Das Hammen

by Meg on August 22, 2006

Das Hammen, mit das WHISKAARS!

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YA, sender-inner Denise R.!

Rock und Roll, Photographer Claudia L.!

{ 67 comments }

1 The Honourable Gladys Anstruther 08.22.06 at 6:15 am

Das is good, ya

2 The Honourable Gladys Anstruther 08.22.06 at 6:16 am

Einer first post is being vergutt

3 celia 08.22.06 at 6:22 am

oh. my. god.

4 Raeanne 08.22.06 at 6:32 am

oh… see this is cute… oh… the cuteness *pop*

5 fridgedicebunny 08.22.06 at 7:05 am

Look at his little lip!

6 Hila 08.22.06 at 7:12 am

Das Moozlepoof!! Zeir Gutte! Der Schlaffen Hammen :) ) The cutest thing ever…

7 mlle_x 08.22.06 at 7:17 am

(Heidi Klum voice) Oh, you are sach a bed, bed boy!

toooooo prosh! pink paws!!!!

8 Guest 08.22.06 at 7:43 am

Absolutely no way to look at these without smiling. Can’t be done.

9 theidlereceptionist 08.22.06 at 7:55 am

Christ, Meg. Are you really trying to kill everyone, here?

10 nausnaus 08.22.06 at 7:56 am

i’m not sure what’s cuter here: the hamsters or your german (actually, i’m not even sure if it’s supposed to be german oO).
if it is, the correct version would be “der hamster, mit den schnurrhaaren”, but your’s sounds better anyways ^^

11 Varenöa 08.22.06 at 8:01 am

As a hamster lover (and keeper), may I just remark that “Hamster” is really a German word? “Hammen” sounds like some weird sort of verb, only it isn’t….
How about “Hamsterchen”?

12 Varenöa 08.22.06 at 8:01 am

“Hamsti” is good too….

13 Aubrey 08.22.06 at 8:17 am

I’ll have a double whiskery, please. With a Hamstel Light chaser.

14 Anita 08.22.06 at 9:38 am

Zonk squared! And it looks like they’re frogging out, too! Coochie coo, little furballs!

15 Cara 08.22.06 at 9:44 am

It’s sooo strang seeing that you seem to consider German cute… . I thought everybody said German would sound like “Kill Kill Kill” all the time. I’m German myself and I know it can be cute, though :)
So I offer you the “Hamsterli” which is the same as a “Hamsterchen” and tell you they’ve got extremely cute “Hamsterschnäuzelchen”.

16 Robin 08.22.06 at 9:54 am

I love HAMPUPPIES!

17 nausnaus 08.22.06 at 10:25 am

it’s not german itself i consider cute, it’s just the horribly wrong way it’s being used here. but as i’m austrian myself, it doesn’t sound like “kill kill kill” to me either ,)

18 Kaye 08.22.06 at 11:01 am

Das ist Bezaubernd. Sehr reizende Pfoten!
(That’s cute. What charming paws!)

19 Nicolas 08.22.06 at 11:46 am

Euer Deutsch ist eine Katastrophe! :-D Very cute little „Hamster“. Greetings from Germany!

20 ceejoe 08.22.06 at 11:49 am

This site is so awesome. Where else can the world come together for the cuteness?

21 Alexis 08.22.06 at 11:57 am

Sehr Bezaubernd (to quote Kaye)!

Cara, what does what exactly does “Hamsterschnauzelchen” mean? I think it’s my new favorite word. And I apologize for not being able to figure out how to do umlauts on my new computer (w00t!). Can any Mac users help me out?

22 Alexis 08.22.06 at 11:59 am

You can drop that first “what does” – I was typing, paused, and then resumed. Must not be distracted from teh cute anymore!!!

23 Laurie C 08.22.06 at 12:10 pm

They look like they’re in a hamster-sized disco or something. With tecno-pop blaring. That could be a mirror ball in the background.

Oh, and “schnurrhaaren” is my new favorite word.

24 Robbie 08.22.06 at 12:21 pm

The noses! The whiskers! The lips! The xtreme fluffy muzzlepuff! I love it!

