Who brought the cat?

by Meg on November 22, 2006

OK, tonight is a serious cacklefest.Jonelle T. sent this in, wondering if it’s real or photoshop…

I think we should tell her…

Whobroughtthecat

Oh, this one goes our to all the evil uncles out there who pull innertubing girls too fast on speedboats. They grow up and start photoblogs ABOUT PETS FOR GOD’S SAKE

{ 78 comments }

1 Alicorn 11.22.06 at 7:32 pm

Meg, I think this is a photoshop of the “Don’t worry, Lois, I’LL save you!” picture from about 1-2 months ago – It’s a darn good job, though, and quite funny! Have a good one and keep up the great site. :o )

Ali

2 James 11.22.06 at 7:32 pm

Good God, I hope that’s Photoshop!

3 Alicorn 11.22.06 at 7:34 pm

And I just saw your link to that picture, so obviously you know that – must have been overwhelmed by all the cute bebeh kittehs lately…

4 Bridget 11.22.06 at 7:35 pm

That’s Photoshop, but funny!

5 masa 11.22.06 at 7:37 pm

shake it up

6 Karin 11.22.06 at 7:37 pm

just what i needed during the pre-thanksgiving work coma….please i need more to make this slow afternoon pass..

7 Becky 11.22.06 at 7:40 pm

I seriously HOPE it’s photoshop, and I’m guessing it is because the cat looks happy and not scared.

8 Aubrey 11.22.06 at 7:41 pm

Inner-tubular!

But there’s danger afoot…(throws out life-rat for kitteh – kiddies don’t look happy but they’re OK)

9 Nat 11.22.06 at 7:42 pm

It is a Photoshop. Snopes shows both the original photos here: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/raftcat.asp

10 Snu Snu 11.22.06 at 7:42 pm

oh fer cryin out loud! i exhaled my drink!

11 Fantasyfan 11.22.06 at 7:45 pm

I think that is Photoshop too. I believe that cat is one of Junku’s amazing shots of hi’s flying cats

Junku’s photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/junku/

12 JVD 11.22.06 at 7:45 pm

It’s photoshop – it’s on Snopes.

13 jennifer 11.22.06 at 7:46 pm

It’s super cute on it’s own, but it also looks super dangerous for those girls! Falling out and hitting the water at that speed is bad news!

14 TastesLikeChicken 11.22.06 at 7:47 pm

Got home from work to this – thank you for rescuing a smelly day!
PS No life jackets for cats?http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/6649769

15 nadia 11.22.06 at 7:48 pm

i myself have been known to use this photo:

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=98678.0

16 TastesLikeChicken 11.22.06 at 7:49 pm

Sorry link doesn’t seem to work – can’t do technology. See maltese on 1st November.

17 Sylvia 11.22.06 at 7:53 pm

You know that amazing pic series with the jumping cats in an apartment? So, this is one of the cats in one of those pics. Great photoshop job, by the way.

I LMAO’d. ;D

18 bunnyhunny 11.22.06 at 7:55 pm

A lot of people are apparently not reading the whole post–Meg links to the original photo, so obviously she knows it’s Photoshop. There’s no reason to repeat it over and over again.

19 EliottM 11.22.06 at 7:59 pm

I THINK the little one still in her seat is enjoying the ride.

20 jenn 11.22.06 at 7:59 pm

There there meg. It’s okay. Evil uncles really meant no harm depsite the life long fear of life jackets they bestowed in us.

21 Arvay 11.22.06 at 8:02 pm

If that were Bunn, I’d call him a flyaway hare.

22 Jennifer 11.22.06 at 8:03 pm

Photoshop or not, it’s hilarious! I’m sitting here at my desk just dying laughing…

23 Theo 11.22.06 at 8:19 pm

It was me.
I brought the cat.

24 Horse 11.22.06 at 8:20 pm

That os sooo Photoshop. I mean, I reconize that cat! Good job on it though. =)

25 Aubrey 11.22.06 at 8:24 pm

That innertube is about to cat-size!

26 vigilant20 11.22.06 at 8:25 pm

That kitty can be layered into as many pics as he wants. That is the cutest kitty expression ever!

27 TruthbringR 11.22.06 at 8:33 pm

This PHOTO is SERIOUSLY ANCIENT. It’s also seriously photoshopped. No one would bring a cat waterskiing in one of those rafts, let alone it wouldn’t sit still.

