An Engineer’s Guide to Kittehs [eye roll]

by Meg on April 18, 2008

OK, People, Everybody and their BROTHER is sending this video in. Who ARE these guys wanting us to know their kitteh techniques? Are they swingle? What IS their deal? My eyes are rolling all over the place.

RuthElisa K., you are the latest in a LONG LINE of Sender-Inners for this vid. So congrats.

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1 momof2kitties 04.18.08 at 1:44 pm

I saw this last week. It is soooo bleening funny! Love it!

2 pounce 04.18.08 at 1:48 pm

Only engineers … *rolls eyes* :)

Great video!!

3 sunny 04.18.08 at 1:51 pm

ok I must admit, I love the cat yodeling :p

4 whalesforever 04.18.08 at 1:51 pm

This just proves that engineers have waaay more time on their hands than, say, a liberal arts major. :)

5 ashagato 04.18.08 at 1:55 pm

genius! i love it! where are the guys like this in real life?

6 electric 04.18.08 at 1:56 pm

Ha ha. I crying during the cat yodeling part. That was so hilarious.

7 melissa 04.18.08 at 1:57 pm

I instantly sent that to my engineer friend. Definitely one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while!

8 jULIE 04.18.08 at 1:57 pm

I <3 ENGINEERS.

9 Lisa 04.18.08 at 2:00 pm

Paul is a cutie, I’d hit that lol

10 Fegli 04.18.08 at 2:06 pm

Awww that was soo cute! “Cat motivational problems” lol. You could power a city off how many times my kitty and I shock each other in a year. <3

11 Vicki 04.18.08 at 2:07 pm

XD I first saw this on Fark and I was wondering when it was going to show up here.

*Has tried the kitty yodeling with her roommate’s cat* X3;

12 anner 04.18.08 at 2:08 pm

corporal cuddling! i do that all the time!

13 nads 04.18.08 at 2:14 pm

anner, me too! Then I usually get a claw to the face.

14 Alice 04.18.08 at 2:16 pm

Hee! I always called it “the 1000 kiss torture” :D

15 Space Cowgirl 04.18.08 at 2:16 pm

Love! Must show this to nerdy BF who doesn’t really like cats.

16 aelfwyn 04.18.08 at 2:18 pm

these guys are priceless. LOVE the cat yodelling, and the self-deprecating humour. Also Paul has a bit of a George Clooney thing going on, which can only help.

17 gatekchiclet 04.18.08 at 2:19 pm

i’m an engineer and i couldn’t stop loling.

the mating practices of engineers are definitely accurate.

18 mirysien 04.18.08 at 2:21 pm

was very fun to watch :)

19 Betsy 04.18.08 at 2:23 pm

Well, OK. They do it in a very engineer-y kind of way. But it is very sweet and cute! And shows the kitteh love! I approve. No eye rolling here.

20 Jaffer 04.18.08 at 2:24 pm

Watch his latest video to where he talks about him receiving several marriage proposals from numerous cat ladies

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mE_TXjITMoI

21 Duckie 04.18.08 at 2:28 pm

“Floral arrangement regurgetation” ROFL! i cant get over that!

22 Jess 04.18.08 at 2:35 pm

I love these guys! I love this video and I love there cats! *shake shake shake shake* YAY!

23 Jess 04.18.08 at 2:35 pm

I love these guys! I love this video and I love there cats! *shake shake shake shake* YAY!

24 Jess 04.18.08 at 2:35 pm

I love these guys! I love this video and I love there cats! *shake shake shake shake* YAY!

25 Jess 04.18.08 at 2:35 pm

I love these guys! I love this video and I love there cats! *shake shake shake shake* YAY!

26 Jess 04.18.08 at 2:35 pm

I love these guys! I love this video and I love there cats! *shake shake shake shake* YAY!

27 Jess 04.18.08 at 2:35 pm

I love these guys! I love this video and I love there cats! *shake shake shake shake* YAY!

28 Wrench 04.18.08 at 2:42 pm

Am I the only one who noticed that Oscar was PITCH PERFECT during the cat yodeling part?

29 bev 04.18.08 at 2:44 pm

Oh. My. God. I married an engineer. This is accurate to the point of being frightening.

My favorite part? The peanut butter and jelly sandwich with…*gasp*…DIFFERENT kinds of jelly!

That, and “post-modern cardboard deconstruction.”

30 stubbedoo 04.18.08 at 2:52 pm

I too married an engineer and have cats, this is pretty darn accurate – and I loved every minute of it! I will now annoy all of my friends by sending it to them.

And, I so have to try cat yodeling.

31 Ray 04.18.08 at 2:54 pm

Oh please, make it stop! My sides are splitting.

As a professional engineer myself with a life-long “cat problem,” this was the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. I can’t begin to say how much of this is spot-on. The cat yodeling is priceless, I didn’t know the practice even had a name. I just thought it was huggy-kitty time that usually ended with an annoyed kitty that gives me a 10 minute cat-scan from under potted plant.

Cats are excellent companions for engineers due to the high amusement to annoyance factor.

32 Mandy 04.18.08 at 2:56 pm

Fabulous. Why isn’t my cat an artist too? Although he is good at lounging, gotta give him that.

33 Kim 04.18.08 at 2:56 pm

Those guys are sorta sexy. Oh yeah, and the cats are coot too.

34 Noelle 04.18.08 at 2:57 pm

Ok, this was a little weird but also very cute. I also loved the cat yodeling.

I really needed a visit to CO today and this video was perfect. I attempted to rescue a kitten I found in the middle of the road on my way to work this morning, but unfortunately it died just as I got it to the Vet Hospital. I was so upset and a visit to Co was just what I needed. Thank GOD for animal lovers.

35 Noelle 04.18.08 at 2:58 pm

Whoops, should have been a capital CO at the end there. Sorry! Hard to type through tears.

36 fireflyez 04.18.08 at 2:58 pm

I used to date an engineer… this is so right on! Cats are the engineers of the animal world!
OK, and “low energy cardboard performance art”, made my day!

37 Peg of Tilling 04.18.08 at 3:00 pm

Marriage proposals? I’m surprised he’s not getting ovaries in the mail.

38 Chance 04.18.08 at 3:02 pm

OMG! Kitteh Yodeling is the BEST! I LOL’d like I never LOL’d before.

