Just for safety purposes—

by Meg on November 9, 2006

Please consider following this advice.Very, very wise.

Safety_measure

Kurtis H., Thanks for the +5 Cuteness. We might need it.

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nor are the ears
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1 Kar 11.09.06 at 5:33 pm

Good Gravy, check out the fangs!

2 katerpie 11.09.06 at 5:33 pm

If I was going on a quest, I would take this little guy. Darn right.

3 Bowen29 11.09.06 at 5:34 pm

OMG! That is the cutest safety device I’ve ever seen! Can I take one to the hospital with me next week for my surgery? He can keep the doctors in line!

4 Marf 11.09.06 at 5:37 pm

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeep! Too much!

*dies of cuteness*

5 merri 11.09.06 at 5:38 pm

Sign me up for one! He is so fierce and so mighty…killer rabbits beware!

6 Jasper 11.09.06 at 5:38 pm

Absolutely ferocious

7 Lillith 11.09.06 at 5:39 pm

I dunno I might need two just to feel REALLY safe.

8 ShelleyTambo 11.09.06 at 5:41 pm

No one would dare cross this kitty.

9 Karen in Toronto 11.09.06 at 5:43 pm

One in a shoulder holster, and a backup strapped to my thigh under my pinafore.

10 NebraskaErin 11.09.06 at 5:46 pm

Fierce little kitteh!

At the very least, he can distract my enemies with his cuteness whilst I scamper away.

11 Pocky 11.09.06 at 5:48 pm

Can I take two since they’re small? I’ll share, I promise…

12 Aubrey 11.09.06 at 5:51 pm

I will admit
That it is fit
To keep a kit
Inside a mitt
For a lonely trip
Where it isn’t lit.

Semper Feline, little kitteh!

13 Theo 11.09.06 at 5:52 pm
14 Redzilla 11.09.06 at 5:56 pm

Kitteh: “Back off, man. Don’t be gettin all up our bidness or I might haffa hurt you. Don’t make me bus’ a canine off in you.”

15 mlle_x 11.09.06 at 5:57 pm

OMG Those little feet! If he can’t kill with the biting he can kill with the cute.

16 Laurie C 11.09.06 at 5:58 pm

He appears to be laughing in the face of danger. I’d take him along, for sure.

17 Snu Snu 11.09.06 at 6:01 pm

and i shall raise my sword and bellow “by the power of grayskull!” and point my sword at yonder furball and he shall be my BATTLECAT!!!

18 Thorne 11.09.06 at 6:02 pm

Dire Housecat in Training! Ee!

So fierce! ^^

19 Pigu 11.09.06 at 6:05 pm

Amusing! It’s from The Legend of Zelda btw. http://gc.advancedmn.com/images/media/040104_nes_zelda_ss-01.jpg

20 AlbertaGirl 11.09.06 at 6:05 pm

All your kitteh are belong to us!

21 designerwhite 11.09.06 at 6:11 pm

Wooot!! I thought I could call zelda first! More nerds on Cuteoverload? Who’d have thought?

22 Jenne 11.09.06 at 6:15 pm

O.
M.
G.

That is SO cute!! OMG! No words.. it makes me laugh.. CUTE!!

And what a pretty color he is too! gosh.

23 Margo 11.09.06 at 6:17 pm

Yes, just for you CO.

-just in case that pic doesnt load… here is the link.
http://pics.livejournal.com/ariadne300/pic/000dee5d

24 Redzilla 11.09.06 at 6:18 pm

Ack! I was afraid someone else would notice the Zelda ref. Any mention of that game causes my Zelda thumb to start aching. Wasted youth.

25 adam 11.09.06 at 6:28 pm

let’s play snorgle making game!

26 EliottM 11.09.06 at 6:33 pm

Nice trend in self-defense, but it won’t work for me. Where I live, you can’t carry a concealed handcat.

