WTF!!!

Oh God, I have never laughed so hard at a video here.

Poor sweet dog!

It’s a little psycho.

Psycho in the sense of weird, but also in the sense of taxidermy?

Sad: 1
Cute:0

That’s so sad!!

Poor puppy. That was kinda mean of them! I’ve REALLY gotta see something cute now. I’m at -1!

I–…wow.

This wins the Cute or Sad? Academy Award for all time.

The beak falls off? SERIOUSLY?

Move to gee-ross category immediately!!! That is hideous! I’m ashamed of myself for laughing. Those people are sickos!!!

Oh, no! I feel bad for laughing so hard. The running through the field with the dead duck was the clincher.

That started out cute but just got disturbing at the end

wow…that’s just…perverse.

I feel dirty for watching, let alone laughing.

(stares)

I’m sorry – I really couldn’t get past the screechy Aerosmith cover. Ew.

They do know Sheila is a boy duck, right? And that’s eff’d up at the end! Poor duck’s beak fell right off!

That’s sick.
Cute, in a way, but for christ’s sake you don’t go embalming animals and toss them around the yard just for fun??

Sick.

@doomchild: I dunno, that’s what a football is (or used to be, back in the day).

THAT IS ****ED UP. I vote sad, on the part of the owners.

Wrong, wrong, so wrong!

But I can’t look away!

This is too morbid, I don’ find it cute at all. I will never understand why some people would embalm a pet, as if they could preserve it that way. That’s what pics and vids are for! A stiff corpse tied to a rope would never be cute for me.

Is there a psychiatrist in the house? We need someone to explain why I am laughing so hard instead of being horrified.

totally cute > totally twisted > totally hilarious

btw: for anyone wanting an approximate translation it said she he arrived at the farm, she welcomed him, they had a beautiful relationship together, then she died of old age…

why would you treat someone you love like that?

that’s kind of creepy

I laughed so hard and I shouldn’t have.

“So adorable — wait, what?”

I did not enjoy this. It was disturbing. And not cute. But mostly disturbing.

I thought it was a fake duck they found. Yikes.

Still crying, though. lol

It *is* cute, until it’s not. The puppy is adorable. I love the licking action before goosie dies. It’s definitely a “cute or sad.” As for the way the “animal” (body) is treated, it’s bringing joy (albeit in a bit of a shocking way) to the little pup… it’s a more worthy thing for a corpse to do than be a pair of shoes, a belt, or a purse, right?

Like someone above said, I never thought I’d be writing a nuffing comment here. But this is gross, f#$@%d up and totally cruel to the dog whom for an instant may even have believed the duck to be alive again, who knows. Absolutely horrible. Not even funny, it made me a little sick.

This is definitely NOT the kind of website in which I would expect such a gross, sad, tasteless video to appear. Why, why?! *shakes head*

I screamed really loudly. I don’t think the puppeh really understands? I mean, well, the duck was never much of a talker to begin with… I laughed a little, but just a lil’ bit : )

I screamed really loudly. I don’t think the puppeh really understands? I mean, well, the duck was never much of a talker to begin with… I laughed a little, but just a lil’ bit : )

I screamed really loudly. I don’t think the puppeh really understands? I mean, well, the duck was never much of a talker to begin with… I laughed a little, but just a lil’ bit : )

SICK!

That made me sad I need a Unicorn Chaser.

omg, so the duck died, they stuffed it and now they’re DRAGGING IT AROUND?!

I vote for the Gee-ross! category, too. I’m laughing, but I know I shouldn’t be. The dog doesn’t know the difference (come on, people!) but it’s still morbid. Gah! (Heh!)

I think the best (i.e. worst) part was when the beak fell off…ON THE DOG’S HEAD!! and the dog just looked so baffled and confused . wtf indeed. so so sad, and yet so absurdly hilarious.

so sad

Um.. *crickets*

I’m not sure what to do here.. is there a feeling that expresses both “awww so sweet, bestest of friends” and “OMG THAT DUCK’S BEAK JUST FELL OFF AND OMG!!!1! IT’S DEAD AND THEY’VE STUFFED IT”

The jury’s still out on wether I think this is extremely (and morbidly) funny or just cruel to the poor doggy.

I admit it, I LOL’d.

*more crickets*

It´s an internet company advertising. Really, it was a joke.

@A dude: They do use the word “embalsarmaron”, which with my spotty Spanish, I’m guessing is “embalmed”.

The quick translation that someone gave above is pretty accurate.

I must admit, I laughed when I realized they were pulling the ’stuffed’ duck along. Are they CO peeps? (Just wondering, since yesterday we had the bad cover of Johnny Cash….thought maybe the Aerosmith cover might be deliberate!)

Started off so sweet, but kinda “ewww” at the end. But, that dog didn’t seem to mind, and was happy. I’m conflicted ha ha

What the….?

That was creepy not cute …

That’s…horrible.

As Panda says… it’s actually an ad for an internet service called ARNET.

The whole thing – including the 5 seconds of internet advertising – can be seen here:
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/publicidad-de-arnet-toby-y-sheila-perro-y-pata/2646129504

Oops, missed Steph’s reply. Sorry…

Who was that singing? It sounded like Elvis.

