3-2-1 Contact!

by Meg on March 13, 2006

When your tail is too short to bend, it’s cute.

Mee-algh?

Dws_1

DWS—schweet.

{ 71 comments }

1 Alex Jeffries 03.13.06 at 2:25 pm

It’s so tiny!

And I haven’t had breakfast yet…

Hmm…

2 Elanor 03.13.06 at 2:31 pm

That little kitty? For breakfast?

Doubt it’d be enough even for a post-brunch snack.

3 Denita TwoDragons 03.13.06 at 2:32 pm

It’s an SD kitten!

/anime geek ^___^

–TwoDragons

4 StormCat 03.13.06 at 2:34 pm

KITTY!!!!! Oh my gosh, He’s so cute!!!!!!
*wants to bundle him up and take him home…*

5 Denita TwoDragons 03.13.06 at 2:36 pm

…of course, now I have that blasted theme song stuck in my head…CURSE YOU, CUTE O!!!! ;-)

–TwoDragons

6 ariel 03.13.06 at 2:37 pm

what a BABY!

7 sky 03.13.06 at 2:43 pm

Knees…weakening…head…swimming…the cuteness has me.

This kitty is cuteness in kryptonite form. Those of us previously impervious to cuteness shall be put asunder by its power.

Must…be…strong…

8 Theo 03.13.06 at 2:46 pm

Funny thing, I *swear* I’ve seen this pic before:
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/m/michelangelo/creation.jpg

(Denita — Whenever there’s trouble, we’re there on the double…)

9 TigerZahn 03.13.06 at 2:53 pm

Cuter than designer dogs.

10 dyvine 03.13.06 at 3:03 pm

my theory is that kittens use their tails as antennae

11 Subhangi 03.13.06 at 3:06 pm

O.M.G. My eye just rolled out of its socket!
I swear I remember putting that kitty in my shirt pocket.
How he quietly jumped out and escaped I’ll never know.
And now he’s with someone else …
Guess I just gotta let go.

12 finn 03.13.06 at 3:09 pm

Dear Cute Overload,

Lately I have noticed in your readership a trend toward associating objects d’cute with things edible. Perhaps this is a normal outgrowth of showing animals at ease in their normal habitats, which may include comestible items such as parsley trees, thumbnail-sized bottles of soy sauce and phallic carrots. In such scenarios, readers’ comments addressing the “juicy” or “tasty” qualities of an animal may be ascribed to simple transference: like carrot, like bunny.

Perhaps, on the other hand, your readers are a bunch of raving degenerates who sucked their thumbs way too long and now fantasise about bunnies that smell like creme brulee. If this be the case, I do hope you will keep in mind your putative moral obligation to society and quash such undesired behavior before it spirals out of control. I respectfully submit two references for your support:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6696582420128930236
http://www.lifeandliberty.gov/

Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

Signed,
A Consarned Citizen

13 s 03.13.06 at 3:15 pm

wow, finn-isucked my thumb til i was 10!
hmmmm, i smell interesting pyschology paper not creme brule

14 Meow House 03.13.06 at 3:32 pm

Dear Cute Overload,

I believe there is a Deranged Person in our midst. This “Finn” persona has deluded himself into thinking that bunnies do NOT smell like crème brulée, that Extreme Cuteness does not equal “juicy” or “tasty.” He is obviously suffering from severe and possibly irreversible psychosis. I fear for our future. Please make your utmost attempts to find where this ill person resides and get him some help.

Signed, A Concerned Citizen

15 finn 03.13.06 at 3:39 pm

:whispers:
Meow House, it’s even worse than that. HE thinks he’s a SHE.

sad, i know.

16 Meow House 03.13.06 at 3:40 pm

Oh dear, it’s worse than I thought!

(Sorry about that.)

17 Theo 03.13.06 at 3:40 pm

Dear A. Concerned:

Thank you for your vigilance. I believe that I have confirmed beyond any debate or ambiguity that there is indeed a Deranged Person within our ranks. However, it turns out that it wasn’t Finn, who was nevertheless quite tasty. My investigations continue.

Signed, M. Chianti.

18 pheral 03.13.06 at 3:48 pm

Well, i don’t know about anyone else, but i sure as hell am a raving degenerate.

19 Adrienne 03.13.06 at 3:53 pm

i want this kitten not for food but to love and to hug and to call him maxwell (her eleanor).
please give it to me.

20 Jan Spencer 03.13.06 at 4:07 pm

Wow…everyone TAKE A DEEP BREATH…now…kiss and make up.