39 Areinaka 04.18.08 at 3:03 pm

My favorite part was when the tuna was being dished out, and a marmalade paw reached for it accompanied by a rather pitiful meow.

That was great.

40 zoid 04.18.08 at 3:09 pm

LOL! Loved it!

41 Katydid 04.18.08 at 3:11 pm

I am an engineer and I found that video hilarious. I do, however, think that those two engineers must be unemployed…..they have far too much time on their hands

42 BustaMove 04.18.08 at 3:13 pm

I live with an engineer and his 2 cats – this was spot on! Very funny.

43 meg 04.18.08 at 3:14 pm

hahahahahahahha this is one of the funniest things i’ve ever seen

44 Kate 04.18.08 at 3:16 pm

That TOTALLY made my morning!

Off the link goes to my engineer brother in law who loves cats…

45 Catsquatch 04.18.08 at 3:20 pm

Im so bummed, once again youtube killed it for me right when he served the tuna…..
Ill try again tomorrow.

To the woman with the emergency kitten, I know honey, bless you for trying.

46 whiskers 04.18.08 at 3:20 pm

AAAAAA!!! I haven’t laughed so hard in quite a while. I can understand engineers doing exactly this. The kittehs were so patient, and the engineers so clinical… loved it!

47 gillian 04.18.08 at 3:21 pm

OMG. I died laughing.

48 aspenjade 04.18.08 at 3:22 pm

OMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!1! I don’t doubt that these guys got more ladies after posting this video. That may have even been their goal. Purrfecshun, gentlemen, absolute purrfecshun.

49 CF 04.18.08 at 3:24 pm

Love it! Paul is cute! The cats are adorable!

50 David 04.18.08 at 3:28 pm

I love the part about “games like, I’m not paying any attention to you”. When you’re an engineer your job is to make things do what you want them to do. Paradoxically many engineers I know (because they are introverts?) likes cats because they can’t be made to do that.

51 james w 04.18.08 at 3:39 pm

this is a great video. So amusing. CAT YODELLING! Its great… squeeeeeeek

52 Chloe 04.18.08 at 3:39 pm

Nome of your videos are ever available. It’s annoying and makes the website look tacky and amateur. How can you remedy this problem?

[Sorry, Chloe, but this isn't true. You need to have the Adobe Flash plugin installed in your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.) to watch any YouTube video, and also whatever internet connection you have has to allow Flash video. Some folks' internet at work, for instance, have firewalls that block videos. Finally, if you've got any anti-scripting plugins installed, like NoScript for Firefox, you'll have to set it to "allow" YouTube.com. Link to free Flash install is below... - Ed.]
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&promoid=BUIGP

53 Paula 04.18.08 at 3:40 pm

I loved all of it, but I especially liked the little touches, like the pantry that had nothing but dry cat food and tuna (for the cats) and multiple jars of peanut butter and jelly (for the engineers).

These guys are definitely engineers AND single. Did you notice their “early garage sale” furniture?

54 Aesthetica 04.18.08 at 3:41 pm

i will totally marry this engineer AND his cats. then we can be the crazy cat couple.

and i am still in tears from laughing at the yodeling and the performance art. i think i might have s stroke. priceless!

55 Kristina 04.18.08 at 3:42 pm

Ashagato, the guys like this “in real life” are in the Engineering Department of your local university. They can also be found in small rooms in factories, on half-built bridges, and quite often in management positions in major business. The “engineeriness” of the latter is somewhat questionable, though.
True engineers are always distinguished by their lack of good fashion sense, their tendency to carry calculators roughly the size of a breadbox, and their complete inability to effectively relate to strangers of the opposite sex.

56 GingerMartini 04.18.08 at 3:43 pm

I’m LOL’ing so hard at work now, I can’t answer the phone!

57 Squirly 04.18.08 at 3:44 pm

Chloe- the vids usually work just fine for me. On the rare occasions when they don’t, I just click through and watch them straight on youtube.

58 Kristina 04.18.08 at 3:47 pm

Ashagato, the guys like this “in real life” are in the Engineering Department of your local university. They can also be found in small rooms in factories, on half-built bridges, and quite often in management positions in major business. The “engineeriness” of the latter is somewhat questionable, though.
True engineers are always distinguished by their lack of good fashion sense, their tendency to carry calculators roughly the size of a breadbox, and their complete inability to effectively relate to strangers of the opposite sex.

59 Amy 04.18.08 at 3:53 pm

This is too much. My computer nerd/introvert of a boyfriend has a cat, and there’s nothing that makes me giggle more than when he baby-talks the cat. And the (corporal)cuddling. Too funny. I (heart) nerds. :-)

60 lurkingsmirk 04.18.08 at 3:54 pm

Cute, and nicely done. I wonder if the two marms are siblings.

61 Ermine Violin 04.18.08 at 3:56 pm

When the little paw reaches up to the plate it just kills me. The entire thing just kills me.

Right now though – i’m going to go stand in a doorway all day – the earthquakes are coming! the earthquakes are coming!

(2 today!)

62 k 04.18.08 at 3:59 pm

Chloe, my guess is the problem is on your end, and it might be a good idea to rule out any problems with your set-up before accusing the Cute Overload site of being “tacky and amateur” since you seem to be the only person complaining ;)

Here are a few things you can try:

If you’re viewing from work, it may be that your employer has had blocks installed to prevent employees from accessing certain material. If that’s the case, you’re out of luck, and it has nothing to do with CO.

If you’re viewing from home, check your firewall settings.

If you use Firefox as your browser, check to see what extensions you’re running and if you’re allowing scripts. Viewing videos here or anywhere else requires that you permit scripts to run from You Tube as well as the site where the video is embedded.

63 tracyFlick 04.18.08 at 3:59 pm

I bet they also like girls who are smart and funny, sigh…love the sidekick dude.

64 k 04.18.08 at 4:03 pm

Meg, thanks for posting this video; I was wondering when it would show up on CO!

65 bev 04.18.08 at 4:07 pm

Hey Ermine Violin! Didja catch that last aftershock? I ran straight outside when I heard my dining room chandelier.

66 SSSsss 04.18.08 at 4:15 pm

Necessary??

I fully support Chloe’s agitation with the site. Every time I open this page it shuts down my entire internet. It happens multiple times every single day.