@JohnnyJohnny: No, that wasn’t Elvis, it was Johnny Cash. Or Joaquin Phoenix. Or maybe Liberace.

That was horrifically sad. Not cute or funny in any way. I feel terrible for both animals.

Well, the fact that it is a parody helps take the edge off, but I gotta say something…

…as bizarre and twisted as it was, I thought it was BEAUTIFUL. The dog was very excited to have his friend back in some form and the people were just indulging that. I know the implications are disturbing but I just was very moved by the idea of the people trying to bring comfort to the dog.

But wow. I mean, really, wow. I’m glad it’s fake because I can say to those who made it, ku-dos. It’s a masterwork.

I loved it!!!!!
I have tears of:
-joy (seeing the happy pup)
-sadness
-from LMAO

I’m so glad I read the comments to find out this was just a commercial!!!

If it was real then it would be SO WRONG! When one of my dogs died of old age the younger one grieved for months. I’m not one of those “animals are people too” types but they do have feelings! I have to say I don’t even see how anyone would find this funny. I just felt creeped out and sorry for the dog, who if it really had bonded to a live duck would have figured out the difference pretty quick.

Liberace! I knew it!!

this goes from endearing to sick very quickly. it’s so sad when the Beagle freaks out when he accidentally breaks off his friend’s beak. so wrong to do that to a dog!

I have to say I was about to start crying when I read the story. And then the reveling came I was really going to cry!!!! THEN you see the lady just running Shiela and I couldn’t stop laughing!! HORRIBLE! lol

I have to say I was about to start crying when I read the story. And then the reveling came I was really going to cry!!!! THEN you see the lady just running Shiela and I couldn’t stop laughing!! HORRIBLE! lol

ok, for reals, people. if this had been posted on any other blog, i don’t think very many people would have been so conflicted about laughing at it. and it would have been ok. but here? on CO?

i think it’s high time we get a new post to set our cute barometers back to normal again! please?

Well, my cold little heart thought it was pretty funny. Though I will admit that I probably would not want to be friends with crazy embalming duck draggers, but I would laugh at them from the safety of my own yard. At least the people meant well. You know that old saying about the best intentions…

that was just sad. Hey you’re friend’s back, but so unresponsive! His beak fell off!?! Let’s drag him around the yard like we did back in the day!?!

LOL THis was so funny and sad and bizzarro it just had to be some kind of commercial

For those who care
an exact translation

in 1994 Toby arrived at the Mac Kenzie Ranch.
Incredibly Shiela , a young duck adopted him.
Together they lived as sisters.
After time sheila died an old woman
Then the Mac Kenzies Embalmed her.
This is the video moment of when Toby saw the returned Sheila.

At which point the weirdness of the video begins.

No I take that back the whole thing was funny from calling the drake a sheila to the dog chasing after the dragged stuffed bird.

I am only a bit ashamed that I teared up for a moment

I am one of those who crys at commercials. but when the beak fell off. I LOL’d

it was funny.

I don’t see much wrong with it. Seriously except for the end with the lady dragging the dead duck around. Lots of people stuff dead pets. And these people stuffed a pet that was friends with their dog. There is nothing wrong with this video except the end with the dragging of the duck. I’m small town so I guess I don’t see the error in the ways…

My only comment on this will be that I have no further comment on this.

LOL Peeps you did see the part that this was not real it was a commercial Right???

Whether the clip is real or not is irrelevant. The idea that we are supposed to gain enjoyment from the sadness of a dog for its deceased friend is sadistic. CO is way off base with this one…

I’m with berthaservant, , and sara. Hilarious, a little sad, and entirely awesome. Maybe I’m a little less attached to the idea of corporeal remains as sacred objects than others are. I don’t know. All I know is, I want the ad company that made this to get an award.

OH dear..I hate to say it – but I think CO has jumped the shark with this one..
not amused.

I would like to unsee that. Please advise.

The music definitely made me think of the video about the lion being reunited with the people who’d looked after him as a baby. It IS pretty funny as a parody/commercial. Wasn’t expecting something like that here!

I think that as a transition sentence, the sentence, “Then, the Mac Kenzies had the duck stuffed” is going to go down in the annals of history.

S

Oh lordy. That is …. what is it? It’s so sad – it’s so absurd – and I’m laughing so hard I can hardly type. It’s kinda gross and kinda pathetic. It’s also the funniest thing I’ve seen yet on CO.

I’m not going to read the 156 comments (so far). This is just too incredible. It transcends all categories.

The cheesy Aerosmith cover is what really puts it over the top. The perfect finishing touch!

I laughed (so hard I cried) and don’t hate myself for it. And then reading the horrified comments made me laugh again.

I got a little misty eyed at the sweetness of it all…

and then I laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed…

PS Thanks so much for posting this here.

I speak Spanish fairly well, so I laughed even HARDER . . . I’m sorry, but I find this unbearably funny.

Honestly–I’ve got tears rolling down my face from laughing so hard . . . .

wow, not only did they taxiderm the duck which is a redneck tacky thing to do to a pet to begin with, but they then presented it to the dog to fuck with him and then to top it all off had enough disrespect to tie the remains to a leash and run around with it? Really? Hope these folks never have kids.