27 Christine 11.09.06 at 6:42 pm

haha, that person looks like they have some extra fingers on their hand. Too cute!

28 corran__horn 11.09.06 at 6:43 pm

Hello corran__horn, welcome to NetHack! You are a chaotic male human Wizard.

-.—–
|f.x..|
|@….|
|…..|
……|
|…..|
|…..|
——-

The cutest cat to ever face slime molds!

29 chunkstyle 11.09.06 at 7:02 pm

Redzilla, what are you calling wasted youth?? I accomplished so much with my silver bow and arrow by killing that invisible dragon…If I had had this kitten, it would’ve been a different story entirely.

30 Lori 11.09.06 at 7:04 pm

Hmm..lemme theenk..either a kitten with +1 in piercing ability and +20 in (tewtal) charisma, or a Frodo’s meethril short sword…mm…I takes the fierce wittle keetin of DEATH.

31 Redzilla 11.09.06 at 7:04 pm

Oh, alright, it wasn’t wasted. Not anymore than I’m wasting my adulthood on CO.

32 muffincat 11.09.06 at 7:05 pm

Held in off hand.

+10 stamina
+10 spirit

150 armor

Use: When equipped, the bearer feels much better.

33 A thinker 11.09.06 at 7:13 pm

I don’t know about danger, but I’d *definitely* feel much better if I had one of these to tote along. *Sigh*

34 A thinker 11.09.06 at 7:16 pm

LOL, Margo!!

35 maymee 11.09.06 at 7:16 pm

This will go perfectly with my lucky pants and bandolier of fate.

36 The Guy Over There 11.09.06 at 7:20 pm

I dunno, he’s got a bit of a “Scrappy Doo” quality about him, this kitty does.

37 tegan 11.09.06 at 7:27 pm

Yay for the Legend of Zelda reference! How many attack points per a kitten?

38 Redzilla 11.09.06 at 7:28 pm

Forgot to mention that this is in fact also the Kitteh Kombo Staple Remover/Paper Shredder that goes with the Puppeh Stamp Licker and Bunneh Letter Opener Desk Set.

39 Laura 11.09.06 at 7:29 pm

Definitely going on the cubicle wall. It might save my life some day…

40 Erin 11.09.06 at 7:30 pm

This is the best post EVAR! I am sending it to all my friends!

41 cavalaxis 11.09.06 at 7:39 pm

Best.
Cute Overload.
Post
EVAR.

42 Renee 11.09.06 at 7:41 pm

I’m taking this to work with me later… some customers need a good cat-whoopping

43 BonzoGal 11.09.06 at 8:09 pm

I’m printing this out and taking it with me on job interviews. It’ll give me courage… and perhaps some of teh qte will emanate from it and addle the interviewers’ minds long enough for them to decide to hire me.

44 Laurie C 11.09.06 at 8:10 pm

Godspeed, BonzoGal.

45 Heather S. 11.09.06 at 8:18 pm

If you listen very closely, you can *almost* hear the hiss.

46 Kathy 11.09.06 at 8:22 pm

I’m packin’ kittehs and I’m not afraid to use ‘em!

47 CatFreak 11.09.06 at 8:22 pm

I don’t think that’s a hiss. I think it’s part of a “MEER! MEER! MEER!”

48 Heather S. 11.09.06 at 8:22 pm

OH ooh Funny Story, the vet I used to work at recieved some ferrell kittens, and they would “hiss” every time someone got near the cage… except it didn’t sound like a hiss, more like a sneeze, “chkeeah! chkeeah!” and EVERYTIME they did it they’re whole bodies would jump back an inch!

49 Gina 11.09.06 at 8:27 pm

My eardrums hurt just looking at that! MEEEEEEEE!

50 Rachel 11.09.06 at 8:35 pm

haha hah What 80’s video game is that from? http://www.FunnyAnimalVideos.com

51 Theo 11.09.06 at 8:37 pm

Heather S — I know that was a typo, BUT, the mental image of a boxful of little Will Ferrell kittens doing the Roxbury head-bob is toooo funny.