25 jaypo 08.22.06 at 12:24 pm

Ich would like zome hammietaschen while I lukat ze pretty bebehs.

26 A thinker 08.22.06 at 12:43 pm

MAGNIFICENT whiskers. Whisker spray.

27 claudia 08.22.06 at 12:50 pm

my pudding and dumpling (http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/04/sand_trap.html) and now sushi and tofu have been on cute overload. :D …but they seem to be owned by phantoms every time. specklet took the photo from my set (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jade/148120927/in/set-72057594075161501/), he did acknowledge that in the comments later.

this was sushi and tofu when they were peanut sized babies at three weeks old snoozing under their wheel in the tank. not a disco ball ;) just the flash on the glass tank. heh.

28 Theo 08.22.06 at 12:53 pm

Claudia — nice hammies…
Just a technical pointer though: When pasting URLs into comments, leave a little whitespace immediately after; otherwise they won’t work when folks click on them.

These will work:
(http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/04/sand_trap.html )
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/jade/148120927/in/set-72057594075161501/ ),

29 Aoide 08.22.06 at 12:57 pm

Huh…they look exactly like I did yesterday after my first day back to classes. *gently petpets the little hammiekins*

30 mariser 08.22.06 at 1:03 pm

Claudia,

sushi and tofu. I love it!
I remember pudding and dumpling from back in the day.
you not only have wonderful hammies but also have a great way with names.

thanks

31 michelle 08.22.06 at 1:19 pm

And now is the time on Sprockets for WHISKAARS UP!!!

32 ceebs 08.22.06 at 1:21 pm

Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance,…..

33 Michelle 08.22.06 at 1:23 pm

Do you want to pet my monkey, ceebs?

34 Tony James 08.22.06 at 1:26 pm

These widdle guys are small enough to fit in a pocket – thus they might be referred to in German as Hamm-in-taschen, except…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamantaschen

35 ceebs 08.22.06 at 1:27 pm

LOL Michelle, touch it! love it!
Now I’m as happy as a little gurl!

36 Subhangi 08.22.06 at 1:41 pm

HAMMUZZLEPUFF!!!

37 zelda 08.22.06 at 1:42 pm

Na ja, jetz mussen wir die HAMMIES petten und kissen und so weiter!

38 rpennefe 08.22.06 at 2:24 pm

All this German talk brings me back to my high school German classes mit die Frau. If only ich mich erinnern koennte how to say the word “cute” auf Deutsch.

Aber, die ist eine schoene Katze.

(But that is a beautiful cat.)

39 rpennefe 08.22.06 at 2:25 pm

er…not cat…Hamster.

I meant to say Hamster.

Curse you cuteoverload! You’ve made my brain melt!

40 Denita TwoDragons 08.22.06 at 2:25 pm

Soft, tickly Teutonic whiskers!! Hee!

–TwoDragons

41 claire 08.22.06 at 2:52 pm

awwwww! such a cute pair of muzzlepuffs. i love how hammies can get so flat and boneless.

all the “german-esque” cracks me up too, jah!

42 claudia 08.22.06 at 3:02 pm

thanks theo — i typically use a href to do links, but i didn’t know if html was allowed here. i’ll keep that useful pointer in mind :D

thanks mariser too. my hamsters love the love :)

43 Lauri 08.22.06 at 3:04 pm

Ah the Kings of Whiskerage!

44 Shannon 08.22.06 at 3:05 pm

anyone who has ever had mice in their house (cough) will not think these are cute. YUCK!

45 Christine B. 08.22.06 at 3:06 pm

I’d just like to let the owner of Cuteoverload.com know that despite how much I love her site, until she resolves the issues between her and the use of Akagami’s photo without permission, my friends and I are not going to support Cuteoverload.com. It is shameful that Meg would steal a piece of photographic art and offer no compensation to the photographer.

Please view Akagami’s updated flickr.com here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/akagami/221963191/in/set-143873/).

46 Christine B. 08.22.06 at 3:09 pm
47 jaypo 08.22.06 at 3:20 pm

Christine B, what took you so long to object?

48 Lisa 08.22.06 at 3:52 pm

Look at those whiskers!!!!