28 Theo 11.22.06 at 8:39 pm

TruthbringR — I’d call it *humorously* photochopped.
And I actually would bring Mr. Bounce tubing. (Serve him right, the pesty little bastard.)

29 pyrit 11.22.06 at 8:42 pm

Brunette girl: “Start bailing, I just peed!”

Blonde girl: “Did you say, Warp Speed?! Woo-hoooo!”

Redhead girl: “Wedgie on the starboard bow!”

Cat: “Hakuna ma tuna!”

30 puck 11.22.06 at 8:52 pm

would margaret atwood?

31 Theo 11.22.06 at 9:02 pm

What would Brian Boitano do?

32 Aubrey 11.22.06 at 9:03 pm

pyrit, you reminded me of a favorite MST3K war cry:

http://broucek.net/mtg_mst3k/h_hikeba.htm

33 Rich Fader 11.22.06 at 9:04 pm

“Toonces, look out!”

34 Rafael 11.22.06 at 9:11 pm

Rich Fader:

Way too funny! Great job who ever modded the photo.

35 pyrit 11.22.06 at 9:26 pm

Ohhh, it’s Tomcat Hanks in Cats Away.

36 Tracibub 11.22.06 at 9:27 pm

Oh gosh! The looks on the girls’ faces bring back memories of my innertubing days! I’m quite sure I looked like that several times, but had the TIME OF MY LIFE! It was fantastic!!

And Brian Boitano would make and plan, and he’d follow through…That’s what Brain Boitano’d do.

37 Theo 11.22.06 at 9:32 pm

Pyrit — Tomcat?? Good eye! As a matter of fact, this IS a pre-production teaser for Mission Impussible IV: Totally Tubular. And I do mean “fact” in the Fox News sense of the word.

38 Theo 11.22.06 at 9:32 pm

[humming along with Tracibub]

39 gryt 11.22.06 at 9:49 pm

That’s junku’s (on Flickr) cat… I can’t believe I recognized her. She’s famous!!

40 lurkertype 11.22.06 at 10:07 pm

That girl in the middle is seriously gonna be scarred for life, psychologically if not physically. And she gets to see this pic all over the web for the rest of her days, woo!

But, who cares, I don’t. The kitteh is awesome as is the Pshop work.

41 Rosie 11.22.06 at 10:43 pm

i know this’ been said, but it’s definetely photoshopped cuz it has the same marking as ‘ill save you louis’. but it’s still hilarious!!! :D

42 Alison 11.22.06 at 10:51 pm

jennifer – Falling off is the bestest part! I’ve been doing this ever since I was a wee one at my family cabin. It looks a bit scary, but it’s just fun :)

43 Rafael 11.22.06 at 11:13 pm

Why is it that everytime I look at this pic I hear the theme song from A-Team?

44 Zombie 11.22.06 at 11:34 pm

The original leaping kitteh was featured on CO once, wasn’t it?!?

45 MamaDawn 11.22.06 at 11:36 pm

One airfilled inner tube
+
One fully clawed cat
=
Disaster!!

PS: we tried to get our cat Hobie on our HobieCat (sailing catamaran) and 20 years later I still bear the scars.

46 moths_are_scary 11.22.06 at 11:38 pm

Just want to say that this is what should happen to all cats. I believe cats should have a 9 month lifespan because after that kitten stage…they’re just not that great. OH and uncles are notorious for being creepy. So the whole uncle comment just really adds to the effect!

47 Whitney Marie White 11.22.06 at 11:55 pm

hey that was freakin awesome… I remember those days… The cat is wicked funny man…

48 Aubrey 11.23.06 at 12:30 am

Raphael,

Because we’re watching B.A. Bara-cats in action!

49 Maureen 11.23.06 at 12:35 am

WOW, did I need this laugh! This is hilarious (PS’d or not)!!

…it’s not every day that you get to watch your job get immeasurably more difficult ON TV.

WHEEEE!!!

50 dmr 11.23.06 at 1:29 am

As said by two other commenters, that is one of junku’s “airborne” cats. Look at all the photos, they’re wonderful! http://www.flickr.com/photos/junku/sets/303691

51 Kit 11.23.06 at 1:54 am

Haha! Cats and high speed sea travel really don’t mix. But I can remember my days of being flung off the tube and wondering ‘where the heck is my ride’ at in midair. That cat looks more like “OMG! BIRD IN MIDAIR! Grraa-NOM!”