52 Heather S. 11.09.06 at 8:47 pm

nah it’s my brain not working and not knowing how to spell it! hahaha but thanks for the benifit of the doubt!

53 Aubrey 11.09.06 at 8:49 pm

Bonzo, armed with a res-mew-me like that, you most certainly will succeed. Good luck.

54 equus 11.09.06 at 9:17 pm

What a fierce leetle kitten! Where can I get one to guard me from all bite-size enemies?

55 lurkertype 11.09.06 at 9:24 pm

I could face any danger armed with that!

56 The Guy Over There 11.09.06 at 9:27 pm

It’s from Legend of Zelda. Remember the old man who gives you the wooden sword? Remember? Remember, curse you! REMEMBER OR ELSE I WILL ETCH IT INTO YOUR-

Sorry, old habits die hard. Anyway, yeah, Legend of Zelda. This begs the question: if you’re at full health, then does this cat shoot little teeth when you use it?

57 Theo 11.09.06 at 9:29 pm

Conflagration of salt and whirling razors, TGOT. It’s a cat thing.

58 Vix 11.09.06 at 9:33 pm

I’m surprised this hasn’t been up sooner! I’ve seen it around for several months.

Next, you’ll say you’ve never seen No Hands.

59 Theo 11.09.06 at 9:35 pm

INVISIBLE SANDWICH!
INVISIBLE BIKE!!!

60 daisycat 11.09.06 at 9:42 pm

Can ah haf ANOTHA, pleease??

61 A thinker 11.09.06 at 9:52 pm

[chuckling at just the THOUGHT of invisible bike]

62 Vix 11.09.06 at 9:59 pm

I want an invisible bike!

Can it play the Pokemon bike music when I ride it too?

63 Redzilla 11.09.06 at 10:02 pm

“I’m in ur House, takin’ ur seatz.”
*snort*

64 House of Mayhem 11.09.06 at 10:20 pm

computer says meow

65 kathernator 11.09.06 at 10:20 pm

WELCOME TO RAURU

66 NebraskaErin 11.09.06 at 10:49 pm

“Heather S — I know that was a typo, BUT, the mental image of a boxful of little Will Ferrell kittens doing the Roxbury head-bob is toooo funny.”

Oh, Theo, I am SO glad I’m not the only one who got that mental picture!!

67 Brak_Silverbone 11.09.06 at 11:18 pm

So does this mean there’s people who have a tiny windowless room in the basement stocked with canned food, bottled water, sleeping bags, a radio and KITTENS?!

68 Rafael 11.09.06 at 11:23 pm

+5 you say? Then I guess I can face the vorpal bunny with my cuttie kitteh sword!

How many XP would that be?

500?

69 Meredith 11.10.06 at 12:06 am

*falls off chair*

If only I’d known you hadn’t seen that before!

70 Aubrey 11.10.06 at 12:09 am

Rafael, tell me how it goes, when you come gallumphing back.

71 lauowolf 11.10.06 at 12:10 am

Ooh, it’s getting kinda nuffy over at the other kitten.
Predictable, of course, by applying the

–Theory of Nuffingbait–

Nuffins can’t resist posts of:

Purebred anything–if people even *look* at something, evil bad people will breed it.
So hide the cute.

Baby peoples–with and without animals.
Babies with little animals endanger the animal; babies with big animals are threatened by them; babies alone are icky.

Baby or small animals with other animals. Unnatural. Dangerous. Don’t try this at home, folks.

What am I missing?

72 AuntieMame 11.10.06 at 12:13 am

Here, folks. Have a baby lion:

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4631191

73 lauowolf 11.10.06 at 12:15 am

Auntie Mame-
He’s great, but not pocket-sized.
Maybe some kind of holster arrangement….

