Meet Fu, an ornery looking polydactyl.
Cats with usable thumbs scares me more than this, and that is probably because I own a cat.
And then you have this:
Jake is hungry, apparently.
by John Cole| 83 Comments
This post is in: Cat Blogging, Dog Blogging
Meet Fu, an ornery looking polydactyl.
Cats with usable thumbs scares me more than this, and that is probably because I own a cat.
And then you have this:
Jake is hungry, apparently.
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The Moar You Know
A cat with opposable thumbs is a cat that can throw me into a woodchipper for not feeding it on demand.
smiley
Once they can hold a knife, it’s all over. They will eat us.
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
The Cutie-Fu is strong in that one.
ThymeZone
So, that’s what poster Jake looks like.
That explains a lot.
SGEW
Obviously Fu must use her opposable thumbs to get a knife, put someone in a woodchipper, and then feed the results to Jake. Jake hungry!
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
Oh, lord. When I first saw the picture of Jake, I thought he was leaning up against a playpen, so that caption read completely differently.
demimondian
Fixt that for you.
swellsman
Had a polydactyl cat when I was a kid, and loved it. Had an English bulldog as an adult and love him. (My older dog passed away, but the second one is chewing his way thru a Frisbee while I type this.)
So lotsa love for the photoos — got the cat and got the dog. I knew I l loved this site for a reason.
Punchy
A little OT: (although the guy looks like an animal)
Anyone seen Agent Flowbee’s website lately? They’ve gone beyond "pro-Clinton, anti-Obama" to directly pro-McCain. They’re supporting Palin.
Just how fucked up must one be to go from being a Clinton Dem to suddenly a Palin supporter? My fellow Americans scare the shit outtie me.
gbear
Dolphins Evolve Opposable Thumbs
‘Oh, Shit,’ Says Humanity
"I believe I speak for the entire human race when I say, ‘Holy fuck,’" said Oceanographic Institute director Dr. James Aoki…
Polish the Guillotines
Fu cracks me up. I’ll be he’s got a little cartoon mouse buddy.
Comrade Peter J
That place is a racist shit hole. SATSQ
Pastafarian
John, if cats with opposable thumbs scare you, this should terrify the living crap out of you.
The Moar You Know
It can happen, I’ve got a family member who did so. It’s pretty much involves a load of racism.
In spite of that, I think it’s pretty safe to say, given the history of Flowbee and some of the others on that site, that they were never Dems in any way, shape or form. Rather, I suspect that NoQuarter has probably been a "deep cell" ratfucker operation from the very start.
Fern
That would be my guess.
Polish the Guillotines
Ja.
The only reason he was ever associated in any way with the Dem side of the fence was over Plamegate.
He hated Bush (Cheney, especially) for outing Plame. And since the enemy of my enemy is my friend, the Dems aligned with him on that issue (and maybe vice versa).
I think from the Dems’ side, there was a hell of a lot of projection onto LC about him being a much [saner, more rational, nicer, cooler] guy than he apparently is.
And to bring this back on topic, cats with opposable thumbs are part of Project Ultra.
RoonieRoo, dontcha know
@The Moar You Know:
This! I honestly think that is what it is.
RoonieRoo, dontcha know
Seriously cute Fu there. I love cat pictures where the cat is smiling.
Bulldog is pretty darn cute too.
Just Some Fuckhead
More baby rabbit.
Comrade grumpy realist
Came home one day to discover my puppy had managed to get a jar of marmalade off the table, the lid off, and had eaten half of it.
I wouldn’t have blinked twice except that it was a screw-top jar….
SGEW
So, it’s Saturday night, I’m about to go out and see Religulous, Obama is gonna win the election, Sarah Palin and John McCain are national laughingstocks, Biden did a great deal to reassure me of his candidacy (esp. his judiciary committee experience), there’s an awesomely cute kitteh on the front page of Balloon-Juice, and more pictures of da puppies an bunnies!
Life is good. How did this happen?
[Oh yeah, there’s that whole “The Economy Is Plunging Into A Bottomless Pit Of Baboon Feces And Broken Glass” thing. Meh. I’ll worry about that on Nov. 5th]
Stuck in the Fun House
I think Jake is a handsome devil. Just needs a little help with the slobber is all. And I just learned that some Cats have thumbs and I’m opposabled to that.
Just Some Fuckhead
Not me. When cats can open the damned door themselves, evolution will have reached it’s pinnacle achievement.
TheFountainHead
@SGEW: Weird, right? I think my blood pressure has dropped significantly in the last 72 hours. Well, except for when I hear Palin speaking on TV, but on average it’s definitely lower. You’ll have to let us all know how Religulous is. I imagine I would enjoy it immensely.