52 Jen 11.23.06 at 1:57 am

This is one of my favorite photographs (and photoshops) ever.

53 chet's momma 11.23.06 at 3:00 am

look at the paws a-spreadin’ and the belly streeeetched for maximum silliness! love this photo as much as the orig series!

54 Fenix 11.23.06 at 3:04 am

It’s definitely a Photoshop of an old pic (known as Supercat on YTMND), but the picture is still cute as heck.

55 Shannon 11.23.06 at 3:09 am

*sigh* soooo many people are just NOT going to get this.

I think the scared kids are the funniest part of the pic – but then – I am evil.

56 Matt 11.23.06 at 3:33 am

This is a Photochop, I’ve seen the original picture without the cat.

57 Weaver 11.23.06 at 3:36 am

Definatly a photoshop kids!

58 Preetampal 11.23.06 at 5:01 am

This is the magic of photoshop.
But nice one!

59 mahi 11.23.06 at 5:09 am

Its a wonderful photograph.
Realy amaging!

60 Ms. Pants 11.23.06 at 5:21 am

I’m really glad I’m not the only one who recognised the cat as one of Junku’s.

61 FY 11.23.06 at 10:19 am

I couldn’t stop laughing, at both the picture and the comments – seriously:

“Hakuna Ma Tuna”
“Tomcat Hanks in Cats Away”
and
“Mission Impussible IV: Totally Tubular” ?

LOL!

62 Mandy 11.23.06 at 2:13 pm

It’s a fake. :) Go to snopes.com and find out.

63 Lazarus 11.23.06 at 4:35 pm

this one is HILARIOUS

of course its not photoshopped. duh

64 Subhangi 11.23.06 at 5:13 pm

[Takes out magnifying glass]

Hmmmmm … three things tell me this is the handiwork of the Fling Flan Man:

The presence of characters who look like they’re singing an Aerosmith song (or some such screamy rock number.)

The ubiquitous CAT.

The ubiquitous cat in a stance of power or any such stance indicating domination.

Yes, there’s a serial ‘chopper on the loose. And his name is Ted BUNdy.

65 sadie_asher 11.23.06 at 5:51 pm

This is definitely a photoshop, guys…. check out

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/raftcat.asp

66 UncleJimbo 11.24.06 at 3:00 am

I can’t look at those kids faces without laughing until tears roll down my face.

Absolutly classic expressions.

67 nycat 11.24.06 at 4:18 pm
68 Darren 11.26.06 at 2:00 am

lol for some reason the only thing that could pop up into my head on that pic was a caption from the cat saying “Shaaaaaark! Abandon ship!”

69 tz 11.27.06 at 8:36 pm

NICE PHOTO SHOP JOB—–KEEP IT REAL FOLKS!!!!

70 toughbubble 12.01.06 at 8:40 pm

oh my goodness i almost peed my pants laughing at the expressions on those girls’ faces. I can just imagine whats going through their heads… especially the middle one.. haha

71 Jess 12.08.06 at 5:52 pm

Thats photoshop…created by a goon over at somethingawful.com

72 Kirakira Tenshi 01.11.07 at 1:19 am

OMG we know the feeling! my first time innertubing, I was laughing so hard that I couldn’t keep a good grip on the handholds and when we went over a bump I went FLYING about 10-20 feet into the air (or so says those who saw.) yes, I’m a tiny little bugger–at the time I was 10-ish, and must have weighed, on 85 lbs? or so? but I was that cat. except it wasn’t a photoshop. Hehe.

73 popscene01 01.19.07 at 1:11 am

LOOK AT CUTEOVERLOAD.COM Feb 6, 2006… same cat.

this is hilarious though!

74 Theo 01.19.07 at 1:45 am

…um yeah, you can get there faster by clicking the LINK right in the POST. Y’know, that underlined blue text up there, which says “tell her…”? Honestly, people.

I need to start closing comments more.

75 mritunjay 03.16.07 at 6:01 am

This is a good site

76 derrickgroupe 03.22.07 at 10:18 am

Great comment for great site

77 Veronique 03.24.07 at 1:34 am

I hope the cat is okay! SOMEONE TELL ME IS THE CAT DEAD!!!

78 Theo 03.24.07 at 2:18 am

[sigh] …for the LAST TIME: the cat isn’t even there.

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