74 jaypo 11.10.06 at 12:17 am

LOL, lauowolf! I suspected as much and haven’t been over at the other kitteh. Think I’ll go peek…

75 Rafael 11.10.06 at 12:25 am

Aubrey:

It went something like this;

Me:”Die foul beast!”

+5 kitteh:”Baroo?” jumps out of my hand.

Me looking down at empty hand “Oh sh….!”

Vorpal Bunny:”Rooar!”

Me:”RUUUNAWAAAAYYYY!!!!”

76 AuntieMame 11.10.06 at 12:31 am

Post deletion request. See above…

77 Aubrey 11.10.06 at 12:34 am

Mame, at first I thought the writer’s name ‘Dementia Galapagos’. Yep, I sure did. I probably need…(reads up)…what the hell? RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!

78 Heather S. 11.10.06 at 12:38 am

WTF Mate did I miss something here, did we just get bi*ch slapped with a bible?

79 Aubrey 11.10.06 at 12:56 am

Heather S. -

A bible thumping, indeed!

80 little miao 11.10.06 at 1:04 am

Eeek! Eeek, a cute kitten!

81 chacha 11.10.06 at 1:11 am

Save us, mighty kitten! Save us from the bullsh*t threadjack!

82 Rafael 11.10.06 at 1:13 am

Ok, I’m girding my loins and bringing my +5 kitty back! Take this!

83 Emc^2 11.10.06 at 1:14 am

Not _the_ Bible, no, since the post says one of the things one must _not_ do is let one’s children become Christians (or male children be circumcised, so not the Torah, either).

But one of what Dorothy L. Sayers called ‘fancy religions’*, yes.

* I’m not where I can find the exact quote, and _Gaudy Night_ is still in copyright and not available online, but the comment was to the effect that ‘fancy religions’ cause an immediate deterioration in one’s grammar and/or syntax (which, since the person being discussed is a graduate of Harriet’s college at Oxford, was presumably impeccable once upon a time)

84 Rafael 11.10.06 at 1:17 am

Whatever it was, it was rude and it ruined my thread line, bad poster, bad!

85 Aubrey 11.10.06 at 1:24 am

Emc2:

“I can’t think why fancy religions should have such a ghastly effect on one’s grammar.”

Gaudy Night is my favorite Sayers mystery.

86 lauowolf 11.10.06 at 1:31 am

This isn’t off an old Dr. Bronner’s soap, is it?

Whatever, I point armed kittens in its general direction.

Nah, going to keep the kitten.

Fetchez la vache!

87 Arvay 11.10.06 at 1:37 am

lauowolf, have you ever read the Doc B’s? It’s actually… not as loony as at first glance. It’s quite sensible, methinks. Anyway I like the phrase “God’s spaceship earth” and his warnings against overpopulation and the ecstatic love poetry on the almond. Only I don’t use almond any more, so am relegated to the more mundane rantings on the peppermint and the lavender.

88 lauowolf 11.10.06 at 1:43 am

I’ll confess, I haven’t read one for a *very* long time.
Think bunches of decades.
I think they only had peppermint back then.
And -um- I don’t think I ever read it when I was fully -uh- focussing.
And the mint was rather ditracting.
So I mostly remember a whole lot, I mean really a *whole* lot, of words.
But now that you mention it, I do remember finding it charming in a goofy sort of way.

89 lauowolf 11.10.06 at 1:44 am

Oh, and when they say you can use it to brush your teeth?
I don’t really recommend doing it.

90 DFC 11.10.06 at 2:34 am

OH LAWD WHAT IS 4CHAN DOING IN MY CUTE OVERLOAD????

CUTE, BUT DO NOT WANT!!!!!

91 kcat 11.10.06 at 3:29 am

Um, yeah Bling is for clown – if you actually had a point – could you try being concise??? Nobody could wade through all that bull! Sick the cat on him now!!!