There is something strangely Monty Pythonesque about that clip …

Ahhrgh. I don’t care if it is an ad, that is frickin’ creepy.

its a commercial in Argentina for internet service.

that goes along with the baby abusing a puppy in my mind….if I want to watch something depressing I don’t go to Cute Overload! Dang I did not need that!!! How dumb do you think dogs are anyway??? He must have been so horrified, poor thing. I find this highly offensive and don’t think I will visit this site as much as I used to.

Le Mallarde Imaginaire, de Nuffiere

now that’s just sick. that poor dog, he lost a life-long friend and what do they do? stuff the damn thing and ‘play’ with it. yeah, i get that it’s just a dog but who among you would stuff a loved pet and then drag it around outside?
sorry meg, but this is ~not~ cute overload material.

Being an ad explains why the dog didn’t notice any difference before and after.

I feel better.

Ok for the billionth time.

this is a commercial.

not real.

and it’s not elvis, johnny cash or joaquin phoenix either. it IS, however, a terrible, wretched Aerosmith cover.

Because apparently people aren’t paying atten-shun and are just so upset that they have to ’nuff w/o reading:

IT IS NOT REAL, IT IS A COMMERCIAL!
IT IS NOT REAL, IT IS A COMMERCIAL!
IT IS NOT REAL, IT IS A COMMERCIAL!
IT IS NOT REAL, IT IS A COMMERCIAL!
IT IS NOT REAL, IT IS A COMMERCIAL!
IT IS NOT REAL, IT IS A COMMERCIAL!
IT IS NOT REAL, IT IS A COMMERCIAL!

You can resume discussing whether or not you like it or how it makes you feel.

BUT IT DID NOT REALLY HAPPEN. IT IS A MADE-UP STORY.

And Godzilla didn’t really smoosh Bambi, either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-wUdetAAlY

if this is real — possibly is, even tho it’s a commercial — the dog must have known. He was trying to stop those ridiculous people from desecrating his friend’s body. If someone started dragging around one of my loved one’s dead bodies I would be chasing them down too. So disrespectful.

I’m changing my homepage.

Bahahahaha! This is hysterical. The only thing I don’t get about it is what the heck it has to do with internet service – lol.

The best part, though, are the nuffers who say “I’m not a nuffer, but…”. You’re the same ones who tell other nuffers that it’s Meg’s site and she can post what she wants, blah, blah, blah. So it’s all okay until *you* don’t like something. That’s better than any commercial.

um… i thought this was really cute/funny until the revelation of the stuffed duck – especially the part where they dragged the poor dead thing (laughing!) so the dog would run after it… I don’t mean to be hyper-serious about a stupid ad, but it’s just very disrespectful to animals: low-class. Now, I wouldn’t say people like this should be KILLED, but I don’t think it would be a great loss if this sort of low-brow attitude were eliminated. SIGH More Japanese commercials, please!

KarlaB, you’re pretty much saying the same thing. It’s like “I don’t believe in the death penalty, but if these people were to just happen to be hit by a bus I wouldn’t shed a tear.” it’s the same thing – you’re wishing ill will on these people by saying you DON’T care about their wellbeing.

It puzzles me to see how people rationalize their thoughts…as if it’s okay to say you don’t wish for them to be killed, but if it just so happens that way, you’re okay with it? How is that acceptable?

wow, that did not go where I was expecting it to.

Disgusting.

So not cute. Don’t know what to say.

Yeah, I don’t understand the angry “these people deserve harm” attitude either. Even if this wasn’t a commercial, and the crazy embalming duck draggers really do exsit, I’d say the worst they deserve is the sideways goink eye and a raised eyebrow. Perhaps I might even insist that they leave their duck at the door when they come to visit. I think we need to understand that there is a huge difference between being a little socially awkward with your already deceased duck, and being an animal abuser. At any rate, I suddenly feel that my non-duck-dragging internet service is a little sub-par.

PEOPLE: please. stop. taking. the internet. so. seriously.

HO EM GEE. Oh my, I find this absolutely hilarious. But then again, I though Eddie Murphy’s standup was beyond funny.

Remember kids, the internet is indeed all fun and games and there’s an X (or a red dot, if you have a Mac) in the top corner of your screen for a reason.

LOVED EEEET! come on people it was hil-friggin-larious and morbidly heartwarming – just the way i like ‘em! i am reminded of the artist whose pet rabbit died and she served it to guests for lunch – she was thoroughly puzzled at their horrified responses – she felt there was no better way to honor her pet than to take it into her own body – she felt she was being reverent. Again – LOVED EEEEET!!!!!

p.s. BTW how is stuffing an animal cruel????? the critter is ALREADY DEAD

So not cute!!

“Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.” – Oscar Wilde

Lighten up, people. The duck isn’t alive, and animals do not have the same emotional capacity that people have. I am not saying that the animals do not mourn/fear/whatever/etc., but to a dog, seeing a stuffed version of their “beloved friend” would not be emotionally traumatizing. It is people that assign such emotions to an animal in the first place.