67 stealingsand 04.18.08 at 4:16 pm

ah Gahd, the pitiful questing PAW!!!! and did everybody miss the tap-dancing Ginger (Rogers?). Shake that booty. yeah.

There’s too much here to talk about, can’t stop quoting it to my husband. This is why engineers/geeks are cute, BTW. Not so big on the fashion, but definitely in the earnest/unassuming arena. Fashion can be fixed, character can’t.

68 Shannon 04.18.08 at 4:21 pm

I finally have a name for it! Corporal Cuddling!!! Mu big is a big touch-me-not and this happens all the time. I mean, I try to respect his wishes but sometime I just HAVE to!

69 pugmamatimestwo 04.18.08 at 4:25 pm

“corporal cuddling” ha! in my house, we call that “protest kitty” because she haaaates it when we snorgle her. she gets all yelly and splays her toes. so cute!

70 Theo 04.18.08 at 4:26 pm

SSSsss — sounds to me more like you’ve got an issue with your PC, like some kind of malware infection. Call your doctor… er, tech support.

71 Ermine Violin 04.18.08 at 4:26 pm

Yeah I sure did – it felt like my chair was a bumper car for just a moment there.

I’m near a ™BIG COLLEGE TOWN not in Chicago in Illinois… where are you?

SSSSssss maybe you aren’t supposed to be here then? hmmmmm?

72 Jennie 04.18.08 at 4:28 pm

My kittehs have moved on from floral arrangement regurgitation to ribbon bundle regurg. Colorful and textural!

73 Johanna 04.18.08 at 4:33 pm

The yodeling! Oh, YODELING!!!

Too, too, moische.

[collapses in gigglefit]

74 Theo 04.18.08 at 4:34 pm

Jennie — thanks for sharing, eww

75 Tamara 04.18.08 at 4:39 pm

Best video EVAR! Paul’s a hottie…single 27 yr old blonde female here! yes i like older men, older CAT men! mwahahahaha, i’ll even buy my own ring, you can’t beat that! well, except for maybe with cat yodeling.

76 bev 04.18.08 at 4:41 pm

Ermine V – I’m in the St. Louis area in an old brick house. When my cell phone vibrated a few minutes ago I about fell over dead. Not that I’m nervous or anything.

77 Annie 04.18.08 at 4:41 pm

ErminViolin Huggs from California.. Hope your aftershocks get less and less as the day goes on.

78 megusmaximus 04.18.08 at 4:44 pm

Noelle, I’m so sorry to hear about the kitty you tried to save. But at least the little one’s last moments were in the hands of someone who cared.

And this video … I thought I was going to explode from trying not to scream with laughter lest I disturb my office mates.

79 Joanna 04.18.08 at 4:47 pm

My former boyfriend the engineer hated my cat, so I find this hilarious and comforting.
Apparently this guy has rescued some kitties in the past, hence the marriage proposals.

80 Ameri 04.18.08 at 4:47 pm

omg, cats in boxes again!

81 Yodie 04.18.08 at 4:49 pm

omg Im gonna say it…
ROFLMFAO!!

I’ve been busted by my coworkers… NOT WORKING AGAIN CO!

The cat yodelling… was teh funnay!

82 Monty 04.18.08 at 4:51 pm

Ssss….I had something similar happening a little while ago, but only it was whenever I was in my Yahoo Mail (my .com mail at that, not my .ca mail).

The issue? I had a Trojan and a pile of Spyware on my computer. A massive cleanup cleared out the problem perfectly. No more browser crash.

Make a note to self. Triplecheck that issues aren’t actually on your own machine before accusing a random website.

And this vid? ABSOLUTE BRILLIANCE! I lurves it!

83 Madeleine 04.18.08 at 4:51 pm

I’ll bet this was all an elaborate ploy to get the ladies, as was mentioned above–worked on me, at least :) .

I can’t decide what is funnier–the cat antics, the engineering/math jokes, or the unassuming, deadpan manner of the narrator.

As a math geek, this reminds me of one of my favorite cartoons of all time:
http://xkcd.com/26/

84 Jim 04.18.08 at 4:54 pm

Sheesh, put a couple of modestly attractive adult male humans in, and no nuffers to be found.

85 Jade 04.18.08 at 5:00 pm

Yes, Paul is attractive. But, his boyish charms cannot take my attention away from the kitten paw impatiently reaching for the tuna around 2:00.

86 Diane 04.18.08 at 5:01 pm

I have 5 cats of my own and found this video so funny I cried laughing. Great find! (Off to use corporal cuddling)

87 Maggie 04.18.08 at 5:02 pm

Corporal cuddling! Holy crap! I have a name for it now :) .

When our monkey whines and cries like a baby (usually for treats she can’t have), she gets held like a baby. She hates it :)

88 Limegirl 04.18.08 at 5:08 pm

My day is now made. I am now sending this video to all my engineer friends. Love it.

89 claw 04.18.08 at 5:09 pm

Very funny video :D D

90 JimK 04.18.08 at 5:09 pm

I’m convinced that all male cat lovers practice corporal cuddling and cat yodeling. I’m no engineer but I’ve been using those techniques for years. ;)

91 ashagato 04.18.08 at 5:13 pm

thank kristina for the locating-sorta-dorky-but-witty-cat-loving-guy tips!
i’m heading out to find some now ;)

92 Nekussa 04.18.08 at 5:24 pm

I love the “fitting into tight parking spaces” bit!

93 NTMel 04.18.08 at 5:26 pm

My hubby calls it “kittel harassment.” When I mention that to non-qte people, they think he’s being abusive. *sigh*

94 marissposa 04.18.08 at 5:28 pm

Jim- There is a pretty obvious difference (I assume you’re referencing the unfortunate popsicle incident). This video has cute animals in it. I’m surprised you failed to notice it since it mentions it right there in the title nd all.
Corporal Cuddling is the only affective method of disciplining my kitty. Also the only way to get any love.

95 dailyhamster 04.18.08 at 5:48 pm

Very clever and amusing! I actually wasn’t aware that cat-nerds existed.

96 Theo 04.18.08 at 5:50 pm

DailyHamster — I feel like my entire existence has been denied… :(

97 Carl 04.18.08 at 5:50 pm

I have a feeling the two guys in the video aren’t all that concerned about getting the ladies, if you get my drift. ;)

Anyway, the paw reaching for the tuna out of desperation? Classic.