BTW…cat is so darn cute! Great pic Meg!

21 Pat 03.13.06 at 4:10 pm

That teensy baby is so demonically cute I could plotz!

22 Meow House 03.13.06 at 4:33 pm

Maybe I should have put some smilies in there – I was posting with the kitten-filled sillies. The kitten’s wee head made me crazy. I am sure Finn was having the same reaction. :-)

23 sheena 03.13.06 at 4:36 pm

that is such an adorable kitten!!!!

24 StormCat 03.13.06 at 5:10 pm

Look at those widdle paws!!! Makes me wish it was MY finger getting ready to get batted at…. *sigh*

25 kochou 03.13.06 at 5:19 pm

::faints from sugar overdose::

26 enigmania 03.13.06 at 5:20 pm

the tail is clearly a counterbalance for the tiny reaching pawsomgsocute!!!

27 arbed 03.13.06 at 5:30 pm

sometimes the closet cutelover cannot be contained, to which I say “gnyaawwwwww”

guess that’s my own little noise of cuteness confirmation

28 Li 03.13.06 at 6:03 pm

Eee!! Reminds me of my kitten. His momma abandoned him and we found him in the driveway of my BF’s mother’s house. Here he is at about a month old:

http://www.deepfriedbutteronastick.com/buster/

29 M- 03.13.06 at 6:10 pm

Dear Cute Overload,
In fact there is a larger issue than degenerates and deranged behavior. Many here seem to be sufferring from the affects of continued exposure to paedomorphism and zoomorphism at least. The result of said exposure seems to be dysgeusia or parosmia. The issue at hand is the readiness of exposure by the sufferes. They seem to “want” the afore mentioned symptomology to exist in their lives. The proper course of treatment seems to be continued dosage of more kittens like above as well other sources for suffers to get their “fix”. Thank you for doing such a fine job to date and please do not discontinue the treatments you are currently supplying as mass withdrawl could result.

Cordially,
M-

30 finn 03.13.06 at 6:11 pm

“deepfried butter on a stick.”

i rest my case.

31 Linda 03.13.06 at 6:17 pm

Tail antenna! And all this time I thought they used those sticky-up eyebrow whiskers! I learned something today. BTW – Meg if you’re at SXSW come by the ACC Theatre – I’m dying to meet the cutemeister!

32 Alyson 03.13.06 at 6:31 pm

When your legs are too short to bend, it’s WAY CUTE.

33 StormCat 03.13.06 at 6:35 pm

Li: Oh your Kitty is sooooo cute!!!! I love the last pic with his little paw showing… What a doll!!!

*sigh*

34 AlexR 03.13.06 at 6:36 pm

OMG! SOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!

35 ariel 03.13.06 at 6:47 pm

I WUV YOOOOOOOOOOOO CYOOOOOOOOT OVERWOOOOAAAAD!

36 TheIdleReceptionist 03.13.06 at 7:14 pm

AIEEE!

37 Peter 03.13.06 at 7:14 pm

That little kitten is too adorable. I might have to adopt a kitten of my own soon.

38 wickedbored 03.13.06 at 7:15 pm

OMG. Kitty doesn’t even look real!!! I smell sugar cookies!!!

TOOOOO CUTE!!

39 ToiletKitty 03.13.06 at 7:46 pm

He’s just too small! Gotta love the little antenae tail x3

40 Katharine 03.13.06 at 8:23 pm

Sigh! My two cats want that kitty to come over and play. … Oh, all right. I want that kitty to come over and STAY! They don’t want another kitty, but I’m the bipedal mommy who controls the food dishes.

41 noah =D 03.13.06 at 8:50 pm

holy frickin’ CRAP you guys. that is the cutest. most ADORABLE little kitten EVER. its so cute you could like…………uhhhh….you could….hmm. GO INSANE, maybe thats one. i dont know though. its freaking adorable as heck though. =D.

42 A thinker 03.13.06 at 9:32 pm

oh, my goshness.

that is a New Standard of Cute.

43 Flavia 03.13.06 at 10:46 pm

Am I wrong or are her PAWS larger than her tail?!

44 ARE HOPE YOU ALL ARE JOKING! 03.14.06 at 12:00 am

AFTER READING ALL THESE DISTURBING COMMENTS I AM STARTING TO THINK THAT THIS SITE IS A RESOURCE FOR THE LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES MOST SIKLY PATIENTS!!!!!!