That being said, is it odd that people would drag a stuffed duck around their yard by a rope (former companion or not)? Yes, it’s a little odd, but you can tell that the clip was not meant to be taken seriously when the duck’s bill falls off.

It’s a satiric commercial, for crying out loud, and it’s funny.

And to all of the nuffers that say people who laughed are not right in the head: comments like that are totally uncalled for and are not a very nice thing to say. Didn’t your mamma tell you that if you don’t have anything nice to say, you shouldn’t say anything at all?

internet provider, Teho.

It’s the Circle of Life, Simba.

You are born.

Then you love.

Then we stuff your best friend.

Then we drag her around the yard on a rope and you chase her.

Isn’t it beautiful?

(LOL)

I just wish I would’ve stopped watching when the duck was still alive. *sniff*

“Why did Auntie Duck’s face fall off? … OH TIME FOR A WALK!!! Lets go!”

I’ve never been so horrified, but not able to wipe the smile off my face.

“Why did Auntie Duck’s face fall off? … OH TIME FOR A WALK!!! Lets go!”

I’ve never been so horrified, but not able to wipe the smile off my face.

“Why did Auntie Duck’s face fall off? … OH TIME FOR A WALK!!! Lets go!”

I’ve never been so horrified, but not able to wipe the smile off my face.

wait – isn’t this a preview for a john waters movie?

As tacky as I would find this in real life, I totally laughed. I read the tagline about breaking off the dead beak and being dragged around the yard before I hit play, and I was like, “Nah. Couldn’t be. Really? I mean, REALLY?” Then I watched it and yup, really. I was laughing one of those, “Oh my gosh, I don’t know what to do with this at all” kind of laughs.

I am quite relieved to see it was a commercial, but I’m afraid I still would have snickered in disbelief otherwise.

I know my tiny little comment down here isn’t going to matter much, but this video clip was hysterical and I am glad that Meg and Theo and everyone else don’t take themselves so seriously that they can’t put videos like this on here. I have TEARS streaming down my face and I think I ruptured something in my belly from laughing so hard. Dogbreath was right: Please don’t change a thing!

(I could watch the beak bouncing off the puppy’s head on perpetual loop for the rest of my life and be completely content…)

PArty

Ok, this is the first time CO has made me cry–in a bad way. The video was sweet until the unveiling of teh corpse. And the fact that the poor puppeh was so excited that its old friend was back really broke my heart. I have never nuffed before, but neither has anything on CO ever left me feeling sick before. I know Meg can post whatever she wants, but I don’t have to like it.

Sorry C.O., sure cannot see the cute in this profoundly disturbing submission. To mess with the dog’s attachment to the duck postmortem is totally twisted. Ya’ll bombed on this entry.

My husband watched it solemnly all the way through to the end.

Then he said: “The least they should do is put wheels on it.”
Julia (the one in BC)

Oh, JULIA! I snorked wine through my nose when I read this! …it must be the Canadian humour in us.

And yes, I did stop reading the comments after that, ’cause I just cain’t stands nuffers.

And thank you, CO, for never EVER removing a post, despite the Nuffinghams. That shows a lot of character and integrity.

Second Maureen! (Also in BC lol).. Is it wrong that I have (funny) tears running down my face after reading the most recent nuffs? Read the comments lol!

That might be because it was a clip of the commercial taken out of context Kimberly? Just a thought

Ok that is sooooo darkly weird! The beak! OMG the beak! Ok, I understand why some people are freaked out over this. But, the duck is already dead. This is just a very weird devotion, an almost necrophiliac devotion…

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*tips hat to teh CuteOverlords*

touché.

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touché.

My God, the nuffs *are* funny today. The outrage, the umbrage –the general -brage — over an already dead duck and an overly anthropomorphized beagle… Y’all make me laugh almost as much as the video.

That duck is pining for the fjords!

P.S. Julia in BC, I also love your husband’s humor.

Actually, imagining it as a cat just reminded me of my attempts to “walk” my cat as a child. They always ended in the cat flopping down on the sidewalk and refusing to move while I tugged at him until I finally gave up and carried him back inside. And I think that Rowdy on Scrubs is hilarious too!

First off: Even if all that’s shown is made up and faked, it is still in no way cute. People might find it amusing to play tricks on an animal, showing him happy about seeing a (taxidermed!) friend again.
Just as much as theres a lot of people on the net enjoying a lot of weird vids to say the least.
But this is no cute overload at all.

And I find it hard to understand why people have so much fun reading comments by (over?)sensitive people (and laughing at them) who had a bad time watching this morbid joke.

And face it, this vid is a 10 on the morbid-O-meter.

I laughed, I cried, I’d buy the t-shirt. Two thumbs up.

“First off: Even if all that’s shown is made up and faked, it is still in no way cute.”

That’s not going to convince anyone, as it’s completely a matter of opinion. I thought it was very cute, and apparently plenty of others did as well.

I’m not sure I understand the “it doesn’t matter if it’s real or not” approach. As adults, we have the ability to appreciate the difference between fiction and non-fiction. Isn’t it funny to imagine Violet Beauregard plumping up into the shape of a huge blueberry? Would it be funny if a real live little girl turned into a blueberry? Probably not, but there’s a point to the satire, and we are capable of appreciating it.