98 dailyhamster 04.18.08 at 5:53 pm

@Theo: LOL! I didn’t mean to marginalize you, dearest Teho! It’s my own ignorance, not your insignificance, at work here. And anyway, I discovered today that, not only do cat-nerds exist, they’re adorable. ;-)

99 ornith 04.18.08 at 5:54 pm

Haha yes, finally a name for it – corporal cuddling! My kitty gets dragged under the blankets for that when he won’t stop waking me up for breakfast too early!

Am so going to have to try cat yodeling…

100 Alicia 04.18.08 at 5:54 pm

This is fantastic. I love their scientific approach to the cats’ behavior and his deadpan face as he talks about them. It so reminds me of the tv show “The Big Bang Theory”. Too much!! Thank you CO – that was just what I needed today.

101 Michelle 04.18.08 at 5:56 pm

Hilarious! And ladies, guys like this are everywhere. You just gotta know where to look. I met mine at dog obedience school. Some of them like dogs as well as cats!

102 turbofloof 04.18.08 at 5:58 pm

Ok, by the third viewing of this video today, I’ve had to close my office door because apparently, my laughter is disruptive to the work enviornment! HA!

103 Michelle 04.18.08 at 6:00 pm

Oh and one more thing.

OMG CO IS TAKY AND MAKING TEH INTARWEBS CRASH!!1! WHEN R U GOING 2 FIX TIHS??!?!?!!

104 Theo 04.18.08 at 6:03 pm

Bad Michelle!
No catnerd!

105 Justa Duck 04.18.08 at 6:04 pm

Where’s the TJ love? I’d totally snorgle that.

106 Ermine Violin 04.18.08 at 6:10 pm

Teho – look in the mirror and repeat after me:

“I’m good enough
I’m smart enough
and doggoneit people like me!”

107 Theo 04.18.08 at 6:18 pm

E.V. — oh yeah, that’s what I need, MORE EGO.
Well, that, and more cowbell.

Al Franken is the man.
(well, him, and Chris Walken)

108 Berg 04.18.08 at 6:21 pm

Engineers rock, but engineers with cats are even better! You guys rule!

109 Laura M. 04.18.08 at 6:32 pm

I luf these guys.

110 Ermine Violin 04.18.08 at 6:39 pm

Well, speaking as a thoroughly married woman who shouldn’t comment on things such as this to thoroughly married men, you do have one of the better looking chins I’ve ever seen. :D :P And you’re also never rude.

111 Theo 04.18.08 at 6:57 pm

LOL!!!!!

Did you hear that, everyone? I’M NEVER RUDE.

;)

112 Lucy 04.18.08 at 7:26 pm

I think I died right around “cardboard performance art.”

113 LisaLisa 04.18.08 at 7:34 pm

I am in full agreement with the other ladies on here. Paul is a cutie. If I wasn’t married………

I laughed and laughed at this video. I’m gonna watch it again when I get home.

114 amanda j 04.18.08 at 7:43 pm

GUH! tap dancing ginger is the best thing ever!! SOO CUUUTE!

115 harlemgrrl 04.18.08 at 7:49 pm

i’ve been calling it “love torture,” but corporal cuddling sounds much more geektastic.

116 Martha in Washington 04.18.08 at 8:27 pm

Now I have a name for it!!
Cardboard Performance Art!! My Gemma is the Picasso of CPA! Altho those kitties are very good too.
Did anyone else notice how the (cute) engineer served the tuna in three perfect portions?!

117 Gail 04.18.08 at 8:36 pm

How is it I’ve missed seeing Teho, the (never seen) “Maris” of CO?!!!

Somebody posted that link in the Pa-sickie commentroversy last week, I think, and it is such a great video!!

Yes, I’d marry Paul, too. (If he likes older broadzzzz with their own set of cats). Love a guy with a sense of humor, kindness (and gray hair, too!)—and whoever said Clooney is right!!!

[Maris never *spoke*, though. I'm more like the Once-ler. - Ed.]

118 donna 04.18.08 at 8:38 pm

This is fantastic. I wish I would have married an engineer.

119 Annie 04.18.08 at 8:46 pm

My Favorite Part of the video well actully one of my favorite parts is the whole cat aspect ratio. Just killed me..
I know it is one of those geeky references but I just loved it.. Can’t help it Taking introductory algebra in college, plus married to a total geeky network engineer.

120 kittehsnbubbles 04.18.08 at 8:46 pm

lol really made me laugh, it never fails to amaze me what ppl can come up with in their spare time!

121 Alice Shortcake 04.18.08 at 8:52 pm

My cat was going berserk during the yodelling! I must try it when she’s calmed down a bit!

122 CoffeeCup 04.18.08 at 8:52 pm

No one has mentioned the ninjas in the beginning! The calculators! The ninjas!

I love the cats, and the classification of being “that guy with cats” and how in the end…he’s got three cats! I love how the cats are participants in the video, but don’t seem to care either way. I do love the marmalade paw when the tuna bit comes up. Awesome.

123 Maria 04.18.08 at 8:57 pm

If I wasn’t already in a relationship, I’d be hunting down both of these guys with my feminine — and feline — wiles. They deserve great gals to go with their amazing fur babies!

124 evil latte 04.18.08 at 9:02 pm

LOL i love the geeky references!(and the ninjas) i MUST try cat yodeling and corporeal cuddeling with my boys!

125 hibousoir 04.18.08 at 9:18 pm

OMG, this is too goddamn funny!

126 tubbysnuggles 04.18.08 at 9:23 pm

i absolutely lost it at cat yodeling. CAT YODELING. And I didn’t see how they could top the cardboard performance art.

OMG this rocks. You’ve just GOT TO love a couple of guys who are willing to look so funny. Just … LOVE THEM. omg.

127 Persephone 04.18.08 at 9:34 pm

uh…

did anyone else assume that these guys were a couple?

I mean, it seems like the cats belong to both of them. :)

128 Chocolate Chipped 04.18.08 at 9:42 pm

Wow–that is one LONG video. But I learned a lot, so it was worth it :-)

129 thequeenmum 04.18.08 at 9:46 pm

All I have to say is: ROFFLE!

I almost choked on my mac & cheese when it got to the cat yodeling part because of excessive giggling.

