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True, this is pandering. But I like the Louis Wain influence around the 0:34 mark…
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Some thirty years ago, there was a cat fancier in Ohio who wanted to refine, and register, a line of polydactyl Maine coons that would breed true. Since the world remains in the hands of us hairless primates, I have to assume her experiment remains a work in progress.
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Calouste
There are reports that three of Gaddafi’s private planes (he has 5 apparently) have left Lybia for Cairo, Athens and Vienna respectively. No indication of who is on board though.
Kirbster
I love this commercial. The cat-thumb on the door latch truly is the beginning of the end for humanity, although I wouldn’t mind if my fur-child learned to use a nail file instead of the bedroom chair for his claw maintenance.
PurpleGirl
Absolutely great. I like the cat reading The Art of Military Strategy. Heh, they will truly become our overlords once they get opposable thumbs. Cole better watch out.
M. Bouffant
It is more than acceptable to pander w/ cats.
Linda Featheringill
Since I live with a poly-dactyl, I think that establishing a whole line of them would be so cool!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4438479736/
This is Mojii. He is about 15 or 16 years old. He has been aging lately. When he goes, I’m going to miss those big feet.
:-)
Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal
from the wiki
this man would have pwned the internets on so many levels. kinda makes you wonder who else in history should have had an internets. and, for those who are so inclined, who shouldn’t have.
stuckinred
I knew Morris the cat and his owners back in the day. I wonder if this kitty is as stoned?
MikeJ
@Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal: Cudlip.
abo gato
Thank you for showing us this ad. It is the funniest commercial I have seen in a long, long time.
R-Jud
I saw this at the gym on Monday and thought “People at Balloon-Juice would like this.” And behold, it is true.
Jack Bauer
England ‘healthier than the US’ (BBC)
Cradle to the grave, free healthcare, that costs less in terms of GDP, might be a good way for the US to shrink it’s deficit.
R-Jud
@Jack Bauer:
Unfortunately, they’re cutting it to the bone and part-privatizing it.
Sound familiar? Fucking Tories.
uila
Polydactyl cats are thriving in central upstate New York. It’s frankly more surprising to meet a cat there that does NOT have seven toes on one paw.
Jack Bauer
@R-Jud:
Hehe, yep.
MattF
I once had a cat who would remind me that she wanted to be fed by grabbing (paw-and-thumb) the cuff of my pant leg and tugging on it. Kinda scary, in retrospect.
ET
@Linda Featheringill: I have a poly as well and he feet look enormous…..
All I could think of was O.M.G. I have one that looks like that black one and got a wee scared
asiangrrlMN
Finally watched the ad. Very cute. I welcome my thumbed feline overlords and ladies.
Fax Paladin
A folk singer of my acquaintance breeds cats for intelligence as well as polydactyly. There is (naturally) a song about it, which, alas, does not appear to be online: “Cats With Thumbs,” sung to the tune of “Cows With Guns.”
Emerald
Tim Curry voiceover combined with brilliant concept.
(I’m sure they got the idea from the Cheezburger site, which has cats lamenting their lack of opposable thumbs as an ongoing theme.)