Why are we supposed to put limits on our imagination? Why is it at all rational to try to explain the dog’s “feelings” when THIS IS MADE UP? How can the humans be “cruel” if they are just encouraging the dog to play-act? Is it “cruel” to tell kids about Santa Clause or the Easter Bunny? (Some of you might think it is, but most of us go along with it in some fashion).

And finally, the argument “even if it’s not real it might give someone some ideas.” WHAT IDEA? To stuff a bird? Been done. To try to console a pet who has lost a friend? Been done. People have their pets stuffed all the time (I know, weird, but it happens a lot). It’s not CRUEL to the pet — BECAUSE IT IS DEAD. What kind of horrendous behavior is this FAKE video promoting that hasn’t already been promoted and offered elsewhere?

Really, people. You can not like it, not think it’s funny, whatever. But please, for God’s sake, SEE IT FOR WHAT IT IS — a JOKE, meant to make you LAUGH and maybe THINK about the way in which people anthropomorphize animals in extremely silly ways.

P.S. CoffeeCup: Bonds had an excellent eye and swung and missed relatively infrequently to others, it’s one of the things that made him so dangerous. I’d say “swinging like Adam Dunn” to make your point (or perhaps BOBBY Bonds if we’re being historical), but Barry was actually pretty accurate with that stick swinging. (And as someone who apparently once used personally harvested yak semen for his training regimen, I think he’d think this vid was pretty funny.)

man, that is messed up. not funny at all.

That’s so sad! I don’t care if it’s an ad… It hasn’t put me off coming on to CO on a daily (*cough* hourly…)basis, but it has sobered me up, rather than making me glow with a cute warming glowing glow after a night out… that’s definitely the last time I check on here when alcohol has lowered my emotional defences. *sniff* I’s gonna cry now!

that’s not funny or cute. It’s actually really sad. i cried a bit.

Oh my…this video has /everything/.

Academy award nomination, NOW.

Thank you for putting me into a state of absolute shock at 10 AM in the morning! lol… when the duck’s beak fell off I nearly lost it!

Upset and sad that this was posted. Not funny or cute. When a pet looses a friend it is very sad. Just been through it with our pet.

commercial or not, this is not cute.

This is in very poor taste.
and NOT cute.
‘nuf said.

BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

OUTRAGE! LOUD NOISES!

But seriously, that was a shitty video.

Barf. Seriously, I think I’m going to barf. Worst thing I’ve ever seen on CO.

This… is… sick. X(

I thought it was very funny, and my husband (who has an excellent sense of humor) thought it was very sad. To each his or her own.

I thought i came to “cute” overload, not “disgusting and disturbing” overload. Moderators, will you seriously read these comments and listen to our opinions about some of these posts? I am extremely disappointed.

I laughed so hard I think I work my neighbours. Then I read the comments and felt a bit ashamed. Then I watched the video again and nearly pissed laughing AGAIN. Hilarious. Well done. I would also like to say that I think Rowdy on Scrubs is also hilarious, and I bet most nuffers do too, they just don’t like him out of context…

Coffee Cup you are cracking me up here…. Okay and the person who suggested how would we feel if it was a stuffed cat .. well I just laughed even harder at the thought..

IT is an ad .. a made up story. Made up pictures and for some people funny and for others not funny but it is brilliant.

Please pull this video. It may or may not be in good taste, but either way it doesn’t fit the site.

ZOMG it’s a commercial?????????

*HOWLS with laughter* yeah it’s an e’ffed up commercial, but it made me laugh so hard my cheeks hurt… my sides hurt, my stomach hurts!

Talk about an unsuspecting ending LOL

BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish they would have just let the ducky pass and possibly gotten their pup a new, longer living friend.

With that being said: I HATE HOW THEY PULLED THE DUCK AROUND ON THE LEASH. HATE IT.

Oh, well…it’s Saturday
Night-Not-So-Live.

Leik OMG, i r teh ttlly not leiking this video and leik, the ppl satans who made this video shuld ttlly die and i dun care if itz a commercial these ppl r teh stupidz and satan and cruel to do stuff to a ded duck and leik meeg shuld tttly take this vid down cuz, u kno, i leik tttly pay to see this site and megg shuld ther4 ttlly change it to fit my whims and leik i hate u. lol

That was absolutely terrible. Not only was it terrible, it was tasteless (because what, was that suppose to be amusing??)!

I’m not nuffing, I just wanted to say that this video did NOT make me want to use their internet service.

i’m amazed how many people say “it’s an ad and therefore not real”.

uh, ad people buy online videos on the time for use. they probably bpught this one.

for the record, i think it’s sick but i defend CO’s right to post whatever they want.

katgrrl, you “wish to unsee this” but you also “watched this twice” ???

I call nuffing FAIL

I just want to say, regardless of my personal opinion on this or any other controversial content CO has put up (and some of it I haven’t like in the past), I want to thank the editors for actually putting up whatever THEY want on THEIR blog.