130 stuntcat 04.18.08 at 9:47 pm

I’m gonna see if any of my guys will yodel!

131 Cait 04.18.08 at 10:04 pm

Oh man. Corporal cuddling.

I didn’t know there was a name for it. I torture my cat with love all the time :)

132 Bobin 04.18.08 at 10:11 pm

I want to marry either one of them, and I was an English major!

133 Amy 04.18.08 at 10:20 pm

I tewtally get it … being an engineer and all.
The cat yoedelling was hilarious…both my puppies were ROTFLTAO.

BTW : Good observation Persephone :-)

134 Nancy 04.18.08 at 10:26 pm

okay, after working with engineers for 18 years (1979-1998) and loving cats for 50 years (1958-2008), this is probably the best video i’ve ever seen on cats!!!!! these guys are priceless (the engineers too) and the last picture with all 3 cats and TJ is worth 1,000 words! this should be a psa for cats!

135 Nancy 04.18.08 at 10:27 pm

oh yea, and corporal cuddling should be instituted in the u.s. for all beings (human and animal). free hugs!!!!!

136 CoffeeCup 04.18.08 at 10:36 pm

Persephone…I wouldn’t be surprised if one or two of the cats belong to one of the guys and they just collaborated cats for the purpose of the video. They don’t look like they’re a couple and there isn’t a reason to assume such. *shrug* Guys can’t just be around each other without the premise that they might be gay?

137 tanya 04.18.08 at 10:50 pm

Paul! Paul! Paul!
I have it on good authority that he’s a great dancer as well as an engineer with and ability to laugh at himself.
Watch out, Paul!
P.s. you totally get my vote at the Tallgrass meeting.

138 kah 04.18.08 at 10:54 pm

T___T i want to cat yodel?!!!
why doesnt it work with my cats!?

139 Piggalette 04.18.08 at 11:09 pm

OMG I laughed til I cried (actually, scared the crap out of hubby who was sleeping) at the corporal snuggling. Sooooo funny!!!!!

140 J-Kat 04.18.08 at 11:14 pm

I’m an engineering grad student, and I love boys with cats. This was almost like porn for me. The corporal snuggling nearly killed me.

141 Shaz 04.18.08 at 11:16 pm

Dailyhamster, not only Theo, but there’re Mario and Brent over at SOMC! They’re out there…ya just gotta look for ‘em.

My cat Sammie – who looked almost EXACTLY like Zoey – would do her own yodelling. She would trot along while meowing. It would sound something like: Mreh eh eh eh eh…

Love this video!

142 Girlnextdoortn 04.18.08 at 11:20 pm

Cat Yodeling!

A+ for every single bit of this video, despite its length. Truly, A +.

143 maggieb_tpa 04.18.08 at 11:22 pm

My furbombs have carefully positioned their furry selves out of easy cuddling range.

144 NameChangedToProtectInnocent 04.18.08 at 11:48 pm

Yes, “corporal cuddling” has been known to happen at my house also. Unfortunately one of my cats loved to be violently kissed so it wasn’t real effective for him, at least. I’ve been known to attempt a variation of yodeling also; had a cat I’d pick up and hold stretched out on her back, at shoulder/hip, and sing “Samalina concertina” to her while moving in a wavelike fashion to simulate a concertina. (Maybe you had to be there.) But to me the cat yodeling sounded like someone playing a saw.

145 berthaservant (no longer berthaslave) 04.18.08 at 11:56 pm

You know, I’m a nerd. I’m a cat nerd. I write a blog about some of the animal pics here and eventually about my own cat. I am getting a Ph.D. Right now I am interviewing for a tenure-track position at a major public university and last week got an offer to publish my dissertation by a major academic press.

But because I work in the “arts” and am “furry” and “panda-bear shaped” I cannot even fathom getting the kind of tail (sorry, ovaries) that these guys are getting. Zheesh. Engineers are like the rock stars of nerds, and I’m like the roadie.

Thanks, CO. Thanks a lot.

Slumping away to the corner, singing “Alone Again Naturally,”

berthaslave

P.S. I second the remark that just because two guys are in near proximity and like cats does not mean they are gay.

146 Juniper Jupiter 04.18.08 at 11:59 pm

OMG!!! BWAAHAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAA!!!! XD!!!!

I’m glad I’m not the only one stroking out on the CAT YODELING!!! I didn’t know it had a name, either!! I like to “torture” my cats with it whenever we’re pissed off at each other! I think I peed a little on that! :D

***Two little known facts aboot Juniper!
1) My pop-in-law is a Senior Electrical ENGINEER at a well known University (unfortunately, though, he’s allergic to cats and foods that make him really sick!:()
2) My bro-in-law is an Industrial ENGINEER who not only co-invented a particular type of digital camera, but also was a contestant on Battlebots, on two different seasons!!

How aboot that!!

147 socrates 04.19.08 at 12:09 am

What is with the snarkily worded intro, your eyes are rolling… mine are crying! What a great clip.

148 Alexis 04.19.08 at 12:26 am

I have not laughed so hard at a CO post in a long time.

(Well, at least not since the “pa-sickie” post…)

149 Dogbreath 04.19.08 at 1:13 am

Aw, berthaservant, I love ya. To tell the truth, you indimidate me a little, because you are *so* smart and funny and articulate and well-written and all…..

but I love ya too.

Panda-bear shaped? What’s not to love?

150 Sheenanana 04.19.08 at 1:37 am

I love nerds.

151 chanpon 04.19.08 at 2:08 am

He needs to come facilitate our company presentations and webexes. Hilarious!

152 Totalee Puppy 04.19.08 at 2:09 am

NOELLE, Sometimes caring hurts, but I believe that you will go on caring…How much nicer for
the kitten to be with you than abandoned out there…
Whether you believe in Rainbow Bridge or whether
your caring hands have built a bridge from suffering to safety, you have made a difference for each little someone-in-need
you find. Que dios la bendiga–May God bless you.

153 browngrl 04.19.08 at 2:14 am

We have “corporal cuddling” in our house too! Only we call it “duty time” and I advise both our cats to lie back and think of England while I snuggle them up. Both have learned to tolerate it.. but just.