45 Ann 03.14.06 at 12:10 am

Kill me now

Before I smother a kitten ;)

46 dwarf rabbit owner too! 03.14.06 at 12:14 am

cutetini grey kitten!

47 Mina 03.14.06 at 12:44 am

That is one cute kitten!

I think they need to stop giving internet privledges at prisons and mental illness institutions….

48 jaypo 03.14.06 at 12:49 am

widdle chunky paw, widdle chunky baby!!! I need to kiss the kitty! so innocent and sweet.

49 Theo 03.14.06 at 12:54 am

Does anyone else suspect that the next thing that happened was a big ol’ static-electric ZAP?

50 adrianna 03.14.06 at 3:39 am

i love how the finger, the foreleg, & the tail are all aligned.

51 minnie 03.14.06 at 4:06 am

that’s so cute i want to throw it out the window

52 Michelle 03.14.06 at 4:25 am

I can’t believe how quickly a daily dose of cuteness has become essential to my mental health. I think I need to either get a puppy or seek professional help.

OMG WHAT A PERFECT LITTLE FUZZBALL *squeals like a little girl*

53 Meg 03.14.06 at 5:14 am

Finn,
As usual, you’re absolutely right. The addition of tasty food items accompanying cute animals is really a slippery, Bearnaise-sauced slope. I’ll try to do better. And by better, I mean ‘butter’.

Your humble poster,
Meg

54 Nose-fur-atu 03.14.06 at 6:08 am

Actually, the commenters who jokingly say they want to eat up, devour, etc. these cute animals are expressing a subconscious wish to experience cuteness in the most direct way possible, that is by making the cuteness a physical part of themselves through the process of ingestion and digestion.

55 rainey 03.14.06 at 7:27 am

Is it even possible to have a kitten THAT SMALL?

Someone perform CPR in…erm…5 seconds. Brain seems to be shutting down.

56 A thinker 03.14.06 at 1:35 pm

wow. I think our intrepid commenters are creating a new Psychology of Edible Cuteness.

57 ariel 03.14.06 at 2:17 pm

if you look like a toy, it’s cute.

58 emo 03.14.06 at 2:23 pm

awwwwwwwwwwwwww! its so cute and fluffy!! ^-^

59 jaypo 03.14.06 at 3:53 pm

Humans love to render things they love into an edible context–thus nomers like sweet/sweetie, honey, honeypie, sweetiepie. Older terms like “what a dish” or calling someone a “cute tomato,” “I could eat you up!”all of these are very human and basic ways of expressing delight towards people and things we love. Goes back to the caves, I’m sure.

60 melissa 03.14.06 at 5:59 pm

cutest. pic. ever.

61 M- 03.14.06 at 6:19 pm

ARE HOPE YOU ALL ARE JOKING!-

I can only speak for myself and indeed yes it was all said in jest! The non-medical translation…

We are all being exposed to lots of types of animal cuteness, it makes us think they smell good or are good foods, we all seem to love it, want more and would go into withdrawl without it…

thats all, just with medical terminology from WAY too much studying. Then there is also the vain attempt to intellectualize and resist the fact that every internal part of me melts upon seeing kitten cuteness of this magnitude! Not crazy perse (okay, not certifiable) just a nerd with a medical background!

62 Ayani 03.14.06 at 8:08 pm

-GASPS- OMGAWSH!! THAT’s sOOOooOOoOoOoO SO SO SO SO CUTE!!!!!! :3 awwwwwwwwwwwww awwwwww :) :)

63 gigi 03.15.06 at 12:49 am

very very cute!!!!

64 Jenna 03.15.06 at 12:56 pm

I want it I want it I want it

65 ted 03.15.06 at 8:07 pm

J’accuse!!

(of cuteness)

66 Theo 03.15.06 at 8:17 pm

“Miaow, moi?”

67 minnie 03.15.06 at 8:48 pm

i can’t stop looking at this one. all us cat lovers know abou thowto offer the finger of peace to a cat. no cat can resist it.

68 Alex Li 03.16.06 at 1:00 am

oh my God, it is sooooooooooo cute!!!!!!

69 littlegirlwoo 03.16.06 at 1:51 am

okay so this is a real kitten and not a stuffed animal?

70 lucia 03.31.06 at 5:49 pm

it’s just sooo little! and grey! is it made out of velvet? looks like it!

71 Sari 07.14.06 at 7:58 pm

Why isn’t this a Rule of Cuteness? :o

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