And I really really hope all the people who have whined that this made CO ‘jump the shark’ or that they are leaving will actually leave. The rest of us quiet lurkers will sit back and have a good laugh at your expense and move on with our lives.

And I’m sad at the lack of editor’s comments and comments by Teho in this thread. That’s some of my favorite parts, when people nuff, the comments by the editors.

lurkingsmirk and Joanna: wOOT. And well-put. I can’t say that I’ve never nuffed. The ugly roach thingy first thing in the morning made me bleghhh. But that’s what is great about C.O… whether or not you agree with the cuteness, it’s always interesting, and avante garde. Bravo Meg and C.O. team, for having the guts to post, and keep comments open on an obviously-talked-to-death video!!

dear mofo, this video is sicko. psycho.

i also wish i could un-see it. yet again, it proves my point that most humans suck.

The nuffers must hate Daffy Duck and Road Runner cartoons. Do they cry when Daffy’s bill is mucked with or when Coyote gets smashed? I thought of wheels too but maybe something like skis would work better? Oh! I also laughed my ass of when Fiona made the blue bird explode and then made breakfast with the eggs.

Pa-sickie!

I’ve been reading for a while but was never actually watching while a commentroversy broke out, so I feel privileged.

Someone please bring in the psychiatrists. These people make me sick.

Disgusting!

Jeff, if you think you are in the majority, I suggest you take a refresher course in math.

I think there are a great deal of psychiatrists who would find this funny.

berhaservant, thanks! I had all those words and all that stuff bottled up, and I was all set to try to zen my way out of it (despite not believing in zen) but you let it out for me, and now I don’t feel the pressure to keep any of that silly political correctness that people keep saying I should grip tightly.

Thanks berthaservant. I tried several times to find the word and you found them for me.

I’ll agree it is a little strange, but what I don’t get is the flood of emotion behind these comments.

Take a step back and all it really is, is just a scripted advertisement with some animals and absurdist humor. But for the sake of argument, let say the entire premises behind the clip was real. Then it still amounts to nothing more than a dog, a stuffed duck and a couple of wacky owners. There is no animal cruelty (the duck was dead) and the dog looked like it was having a good time.

Take a further step back and compare it with all the *real* animal cruelty instances out there. From whatever PETA decides has the best shock value to really deranged videos on rotten. So in the grand scheme of things, I’d say this doesn’t even belong in the same realm of cruelty.

But if the argument is that this doesn’t belong in CO, then I challenge if you’d like the see the same material day after day. Wet your palette at least, and if you don’t like it, then wait until tomorrow when your scheduled red pandas are on again.

Oh good lord, that went from sweetly touching to leaving me cracking up. Lighten up, folks – sheesh!

Personally I ROFLPIMPed over it. I figured it was a joke video rather quickly. I liked it because it was Monty Pythonesque. Meg, Theo and NTMTOM do ya thang – I have yet to find anything wrong with anything you’ve posted and if I do – I move along to the next thing and know I will find something that gets a smile out of me.

Sick people: Will send some psychiatrists to see you about your rage! Glad to help!

OMG he is so curte, I must have one!

http://www.privacy.cz.tc

Boy is that ever disturbing and incredibly depressing.

I’m mostly laughing at everyone else’s reactions!

But, yeah, that was cute at first, strange and disturbing after. I kind of wonder what the people who put it up were thinking. I mean, if the dog likes it, that’s fine, I guess, but I wonder what kind of reactions they were expecting from the viewing public.

How ironic it is that people who make comments complaining about those who don’t like to see animals in situations where they are suffering – and then they object to an animal whose suffering has ended!
How many of you are eating turkey this weekend in the states?
Now THAT is sad and pathetic. A lot sadder for those birds you call dinner than the duck in the video. At least it looks as if he had a decent life before he died. Unlike your dead bird dinners.

I would like to work at that ad agency. I think I would fit right in, or at least enjoy myself immensely.

I’m also relieved to find all the overly sensitive people are apparently leaving en masse. That might mean fewer commentroversies in the future. One can hope.

Rock on, CO, rock on.

But jere7my, it doesn’t matter if the commercial’s real or if they faked the whole thing or if it would’ve been a cartoon, cavorting taxidermied ducks and beagles is SATAN and the people who do it should be KILLED because DEATH IS BAD and enjoying anything having to do with anything is CRUEL. Come on jere7my, don’t you know anything? Or have you not had a humorless dick transfusion yet?

Only the first part was cute. And it was cute. The rest was derranged, like the people who made this thing!

This was not cute at all. It was really disturbing.

I will enjoy my dead bird dinner, Vanessa, with cranberries and gravy and stuffing and sweet potatoes. Can’t wait!

[Blink.] OMG a bacon-wrapped turducken?! Wow! I can’t believe they baked it instead of dropping it in the deep fryer, though.

“So bad it’s good…” the poster says above the post. The blog is free to people, and owes no one. It doesn’t have to live up to your expectations. Quit imposing your morality on Meg. If she thinks it’s funny and wants it on her blog, so be it. Don’t like it, don’t come here. Get over it people. Anyone who found themselves truly offended, disgusted, and had their day ruined by this? Needs to seriously gain some perspective and get a life.