Keith
Polydactyls are pretty damn cool. I can only imagine the death and destructions my current bach of hellions (2 15 lb mousers and 2 20 lb passive aggressive alphas) they could inflict with thumbs. Hell, one of the 20 lb’ers can already open doorknobs as it is.
Once my current brood (plus pit bull) die off, a single polydactyl (or a Savannah – my brother has one, and they are incredibly doglike) is probably what I’ll get to replace them all.
Fern
@Just Some Fuckhead:
Well, one of my cats did learn how to open the cupboard where I stored the bucket of dry kibble. Opened the bucket too.
Perry Como
WIN
ninerdave
Fu appreciates all your comments. Yes, she can with the help of her thumb, open just about any door that’s not closed all the way.
Polish the Guillotines
Oh, man. That’s my dream cat. And I’m crazy enough to go for an F1 or F2.
TheFountainHead
Any beer suggestions for my Saturday evening in?
TheFountainHead
I was in Bangkok last year and met a couple breeding those…absolutely FANTASTIC animals. But, as soon as I get a place large enough, I’m getting a Shiba Inu. They’re talkers.
SamFromUtah
I knew a polydactyl kitty back when I was in college. She couldn’t flex her "thumbs" very much, but she could leave fourteen claw-furrows in your arm if you pissed her off (or she was feeling playful).
Ed Marshall
I had a blueheeler that died years ago and I had taught her to pick up laundry. If you are thinking of doing this to save labor stop now. I spent way more time with her begging me to dump all the clothes out of the laundry basket so she could pick them up than I ever did picking up clothes.
Trying to think of a better work order for her, I started to teach her to bring me beer. I tied a dishrag to the fridge door and it didn’t take long at all to get her opening the fridge on command. Here is the problem with teaching your dog to fetch you beer! You do this stuff by steps and there was no reward I had on this planet that could compete with what happened when she opened the fridge door. She’s used to getting something for doing what she’s told and when she would do this a massive food reward would open up. If there was a leftover ham in there that’s obviously a reward for opening the door and she’s gonna haul that sucker out and chow down. Job well done.
I just cut off this whole line of attack and took the dishrag off the door to quit the thing, but it was too late she just started opening the fridge with the regular handle. Until she died I had no recourse other than leaving the two bottom shelves of the fridge empty.
Polish the Guillotines
Lagunitas IPA
Polish the Guillotines
That’s really funny. My dad’s been a Rhodesian Ridgeback owner for a long time. They’re actually really quiet (loud when they want to be, they just don’t want to be very often). He’s been showing his current one. Lot’s of Best of Show humor. I like their size – especially with my son in mind. Rough and tumble. But my wife is more of German Shepard person. I could live with that. My only concern is that the breed has been pretty compromised — lots of hip problems.
Still, I’d rather have a Savannah cat.
Stuck in the Fun House
Getting ready to watch Taxi to the Darkside that came in the mail from Netflix today. I wonder if Sarah Palin has seen it.
Just Some Fuckhead
I’m slumming this evening with Corona and Slim Jims.
Just Some Fuckhead
lolz
Polish the Guillotines
Seen it? She’s writing the sequel.
TheFountainHead
Yeah, we settled on the Blue Moon Pumpkin Ale.
Not bad so far.
gbear
ARGH!! May I join the folks who say that sometimes it’s hard to see the links with the new format? Please pretend post #10 doesn’t exist. Thanks.
kommrade jakevich
Ever seen a pixie bob? Apparently some idiot wasn’t satisfied with the threat of nuclear annihilation and decided to breed a house cat that can weigh more than 20 # and has thumbs.
A co-worker has one and he thinks it’s soooo funny when the thing grabs his hand and bites.
Yeah, laugh it up numbnuts. Just keep a lot of ice and a styrofoam cooler handy so the doctors can sew your arm back on.
RoonieRoo, dontcha know
@Ed Marshall: That is a hysterical story that had me and Grumpy Code Monkey laughing out loud! Our pup is just over a year old now and we’ve moved on from basic training stuff to tricks like touching our hand with his nose where ever it is, crawling on his tummy, rolling over and things like that.
He is happiest when he is learning a new behavior so I’m having to really find things to tie to his natural behaviors for new tricks. Thank you for the wonderful illustration that we need to really consider where tricks might lead. Haha.
Just Some Fuckhead
Twenty six days after the dog saved the baby rabbit from the killer cat, the killer cat was able to capture and eliminate the squirrel that lives in the lone pine tree in the back yard. The dog and the squirrel had a robust relationship that included the squirrel throwing down stuff and yelling at the dog. The dog would yell right back but didn’t have the skill set to otherwise affect the squirrel.