92 kcat 11.10.06 at 3:30 am

Wow – I thing he befuddled my mind – that would be “sic” not sick – although come to think of it he/she is sick!!

93 freetomato 11.10.06 at 3:38 am

Disclaimer: No political message! You wouldn’t want to hear it!

My dear sweet hubby is in the desert, in a relatively safe place (Thank GOD!) and we communicate via email most days. He is NOT allowed to leave the base (when he is 35,000 feet above the nastiness, I have no say) but since he is a CO junkie now (thanks to me, the enabler) I just had to copy/paste that pic to him!

Beware bad guys! Kitteh will rip your face off and look cute till the bitter end!

94 Theo 11.10.06 at 3:48 am

Spam canned.
Carry on.

95 Laurie C 11.10.06 at 3:57 am

Most excellent!

96 AuntieMame 11.10.06 at 4:06 am

Thank you, Theo.

I didn’t even bother to read it. I just saw six miles of stuff and figured it was pointless crap.

And I love Lord Peter! Gaudy Night has one of THEEEE most romantic scenes in any book, ever.

97 lurkertype 11.10.06 at 4:10 am

I KNEW cute kitties could help world peace, and freetomato’s post proves it.

Also, glad I missed the spammage.

98 Theo 11.10.06 at 4:20 am

AuntieM — I know that scene. The book version gets all Latin and pedantic, though; I like the PBS version where I can understand what they’re saying. (Teh Schmoop does too.)

BTW, I skimmed the spam, just to make sure. It most certainly was.

99 Subhangi 11.10.06 at 4:24 am

YOW. I’d like to keep my fingers, thankyouverymoishe.

100 AuntieMame 11.10.06 at 4:28 am

I liked the PBS version of Gaudy Night, except for the very last scene. It needed the Latin. Other than that, I was pretty satisfied (and I’m touchy about book adaptations).

And even further OT: my copy of “The Two Towers: The Complete Recordings” arrived today! Yahoo! Yay! W00t!

101 Aubrey 11.10.06 at 4:46 am

For me, Ian Carmichael is the only Wimsey. So as the early TV versions skipped the Gaudy, I stick with the book. I love the wordiness, the quotations used and the fact that my copy is so yellowed and dog-eared.

Thanks,T., for the deletion. It wasn’t the type of Spamalot I’d look forward to.

102 AuntieMame 11.10.06 at 4:51 am

The only Carmichael I tried to watch was The Nine Tailors and I turned it off after only 30 minutes. They’d changed the story too much and Peter was already too old in the first scene, which was supposed to be 20 years before the real story started.

I need to find some of the Carmichael audio books, though. I hear they’re very good.

103 Robert 11.10.06 at 5:27 am

There’s more where that little guy came from :)

http://www.knitemare.org/cats/

104 lauowolf 11.10.06 at 6:29 am

Theo? Theo?
What have you done with that can?

105 scrobble 11.10.06 at 8:54 am

If all else fails, use kitten.

106 minnesnowtah 11.10.06 at 11:16 am

*de-lurk*

The Loch Ness lurker surfaces, opens one sleepy eye, and comments:

“Kitteh, protect me from the spam!”

Nessie dives back to the deep.

*lurk*

107 pyrit 11.10.06 at 1:41 pm

lauowolf – maybe Theo needs one of those little white, fold-top, take-out boxes with a wire handle . . .instead of a can.

108 Darlithia 11.10.06 at 2:00 pm

Pocket sized for your convenience!

109 Redzilla 11.10.06 at 2:34 pm

I dunno, pyrit, it’s hard to say, “Watch out or I’ma open up a Chinese take-out carton of whoop ass on you. Want egg roll?”

110 Theo 11.10.06 at 3:10 pm

RedZ — I keep a Big Ol’ Can of Whoop Ass on my desk. Not making this up.
(Actually it sits on top of my work PC.)

111 Redzilla 11.10.06 at 3:13 pm

HA! I’ve seen those, Theo. My only question–is it a pop top or do you need a can opener?