Hey, commentroversy! Did the site need views or hit numbers bumped up for ad costs or something?

I love commercials from other countries. It’s exactly the reactions like the ones in this thread that prevent advertisers in the U.S. from being able to take more risks. We here in the States just can’t handle it.

Not even remotely cute or funny. I’m disappointed that it was included on this site and quite shocked at the number of comments from people who considered it to be funny. It’s a disgusting concept for a video, real or fictional.

thats really sad. the poor dog who runs after the stiff thing. embalming an animal is just the saddest.

thats not cute at all. of course the first seconds of the video when the duck is alive, very cute. but after embalming it gets ugly and psycho…

Oh, BRAVO. I might try playing it backwards with some wigged-out music over the top, thereby creating an animalised David Lynch take on Pinocchio, about a dog tormented by a fake beakless duck that inexplicably COMES TO LIFE causing even greater torment. Possibly stick a lady singing behind a radiator in there for good measure.

This post is one of many reasons why I love CO. Don’t ever change.

commercial or not, it was not at all cute.

I mean, the dog was. And the was..but the whole video was… NOT.

I mean, fine, post what you want. Meg and Co. would have to do much worse than post something like this to make me boycott CO.

I just kind of wish I hadn’t watched it.

I’m tearing and laughing…and I cannot explain myself. This is so bizare.

Baroo?

I pressed “mute” immediately, for starters.

Loved the first few seconds… then was aghast! Yuck! Maybe if I’d had an easier week I wouldn’t have cared, but when you’re already in bad shape, this can nearly be cause for defenestration!

But not cause enough to drop C.O. Nah, never.

Are people still not getting that it’s not a taxidermied duck? I mean, what about “real ducks’ beaks are part of their skull” says “real dead ducks can totally have their beaks fall off a la Daffy Duck”?

Made me laugh. Read all the comments. Wish I was as sharp as others who saw it was a decoy duck and that the commercial used different dogs.

Is a disclaimer needed for CO??

“Occasionally the moderator of this blog finds stuff on the internets webs which may cause you to think she has a strange sense of humor. THIS IS A GOOD THING!

Also, she may post occasional pictures you disagree with/think are not cute/have people in them/have babies in them or may generally show a weird side of the human species.

Please realize that this site is FREE! If you paid a subscription to CO then you could complain heartily and boycott the site to try to get Meg and others to ONLY post noncommentraversial stuff. If you still want to boycott after reading this disclaimer, please do so as that makes more room for those who can handle a bit of weirdness every now and then.”

My favorite (dyslexic?) comment from the Turbaconducken site:

“I have never tried turducken, mainly because I avoid food that has a name that begins with “turd”.”

soooooo cute

That video was heartwarming slash hilarious! Great idea for a commercial, I about peed my pants when she was dragging the duck through the field! Macabre? Yes! But still HILARIOUS!

oh lord… the bit at the end was TOO much

and now I’m laughing at the nuffin’. David Lynch running CO . . . bwa-haha- whee!

I cried. I really did.

This is NOT cute! is disturbing.

It is not being uncomfortable with death.. it is being uncomfortable with stuffing something dead.

Poor duck.

OMG!! Gross!

I laughed so hard I cried. Definitely a “awwww… what??? LOL” moment. Thanks for posting it!

Well commercial or not..totally hilarious! I didn’t see the beak fall off the first time, but when I viewed the second time, I started laughing and crying and choking…I honestly sounded like a transgender santa claus with emphysema.

My husband looked at me odd, and went to work. My tzu dottie came to sit with me bc she does that when I cry.

Also, it’s ironic seeing this, bc me and hubby are thinking of getting a birdie of some sort to keep our dottie jean company while we are out. Like a parrot or something that talks.

Hi Patty!

I didn’t grin, but I’m still fine with whatever Meg posts here. Can I stay, plz? ktkxbai!

Wait… that really can’t be right with the embalming and the beak and the chasing through the field. Did I see that right? :S Frakking hell. The relationship between Sheila and MacKenzie was precious and it should have been left at that I think.

This… started off cute, and ended up horrible. I mean, I hate to be a nuffer, but it’s just.. upsetting. Especially when the beak falls off, and it gets worse when she’s frigging running with the stuffed duck on a leash.

I mean, I love my boyfriend with all my heart. But if he died, I would not have him STUFFED and continue life as if he was just a little less active now. ‘Cause that’s some f***ed-up Ray Bradbury s***.

This. Was. Fucnig. Sick.

WOW…. just.. wow….

Wow, the comments have really grown since I went to sleep!

Here are some thoughts:

Mmmm turkey. Gotta love turkey. Every time I think that maybe I should go vegetarian for a while just to be a tad healthier, I think “but there won’t be any bacon in veggie land” and I quickly resume my omnivoric ways. I’ll leave the vegetarianism to my rabbit.

I think when it comes to animals, some people can get too sensitive. And when it comes to humor, some people have none. I’d like to have a venn diagram to show all of you.

http://classtools.net/my/venn89187a_study_of_nuffs.htm

CoffeeCup, most excellent analysis. Hey, is Martin Eisenstadt a senior fellow at The Center for Nuff Theory and Treatment? If not, he should be.