However, the killer cat did. I only bring this up to underscore that cats are killers and dogs are companions.
JenJen
Wha hoppen? The layout resembles Craigslist now.
:-(
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
JSF, I feel so guilty now, even though my cat has never killed anything more than the last few ounces of tea in my mug.
In memory of that poor squirrel and the brief, happy time it shared with your dog: Dog Poetry.
Keith
My bro’s is an F3. The thing LOVES water (tries to get in the shower with him), tears up those hide chews, and hordes toys. Ball of energy, but it absolutely had to get spaid even though my brother didn’t want to because the instinct to breed was so strong that she was intolerable (like a domestic giving birth for 8 hours a day) when she’d go into heats.
Litlebritdifrnt
Jake looks like my Cueball, 90lb pure white boxer with a brain the size of a pea, shame really, other than that he is a wonderful dog. As for cats I have nine, every single one of which would eat me in my sleep should I ever forget to feed them. That is what worries me about cats, they are loyal to a fault until you skip one dinnertime then it is every cat for itself and the human is just sleeping kibble. Having said that four of my new kittens went missing today, they were here for dinner last night, nowhere to be found at breakfast, gone all day. I was disraught, beside myself, went all over the place with a flashlight looking for them. This evening all of a sudden, there they all were, wondering what all the fuss was about. *phew* (I am convinced cats do that on purpose just to prove a point).
Just Some Fuckhead
That was great.
caryl
I can’t find the actual dog poetry referenced by JSF, but I was wondering if any of the dog fans here had ever read "Unleashed" and realized that the dog with the poem about eating the koi in the neighbor’s yard — Helga or something linke that — had the attribute to her picture — in the back of the book — to the local police department?
Notorious P.A.T.
New rule: don’t nominate someone who looks almost just like a current or recent cast member of Saturday Night Live. Or you’re asking for trouble.
TheFountainHead
Queen Latifah + Tina Fey = WIN
Capelza Gradenko
Love the kitties and pups! I’ll have to get my wee dog and my libertarian cat online.
Love that I can post on BJ again! I was too frustrated lately to even try.
If anyone saw the USC/UO game…the guy in green six seats up from the UO bench on the 48 yardline was my husband. I sat through the whole miserable game for his sake, in case I saw him. Also because it was a strange sensation for me to know that someowhere in that crowd he was there. He’s on a golf vacation and got free tickets to the game. Instead I only saw UO crash and burn.
Which, truth be told, is fine, because MY OSU Beavers kicked USC’s asses last week… :) My cat spits duck feathers…
Leo
Holy shit, Tina Fey is dismantling Palin. Jesus.
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
I missed the first couple of minutes because I was here, but what I saw was incredible. Fey must be writing these, because the quality is head and shoulders above anything else on the show.
Just Some Fuckhead
Marriage should be a sacred institution between two unwilling teenagers. That was teh shit.
Stuck in the Fun House
Cool, it’s like a Wild Kingdom Soap Opera. I’ve got something like that here that involves feral cats, Hummingbirds, and Wasps . With me trying to be referee. The wasps chase the Hummingbirds (away from feeder) and then the Cats try to catch and eat them, and I chase the Cats and Wasps (stung several times this summer) away from the Hummers. It’s all very tiring.
Capelza Gradenko
Spoilers people! It’s only 8:50 here. ;}
Just kidding..but Sarah Palin has been very, very good for SNL. These past weeks are the first that I’ve watched SNL for god knows how long..a decade?
Bad Horse's Filly
I had a duck (backyard duck) who thought he was one of my 3 Great Danes. He ruled them, took their toys and bones and they’d come to me and whine.
My duck could NOT understand why he was not allowed in the house and everyone else was. It didn’t take him long to learn how to open the patio door when it was unlocked and wander around the house. I’d be working in the office and suddenly I’d hear his feet hit the tile floor, thwack, thwack, thwack and then he’d climb the 15 stairs to join me.
The Danes had their own ritual – when I was at work , they’d empty their toy box and there’d be a line of toys from the family room, kitchen, dining room, living room and up the stairs. Then they’d sit and laugh at me while I cursed and griped while I picked all the toys up….EVERY day. I swear they never actually played with them…just wanted to watch me pick them up.
Thomas Beck
A) Nobody owns a cat.
B) I for one welcome our new dolphin overlords.
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
@Bad Horse’s Filly:
If I had a duck that stole bones from Great Danes, and I then heard the THWACK THWACK THWACK of the same duck advancing up the stairs toward me, I’d pee myself twice, then die. YMMV.
TheFountainHead
PotD
Stuck in the Fun House
LOL, that quacked me up!!
Just Some Fuckhead
Ducks are actually really aggresive. I think it’s prolly cuz they can fly, swim and run, all three. Makes ’em cocky.