154 Totalee Puppy 04.19.08 at 2:15 am

Oh, I forgot to say that I
really enjoyed this video!
My favorite part was the
little marmalade paw reaching up for the tuna…
and the meow. So simple…
so true.

155 turbofloof 04.19.08 at 2:42 am

Noelle – Sorry for your sad day. I remember once, I “adopted” an AWESOME stray (I fed and loved on him – tons of pats and skritches, but he stayed outdoors,) who I named Jose. One day, I came home to find Jose collapsed on my doorstep looking awful and weak (he was always the handsomest of tom cats – except my own, of course.) When I whisked him off to the vet, I found out he had advanced FIV (I never could catch him to vaccinate and neuter him, which is why he wasn’t allowed indoors with my own two kittehs.) He was so sick, I put him down that day. It was horrible! But, the other poster was right, at least your kitten had someone who cared for him in the end. What a lucky little guy…. Being responsible sucks sometimes, but it’s the right thing.

156 Gail 04.19.08 at 2:43 am

Aww, c’mon Berthaservant!! You know you’re OUR PhD candidate (okay, so I’m paraphrasing Halle Berry in “Bulworth”)!!!

157 Leilani 04.19.08 at 2:52 am

OMG, I am not an engineer, but I work with those folks all day. This is SOOO engineer, but I am absolutely flabbergasted at the amount of humor involved here. It must be the cat factor. It has to be. (We didn’t call it “cat yodelling”–we call it “playng the kitty bagpipes”!) LOVE IT!!!!

158 Melisma 04.19.08 at 3:29 am

What a great video – geek jokes and animal jokes; what more could I want?

Berthaservant, don’t despair – you’re very smart and funny, and if I weren’t completely in love with my sweetly geeky, attractive-but-not-in-a-movie-star-way boyfriend I would do some flirting. Except I’m mildly allergic to cats, although I admire them from afar.

Maybe someday I’ll post “the opera singer’s guide to chinchillas.”

159 Piggalette 04.19.08 at 3:50 am

Melisma: You MUST do that video! It would be awesome. :)

160 Sweet Pea 04.19.08 at 4:19 am

Lurved the kitty dance moves!

161 yankeebird 04.19.08 at 4:38 am

Heh, that’s funny… I’ve had this open in a tab for about a week now as I keep meaning to send it to my cat-loving engineer ex, but just haven’t gotten around to it. Why didn’t I even think of sending it here?!?

162 yankeebird 04.19.08 at 4:51 am

Wow, I just read everyone’s comments… it seems like everyone here knows or is an engineer! Weird.

163 athie 04.19.08 at 4:54 am

I’m lost for words – really what can one say!
HILARIOUS!
I did find the item placement in the kitchen cupboards quite disturbing :)

164 CoffeeCup 04.19.08 at 6:08 am

Future father in law is an engineer, I have several friends who are engineers (and a few who were in the engineering building during last year’s Virginia Tech shootings – eeesh!) and one of my aunts is an engineer. And I received NO math genes at all.

165 Janni 04.19.08 at 6:42 am

This is my Favourite CO video ever. Ever!

166 LisaL 04.19.08 at 7:26 am

Yay! I was one of the people that sent this in! hehe So glad others did as well so it got posted!
I absolutely loved it when I first saw it on Neatorama. It had be cracking up the entire time. I think I’ve watched it at least 10x and now that it’s on CO.. I’ll be watching it even more now! hehe

167 LisaL 04.19.08 at 7:28 am

Oh and during the Corporal Cuddling part.. I swear that one cat sounds like it’s saying “Noooooooo” lol.. cracks me up every time.

168 Oblivia 04.19.08 at 7:30 am

Dude, I have that same calculator. In the spirit of cat correlations…
http://xkcd.com/231/

169 Mollence 04.19.08 at 8:00 am

Funniest thing since Winston!

170 secretlyindian 04.19.08 at 8:41 am

I would date either of these guys (except they have cats and I’m extremely allergic).

171 Kimski 04.19.08 at 8:50 am

Men + cats + funny = prrrrr.

Berthas**, you are totally eligible. Pity I’m on the other side of the world.

172 Katrina 04.19.08 at 10:50 am

Yale Applied Physics Grad Students are just like this-only they play “What if?” a lot.

This is going to my UCONN guy and beyond. Perfect. OOoh, the three equal portions of tuna- this was so well thought-out, so many snort-inducing details! Thank you!

173 momof2kitties 04.19.08 at 11:48 am

Awww…Berthaservant. Don’t you know by now you have your very own CO fan club? We luffs Bs!

W00T for panda bear (shapes!) Some of us are shaped like that too. Its all good. :-)

174 pitkat 04.19.08 at 12:22 pm

That is one of the funniest cat videos I’ve ever seen!! My fiance acts like an engineer and fits right in on some of their techniques.

175 jen 04.19.08 at 12:46 pm

what a riot. i’ve been laughing to tears over heah! “aspect ratio” !?!?!”yodeling?”"????!!!

AWESOME VIDEO (and tewtelly beautiful kittehs)

176 Theresa 04.19.08 at 1:20 pm

I think many of us have some fearful practice we visit on our kitties at times. I used to carry my 4-pound kitty around baby-style and sing “Shrimp Boats is a-Coming” to her. Weirdly, enough, she did not hate this.

177 kc 04.19.08 at 1:41 pm

OK, finally a legitimate way to use “engineer” and “cute” in the same sentence: “Have you seen that engineer video on Cute Overload?”

I didn’t think it could be done. (snicker)

178 Theresa 04.19.08 at 1:45 pm

(Ballpark-style chant for Berthaservant)
MVP! MVP! MVP! ;)

179 Lindr 04.19.08 at 2:00 pm

How funny! In my house, when my big girl (same aspect ratio as Zoey, I think) needs her claws trimmed, we feed her bits of treats when she starts growling. It goes something like “ggrroooo-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow” until she runs out of breath. As annoyed as she is, she can’t turn away from the treats. Not quite yodeling, but still hilarious.

180 siobhan 04.19.08 at 2:05 pm

you know whats sad… i’ve tried cat yodeling. i am so ashamed…

181 Ermine Violin 04.19.08 at 2:55 pm

I immediately ran over to my mom’s house to see if Belle yodeled – she doesn’t, but she does push at your face and chest rather hard and screeches.