Oh, and I’m kind of annoyed with Vox this morning. I was intending to transition, but I can’t figure out how to post links of my favorite websites. Seems a little incestuous, like I can only link to other Vox blogs?

112 Theo 11.10.06 at 3:18 pm

Huh?? I post links in my Vox all the time! And in OTHER folks’ Voxes, for that matter, since Vox COMMENTS allow URLs too (unlike the comments in some other closely-related services I could mention).

113 Redzilla 11.10.06 at 3:25 pm

No, I mean a running column showing my favorite links. I can’t find a way to do it, and I don’t see one on your blog, either.

114 Theo 11.10.06 at 4:24 pm

Ah, I get you, RedZ. No, I don’t think Vox has that feature.

I do like their Tags and Collections concepts, though they’re not at all the same.

You can submit feedback to the Vox admins directly from your console, AND/OR you may want to add “Pants Party” and “Team Vox” to your neighborhood, and post questions & comments there.

115 Theo 11.10.06 at 5:15 pm
116 anonymous 11.10.06 at 6:48 pm

this is from 4chan

117 Sari 11.10.06 at 7:03 pm

Where can I get one of those??

118 Theo 11.10.06 at 7:06 pm

From “4chan”, apparently.

119 Smiling Jack 11.10.06 at 7:10 pm

Cute cat, apply directly to forehead.
Cute cat, apply directly to forehead.
Cute cat, apply directly to forehead.
Cute cat, apply directly to forehead.

120 Krystle 11.10.06 at 7:26 pm

You never know when you might need a kitten. Seriously.

121 Nicole 11.10.06 at 10:33 pm

I totally heart this!

122 Malanie 11.10.06 at 11:13 pm

This is so cute I didn’t read it right the first time.

The 2nd time I read “for safety purposes”.

The 1st time I read “for safety porpoises” and got really confused.

The cuteness nearly did me in!

123 Chanty 11.11.06 at 12:45 am

The Zelda reference makes it even cuter <3

124 housecat 11.11.06 at 1:12 am

This is way too adorable.

It reminds me of something from my childhood. When I was little and I was afraid to go down the dark hallway at night, I’d pick up the cat and carry him with me! He made me feel less scared. Looking back, I honestly don’t know how I thought the cat was going to protect me should something happen. He was sweet and he let me do it, and I was grateful.

125 Rafael 11.11.06 at 4:43 am

housecat:

Cats are also smart, they know that all the claws in the world will not protect them from one scared little girl. Then again, kittens tend to be caring in all sorts of weird and wonderful ways.

126 Karen in Toronto 11.11.06 at 5:44 am

I’ve been holding back Fiasco T. (for Ther, in case you were wondering) Peabrain, aka the One-Kitten Wild Bunch, from attacking the purrsor (“im in ur lap…”), and he is now purring contentedly, because he cannot see the purrsor from where he is.

127 Karen in Toronto 11.11.06 at 9:32 am

“He looked up; and she was instantly scarlet, as if she had been dipped in boiling water. Through the confusion of her darkened eyes and drumming ears some enormous bulk seemed to stoop over her. Then the mist cleared. His eyes were riveted upon the manuscript again, but he breathed as if he had been running.” What punctuation!

128 librarypunk 11.11.06 at 7:22 pm

This is what you get in place of the wooden sword in the Master Quest :)

129 luckycliff 11.11.06 at 8:13 pm

the kitten does 1-4 damage per attack but 25 attacks per round LOL

130 adam 11.12.06 at 2:01 am

lmao luckycliff! and snorgling the kitten restores 2d12 hp and 2d6 mp.

131 Theo 11.12.06 at 3:01 am

If you can find a polydactyl kitten, it’s 2-5 dmg/attack, plus they’re purple.

132 Jess 12.08.06 at 5:56 pm

I believe, this too, was created by someone at somethingawful.com

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