Bad Horse's Filly
@Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse:
Win!
I’m afraid of no duck…unless of course it has opposable thumbs.
Annette
Testing more spam controls. Don’t mind me.
This should post, where the other one did not.
TheFountainHead
I confirm posting.
TFH +5
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
Tonight’s Fey-Palin SNL skit on YouTube: RUN — it may be gone in an instant.
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
My emergency YouTube link went to moderation as spam.
FEY- PALIN — SNL — HERE!! (May be gone very quickly).
ninerdave
SNL — Ouch that had to sting.
Nikita
I love Tina Fey. I didn’t think it would be possible but that skit was funnier the second time around. "[Global warming] is a natural part of the end of days…"
lol!
JGabriel
Tonight’s SNL sketch was great. And not only Fey, Latifah and the guy doing Biden were also in top form.
"From a very young age, my two greatest loves were always Jews and Cuban food."
.
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
JGabriel, the video at your link seems to have been pulled, but I’m still getting the video at my link. Is it working for anyone else? (New TinyUrl link to YT HERE to avoid being tagged as spam.)
necros
Huffington Post has the video.
Hopefully whenever the pundits start going on about how mavericky John McCain is they’ll think of this sketch and realize how ridiculous they sound.
"Can I call ya Joe? ‘Cause I practiced a couple zingers where I call ya Joe."
Jeff
Loved the drinking game reference.
The Thinking Man's Mel Torme
OT, I guess, but I’m up early because the city has suspended the normal construction site work rules and there’s a gang of knuckleheads three doors down working on what looks like the only active residential job in town.
CNN is currently all jiggly and giggly over Gidget teeing off on Osama’sObama’s terrorist friends, shrieking about "the gloves are off!!! The gloves are off!!!" This is exactly the sort of high-school catfight that the Kool Kidz love. This won’t end well.
They’re now on to a piece about the rise of reverse mortgages among seniors. Yet another thing that won’t end well.
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
And even if some media carefully take apart the Ayers claims and demolish them, what the low info/barely conscious voter will see and hear on their tv are the words "Obama", "Ayers" and "terrorist" over and over again. What message do you think they’ll carry away from that?
SGEW
I concur. That SNL debate skit is absolutely classic. Classic!
Question: What is the absolute best thing about Sarah Palin’s candidacy? Answer: Tina Fey returns to SNL. She’s obviously (imho) writing these skits too, so it’s a double win. Triple! The Palin stuff has been the best SNL I’ve seen in years and years, hands down.
Money Quote from Tina as Palin:
Also*: Queen Latifah as Gwen Ifill. Unbefuckinglievable.
Personally, I loved how the Biden character** described Scranton as a "hellhole," a "sad, sad place filled with sad people with no ambition," and a "genetic cesspool."
Ha ha. I hate Scranton and Wilmington too.
*Also, even, check out this word cloud of the debate even, also.
**Who is that guy? His Biden was sure pretty good, even. Americans are now going to like seeing him talk for the next eight years, also people really like John McCain’s energy tax economy plan also. Also John Israel war Iraq sure good also people think need reform, John. Obama, also. Maverick!
Kilkee
I recall reading an article years ago — Harpers? — stating that based on the research of some MIT kid (of course) all US polydactyl cats are descended from a couple that arrived on the Mayflower. Apparently cats carry their genetic history on their coats, and thus the research was able to establish the common ancestors. Apparently too, consistent with this notion, polydactylism in cats is much more common in New England than elsewhere, essentially radiating out in concentric circles from Boston. The article was written long enough ago that it may defy The Google, but it’s out there. Would try to find it but must go play golf before complete economic collapse renders this impossible.
WereBear
I fostered a few polydactyl cats. They opened doors and loved to play catch, since they have a mitt on either paw.
But even my regular-pawed cats are good at manipulating objects. I caught my Norwegian Forest Cat examining the alarm clock. When it rings, that’s the signal for breakfast. I’m sure he has Pavlovian plans for me, but it uses slide switches instead of buttons.
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
A Siamese cat I once had wasn’t polydactyl and was less than graceful (he had uncrossed eyes and truly lousy spatial sense). But he was a geek about alarm clocks. He figured out how to switch ours on early — with his butt. Every damn morning.
SGEW
My former roommate’s cat was a polydactyl like crazy: I think he had three or four extra "thumbs" on each paw . . . it was kind of unsettling. As far as I know, he (the cat, not the roommate) only really used them when inappropriately molesting people, as he was wont to do. He was a dirty old man trapped in a cat’s body.
comrade chopper
as a bulldog owner, i gotta say jake FTW. that’s some cutie-pie shit right there.