182 lymerae 04.19.08 at 3:01 pm

Hey, kc! My boyfriend’s an engineer, and he’s plenty cute. But he’s also a great partner dancer, so I don’t know if he’s your typical engineer.

183 Rad_Cuteologist 04.19.08 at 3:14 pm

Noelle, good for you for trying to help that kitten!
I agree, thank goodness for animal lovers!

184 Theresa 04.19.08 at 3:39 pm

Siobhan, it’s OK. Everybody experiments in camp.

185 -valerie 04.19.08 at 4:08 pm

This was hilarious!

186 Megaera 04.19.08 at 4:25 pm

Ha, awesome. Corporal cuddling works very well with one of my cats, but not the other. Quasar is the only cat I’ve ever met who not only likes to be picked up and squeezed, but occasionally demands it (with claws).

187 Paunchie 04.19.08 at 5:24 pm

Did you notice at the grocery store, what the guy’s got in his cart?! LOL!!!

188 seeds 04.19.08 at 5:58 pm

Seriously, this was the funniest video in CO ever! I laughed so hard I almost wetted my self..
Just wonderfull!

189 Annie 04.19.08 at 5:58 pm

LOL to all the comments. And let me say this engineer guys are everywhere and they are the best kind of friends and
girls if you want them you have to make the first move. They are usually shy around girls. THey are not the kind of guys that stand out in a crowd but if you take teh time to get to know them they are by far and away teh best kind of guys you will ever meet and have a relationship with . They are kind considerate and though a bit OCD about details tehy are almost all excellent conversationalists once they get to know you.
They are usually not rock star cute but they are cute and Berthaservant polar bear proportions mean nothing it really is alot more about who you are in yourself.

Ohh And Teho really is never rude, at least not in the last year I have been coming to CO. And someone mentioned a cute chin.. there was at least one photo with your chin in it Teho.. The one with your rabbit getting a bath.

190 turkeylegsmom 04.19.08 at 7:01 pm

I loved the mail from the Kentucky woman in the second video–all the “fix your cat! All the cool guys do it!” bumper stickers. Um, maybe it’s just me, but if I was trying to impress a guy I’d never met, perhaps the best opening salvo isn’t “Marry me! I’m really into neutering!”

But you should, of course, fix your li’l monkeys. Then ply them with tuna and on to the Corporal Cuddling!

191 Brenda 04.19.08 at 10:15 pm

I don’t remember the last time I was this turned on! Animal-loving engineers….if only I were single. (sigh) HA! Love the video, thanks guys!

192 Kristina L. 04.20.08 at 12:16 am

That guy is very George Clooney – like. Cute! And the kitties are great.

I love the sense of humor. The whole thing was so funny! I’m a programmer, so I guess that makes me sort of an engineer, almost.

Be careful with the tuna, though. If cats have too much, it’s bad for them. Could even be dangerous for them to have too much.

193 debg 04.20.08 at 12:21 am

Berthaservant and all other hetero men: hetero women love men with cats (or other animals). Sweet guys are sexy! I know–I’m with the sweetest, sexiest one in the world.

194 Palema 04.20.08 at 1:03 am

I thought they were a couple, and I didn’t think there was anything wrong with that. It didn’t look like any women ever set foot in that place.

195 meg 04.20.08 at 1:32 am

hey meg, keep rolling them eyes.
so what.
it’s cute
get over it

loser

196 Jaye 04.20.08 at 1:34 am

Palema, there wouldn’t be anything wrong with it–but there’s no evidence for it, either. Especially with a segment showing one of them trying to attract a female. I’d guess this is Narrator Engineer’s place and Assistant Engineer is just helping make the movie.

197 monty 04.20.08 at 2:03 am

Or, they could be BFF. And if it looks like a woman has never set foot in the place, well…they ARE engineers. *snicker*.

198 Steph 04.20.08 at 5:31 am

I think I’m in LOVE!!!!

199 katiedid 04.20.08 at 1:05 pm

Every part was so funny. From the cat reaching up for the tuna to the “feedback” from cloe the cat lol. I LOVED the cat yodling. So great!!!

200 Gillian 04.20.08 at 2:09 pm

My cats fail yodeling. :(

201 Brandi Lee 04.20.08 at 2:43 pm

BRILLIANT !!!!!

202 Cockatoo 04.20.08 at 3:00 pm

A few observations from a proud she-nerd:

I just finished a book called “Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them” in which the author points out that a characteristic of nerds is having far less self-consciousness than the average person (which explains fanny packs, cell phone on belt, open enjoyment of “childish” amusements, etc.) So I’d guess it’s less easy to figure out from their behavior whether two nerds are a couple than it would be for two non-nerds.

Second, I must point out that they measured the cats in INCHES. Real engineers and scientists use METRIC units. (shakes admonishing paw in their direction)

Third, did anyone else notice similarities between Paul and the “Will it Blend?” guy?

203 nicole face 04.20.08 at 6:10 pm

I tried the corporal cuddling on my cat…he smacked me in the face with his paw.

i’m going to try the tap dancing thing today!

204 Kate 04.20.08 at 6:59 pm

Fundamental flaw in the corporal cuddling technique: May be misinterpreted as a reward. My cat would LOVE to be corporal cuddled. All day. He’s a golden retriever at heart.

205 fiddledeedee 04.20.08 at 7:19 pm

Charming and hysterical at the same time. Made me wonder if you were on the same Meds I am on. Only unanswered question is who wrote the script for the cats? Excellent dialog for them…oh, and the narrator as well.

206 Furbabies 04.20.08 at 8:30 pm

Where, oh where, was a guy like this when I was younger? Not that I am old now, 49 is not old. Cute, funny and loves cats. Oh, for a time machine.

207 ThePhantomOfTheNet 04.20.08 at 9:49 pm

Interesting. I tried the ‘Coporal Cuddling’ with my oldest, UC, and she acted a little weirded out. No meows, and she’s been eyeing me suspiciously ever since.

NS usually allows only a brief snorgle, and true to form, allowed 3 quick coporal cuddles, then the claws and mad scramble came out. No meows again. He is a peculair one, he doesn’t like being picked up at all, but he has to have a paw extended and touching me whenever either of us are sleeping.

TS will be over for a visit soon, so I’ll have to try her out…

I’ve got to get one of them taped yodelling for my sis in Switzerland!