49 mariser 08.22.06 at 4:23 pm

Teej,

I *loves* Hamentaschen. yum
loves Hammientaschen
*not* together. *not* at once. they’re *not* the same thing, Sam-I-Am.

50 Aubrey 08.22.06 at 4:24 pm

There’s some serious sniffle-age going on here. I think this is the first installment of CO – Cute Odor-ama.

51 A Fine Morsel 08.22.06 at 5:39 pm

Hammie sandwich, please. With extra lettuce.

52 Taylor 08.22.06 at 6:01 pm

that is so cute!

53 Specklet 08.22.06 at 6:12 pm

Christina B, I’m wondering why Akagami can’t address the issue with Meg himself/herself, and why you’ve chosen to make a comment in this manner, rather than write Meg an email.

That said, Meg dear, as much as I wish I had, I didn’t actually take the viskaars photograph. It was the wonderful jade_c: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jade. I simply borrowed the pic from her Flickr account to put into my set. Incidentally, I myself neglected to give her credit initially, but she was very gracious about it, as you can see in the comments here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/specklet/210282316/in/set-72157594204828139

Thanks, and keep up the lovely work!

54 Lauri 08.22.06 at 6:20 pm

I loved looking at ALL your pics, Specklet! Among my favorites were the teeny limpet and the teeny snail. But I love EVERYTHING teeny! Well….just about everything….

55 moneca 08.22.06 at 6:56 pm

When you take away finger, their heads slooowly fall forward until they moosh out flat….take a deep breath and snorgle through nose…ahhhhh, too cute.

56 Lizzy 08.22.06 at 7:20 pm

Holy crapmonkeys! Those whiskars are goingk to take ovar dee world!!

57 Cara 08.22.06 at 7:51 pm

A “Hamsterschnäuzelchen” is my very own translation of “tiny hammie muzzle puff”. Mind you, use it with caution, might not always work :)
And “cute” would be either “Süß” or “niedlich” or plain and simple the international oooooooooh!*sighs*

58 Brak_Silverbone 08.22.06 at 11:17 pm

Little soft tickly pink noses…

59 Denise in Nebraska 08.23.06 at 3:55 am

Oooh–Claudia, you have the cutest hammies! Sorry–I am the one who submitted this photo to Meg, and I told her I found it on Specklet’s Flickr site (which is true—I didn’t know about yours, and just happened upon Specklet’s). Thanks for being kind in sharing their adorableness, with us. On that note, C.O. audience….does anyone else find it horribly ironic that the Akagami “World Peace hamster” has pretty much caused World War III, on this Website??? Hmmmm. Let’s try to join together in the true spirit of tiny, cute animal love in an attempt to purge away the spirits of cranky Scroogeness. Shall we??? :^) Yah. Das all goot!

60 claudia 08.23.06 at 4:51 am

:P no problem Denise. my hamsters are honoured to be on cute overload and have this much attention showered upon them too, though they had some kind of identity crisis back there ;) i’ll still regularly upload hamster photos in an attempt to make everyone fall in love with hamsters :P

61 moneca 08.23.06 at 5:17 am

Look at the back feets, soft, pink and in ultra relaxed position.

62 it 08.23.06 at 6:26 pm

Ha..he or she keeps doing that and you will have a bitten off finger, hamsters are grouchy if you wake them up.

63 Lauri 08.24.06 at 1:18 pm

Lol, Denise. Well, irony always does make me laugh. Or snort.

Better than cryin’.

Peace Hamstahs to all.

64 muffalatta 08.24.06 at 2:34 pm

So, so sweet. They look so comfortable I wish I could be real tiny and just snuggle in between them and take a nap under the waving wiskas.

65 mooper 08.24.06 at 4:16 pm

i wish my hamsters would sleep like that… i take them out of their house any they are all like VRRROOOOOOOOOMMMM across the coffee table… maybe it has something to do with the word coffee? *scratches head*

66 Sadie 08.25.06 at 1:57 pm

Those hamies are soooooo CUTE!!!

67 Stefanie 09.03.06 at 6:39 pm

sehr sehr süß… ich möchte auch einen hamster haben… :(

(very very cute…. i want to have a hamster as well… :( )

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