, temporarily disables keyboard input, and plays harmonica music to chase your cat away. I have no experience with the system, but I think it’s a pretty entertaining example of entrepreneurship.

  10. 10.

    goonie bird

    September 12, 2005 at 9:29 pm

    The kitty semas to like playing with what appears to be a tiger or tigger which is it?

  11. 11.

    Zifnab

    September 12, 2005 at 10:48 pm

    See, my cats never danced on the keyboard, but they would repeatedly knock my mouse on the floor when they thought I was ignoring them.

    Cute little bastard. Now I know why I like this site. No cat person can be all bad.

  12. 12.

    Sister Toldjah

    September 12, 2005 at 11:05 pm

    Adorable! I used to have a white cat, too, but she had green eyes. Hard to tell from the pic, but it looks like your cat’s eyes are blue?

  13. 13.

    Zifnab

    September 12, 2005 at 11:36 pm

    I think I get what John is driving at.

    CUTE WHITE KITTEN IN 2008!

    You’ve got my vote.

  14. 14.

    scs

    September 12, 2005 at 11:53 pm

    Nice pic. But when are you going to put a pic up of yourself John? I think it would brighten up the site.

  15. 15.

    Jimmy Jazz

    September 12, 2005 at 11:56 pm

    Quoth John Hughes: That cat is pushing maximum density.

  16. 16.

    Steve S

    September 13, 2005 at 12:51 am

    Apparently the way to take cute cat pictures is with two people. One waves the feater in the air, an the other snaps the picture.

  17. 17.

    slide

    September 13, 2005 at 6:44 am

    John’s just looking for sympathy.

  18. 18.

    Jim Allen

    September 13, 2005 at 8:50 am

    Your cat has a pet snake?

  19. 19.

    Krista

    September 13, 2005 at 8:57 am

    What a gorgeous beastie! I could rub that belly all day.

  20. 20.

    ThirdGorchBro

    September 13, 2005 at 9:16 am

    Interesting markings, brown spots on the head and a brown tail. Is that cat a Turkish Van?

  21. 21.

    John Cole

    September 13, 2005 at 9:50 am

    Is that cat a Turkish Van?

    No, but he has identical markings. Turkish vans have longer hair. He is a talking cat, though. I got him from the pound, so I don’t know what he is.

  22. 22.

    John Cole

    September 13, 2005 at 9:51 am

    That cat is pushing maximum density.

    He has lost his girlish figure.

  23. 23.

    Krista

    September 13, 2005 at 10:04 am

    I got him from the pound, so I don’t know what he is.

    Good man. He’s obviously found a good and indulgent home. I miss my kitty. He was a stray, starving kitten who jumped into our car one rainy day — my mom’s soft heart overcame her crippling fear of cats, and we had him for 12 happy years.

  24. 24.

    Vlad

    September 13, 2005 at 10:12 am

    [i]”If I could figure out how to turn the flash off on this thing, I bet he would stop scowling, too.”[/i]

    Speaking as a fellow cat owner: Don’t count on it.

  25. 25.

    slide

    September 13, 2005 at 10:57 am

    Nice pic. But when are you going to put a pic up of yourself John? I think it would brighten up the site.

    Yes, my Dick Cheney dart board is kinda torn up. A joke of course. I don’t really have a Dick Cheney dart board.

  26. 26.

    Seal Pool

    September 13, 2005 at 11:39 am

    You should try rubbing the belly on one of these:

    home.att.ne.jp/wood/grot/kinkajou/

  27. 27.

    Krista

    September 13, 2005 at 12:25 pm

    Seal Pool – I can’t decide if it’s cute, or if it’s the most f**ked-up looking thing I’ve ever seen. I think a little from column “A”, and a little from column “B.”

  28. 28.

    tzs

    September 13, 2005 at 1:55 pm

    Talking about cats jumping on keyboards….I remember the time the local kitten at Center for Space Research at MIT managed to simultaneously a) interrupt an overnight run of data analysis b) crash the computer and c) lock the keyboard. Talk about the trifecta.

  29. 29.

    MMM

    September 13, 2005 at 7:01 pm

    Put a bright colored tropical shirt on him and he will look just like his owner….

  30. 30.

    goonie bird

    September 13, 2005 at 9:22 pm

    We had a cat that would carry around one of the little toy action figure we dont know why kind of strange but that same cat climbed our christmas tree twice

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