208 RuthElisa 04.20.08 at 10:09 pm

Meg & Co:This is really cute.
My dad sent me it so glad ya’ll loved it.
This was really funny!:)
CO rules!

209 Chastity 04.20.08 at 10:19 pm

GREAT stuff !!!

210 jmuhj 04.20.08 at 11:40 pm

1, This video is the best.
2. One or both of these guys is invited to propose to me.
3. Any other guys out there who LOVE cats and are available, ditto.

211 e-beth 04.21.08 at 12:05 am

“Kitty bagpipes” is what my dad called it. He is an architect-very close to engineer.

Engineer hubby would eat hamburger helper every night with his engineer roommates until I rescued him.

212 KatinarKit 04.21.08 at 1:04 am

It’s disconcerting how many of the engineers I know could be doubles for that vid.

213 Pat in FL 04.21.08 at 1:15 am

So funny! I also have 3 very different cats, all with their own strange quirks. No engineers though. Maybe I should get myself one of those? Had a good laugh and will have to try the yodelling thing

214 Raemie L. 04.21.08 at 5:08 am

Hehehe, great details in this ‘Guide’.

@Jaffer: LOL at Petition video, especially the ‘challenge’ to Kobe (aspect ratios XD) and the “Vote 4 Pedro” part at the end.

215 A Reader 04.21.08 at 3:03 pm

@Madeleine:

> As a math geek, this
> reminds me of one of my
> favorite cartoons of all
> time:
> http://xkcd.com/26/

Fourier transform and cat! I have that posted on my filing cabinet at work! Brilliant! Best ever!

216 Theo 04.21.08 at 3:05 pm

People who love both Cute Overload *and* XKCD have a special place in my online heart. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

217 Noelle 04.21.08 at 3:16 pm

Thanks to everyone who offered encouragement to me. This is why I love this site…so many great people!

218 Melisma 04.21.08 at 3:33 pm

I’m more of the music/languages/tabletop RPG (ever notice how much acting and storytelling go into them?) kind of nerd myself – mathematics aren’t really my thing; not enough room for creativity (although I hear that changes in the higher levels). Still, I know enough math to greatly appreciate xkcd.

As for the chinchilla vid, as soon as I get the money to bring some chinchillas home and let them settle in, I will make it. My boyfriend can do the editing.

Don’t suppose anyone knows of a chinchilla rescue anywhere near Philadelphia? My boyfriend and I would prefer to do a rescue, but there aren’t any nearby.

219 Cirocco 04.21.08 at 8:20 pm

Such a beautiful thing. Cryingly funny. We’re so close to becoming a 4 cat family…

220 spikedcolor 04.21.08 at 10:29 pm

I cried and snorted at the “corporeal cuddling”!

I need to find these guys and mail them my panties.

*wonders about her own aspect ratio*

221 Subhangi 04.22.08 at 6:37 am

LOVE THIS!!!

222 Eize 04.22.08 at 9:42 am

I was one of the many who wanted this video up. Actually, I was the one who posted the link in the “pa-sickie” entry. :)

Showed this to my cat-loving friends. I think I killed them. XD

223 Kim Drake 04.22.08 at 1:45 pm

Are they SINGLE? Are you kiddin’! Did you check out the decor, the micro-suede and the toast for dinner???

224 Skyweaver 04.22.08 at 3:56 pm

This is brilliant. I giggled through the whole thing. Thanks Engineer Dudes! And your keeties, who no doubt after this posting can be found in their trailers. Or their boxes.

225 Jennifer 04.23.08 at 12:48 pm

Wow, where can I get a cat-loving, humorous, creative, intelligent man of my own?

single with 4 cats in Ohio

226 tay 04.26.08 at 2:10 am

that was so funny except now my boyfriend is making our cats yodel.

227 Sasha's mum 05.06.08 at 11:15 pm

Ok, I hate to get all pedantic on y’all, but … “corporal cuddling” is redundant. “Corporal” means “to do with the body.” “Corporal punishment” therefore = physical punishment. And *all* cuddling is corporal cuddling.

But these are engineers, after all. What do they know about language? ;-)

What we have here is more appropriately called punitive cuddling. Or corrective cuddling.

228 Sasha's mum 05.06.08 at 11:15 pm

Ok, I hate to get all pedantic on y’all, but … “corporal cuddling” is redundant. “Corporal” means “to do with the body.” “Corporal punishment” therefore = physical punishment. And *all* cuddling is corporal cuddling.

But these are engineers, after all. What do they know about language? ;-)

What we have here is more appropriately called punitive cuddling. Or corrective cuddling.

229 Sasha's mum 05.06.08 at 11:15 pm

Ok, I hate to get all pedantic on y’all, but … “corporal cuddling” is redundant. “Corporal” means “to do with the body.” “Corporal punishment” therefore = physical punishment. And *all* cuddling is corporal cuddling.

But these are engineers, after all. What do they know about language? ;-)

What we have here is more appropriately called punitive cuddling. Or corrective cuddling.

230 Sasha's mum 05.06.08 at 11:15 pm

Ok, I hate to get all pedantic on y’all, but … “corporal cuddling” is redundant. “Corporal” means “to do with the body.” “Corporal punishment” therefore = physical punishment. And *all* cuddling is corporal cuddling.

But these are engineers, after all. What do they know about language? ;-)

What we have here is more appropriately called punitive cuddling. Or corrective cuddling.

231 Sasha's mum 05.06.08 at 11:15 pm

Ok, I hate to get all pedantic on y’all, but … “corporal cuddling” is redundant. “Corporal” means “to do with the body.” “Corporal punishment” therefore = physical punishment. And *all* cuddling is corporal cuddling.

But these are engineers, after all. What do they know about language? ;-)

What we have here is more appropriately called punitive cuddling. Or corrective cuddling.

232 Sasha's mum 05.06.08 at 11:15 pm

Ok, I hate to get all pedantic on y’all, but … “corporal cuddling” is redundant. “Corporal” means “to do with the body.” “Corporal punishment” therefore = physical punishment. And *all* cuddling is corporal cuddling.

But these are engineers, after all. What do they know about language? ;-)

What we have here is more appropriately called punitive cuddling. Or corrective cuddling.

233 Paul Klusman 06.28.08 at 12:51 am

The guy that made this video needs to get out more. Not a bad video, I guess…

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