I hated this.
Makes me not want to come to this site anymore.

Raises a cup of joe to Coffecup.

HEhehehehe so very well done!

Always look on the bright side of life… *whistles*

To the commenters telling others to simply lighten up, I think you might be missing the point.
Sure, some of us might be more sensitive to things like this than you are. And of course, it’s Meg’s website and she can post whatever she likes. That is not really the point. The point is, as a person who is very sensitive to things like this, I am generally weary of videos that I find on the internet, because I know that something that makes others laugh might make me feel uncomfortable, or sad, or upset. CO is the only website that I have never had this concern with. And now I will. And I am sure that many of the other “nuffers” on this post will too.

I know people come on this website every day and are offended by completely ridiculous things. And maybe this video isn’t a big deal either. But telling people to “lighten up” just indicates that you have completely missed the point: if I find that a website posts content that makes me uncomfortable, I will probably avoid it. I think “nuffing” is just a way of saying, “This made me uncomfortable.” You seem to be upset/annoyed that “nuffers” expect to be listened to, but why shouldn’t a blogger take into consideration that they may be alienating a large portion of their readers?

LOL I didn’t notice the beak fall off so I watched it again. SO ABSURD! Re DONK!

Isn’t it a boy duck?

And, it says “they lived a beautiful life” not “lived as sisters”….

Anyone in the mood for peking duck?

Just wanted to throw that out there. I’m thinking about what Mr. CoffeeCup and I should do for dinner tonight.

whoa, some people be cursin’! The editor has some work to do!

Cursing not as funny as the vid. Close though.

Real or not, I just don’t find it cute. Some people won’t agree, but that’s ok.

wow. to the people who say they’re leaving CO: bye bye, and don’t let your beak fall off on the way out!

Chanpon, I don’t feel like I have been lulled into a “false sense of security,” and I didn’t say that I had been “betrayed” by CO, or that everything should be sanitized. I understand that I do not have a right to expect that the world be unoffensive to me. I just said that I had never been made uncomfortable by a post on CO, and now I have. That’s all. You seem to be taking this to mean a lot more than it does.

And while, as CoffeeCup pointed out, some people who were bothered by the video were very rude, it seems that you are not bothered by the rudeness, but by the fact that anyone would express negative feelings at all, and I do not understand this.

Sorry if I am engaging in “commentroversy,” as I usually find them as annoying as everybody else does. But I am really curious as to why “nuffers,” the vast majority of whom are simply stating a dislike for the post, bother everybody so much.

Animals DIE. GET OVER IT Wierdos. You’re not living in fairy land where every picture of cute kittens you’ve seen aren’t also pictures of kittens that WILL grow old and die.

Roz, Chanpon never singled out you, so I’m not sure why you feel the comments about betrayal and security were directed at you. CoffeeCup was the only one (and now me) who replied to you specifically.

Regardless, the vast majority of nuffers *aren’t* simply stating their dislike. They are impugning CO, insulting Meg, demanding it be taken down, hurling epithets, swearing, threatening, and so on.

Stephyf82 simply said she didn’t like it and expected others to disagree with her. Great! Would they were all like that. Virtually everyone else, however, accompanied their statement of dislike with accusations, invective, and threats. Including lots of assessments of ‘this is not what CO is,’ which I think is what Chanpon was actually referring to.

Here’s my mental soundtrack.

Oh. Ack, turn that singing down. Hey, cute, a dog and a duck are friends. Cute. Comic sans, why is it always comic sans. Please tell me the dog isn’t going to try to hump the duck. Oh, the duck died… AAAAAAAAA! HA HA HA HA HA HA oh man that’s bad. I feel terrible for laughing at that. Sicko. OK, what ten friends can I send this to?!!!

I fell into a burning ring of commentroversy
I read down down down
and the flames went higher
and they burned burned burned
that ring of Fire
Flaming commentroversy fire.

Wow, you people need to chill out. They didn’t KILL the duck. It was already dead. What the heck is wrong with you people?! LIGHTEN UP! If you cannot, step away from the computer!

Johnny johnny no no it was fred flintstone copying juaquine Phonix who was copying captain kangaroo who was copying Johny cash

Joanne said: I’m disgusted, and sorry to say that i’m done with cuteoverload.

Me: Well, don’t let the door hit you on the donkey on the way out. However, I wonder how serious you are, since I seem to recall someone else commenting as ‘Joanne’ making similar comments in other commtraversies. Maybe I’m wrong, who knows, but I have a feeling that most of those who are saying they’re leaving over this aren’t.

And whenever I see something posted here I don’t find cute or funny, I DON’T COMMENT! Something else will be posted soon, usually within a couple hours. Really, it’s as easy as that.

I wish this company had a branch in the US, I’d totally sign up for their service.

Cute or Sad?

Definitely sick in my book. That would be like embalming grandma so that she can sit in her rocker and watch us out the window.

Norman?

@DKN, it’s an ad. Different dogs used, no dog-n-duck bonding, no dead duck, no stuffed duck, no people (just actors), no nothing. Everyone involved was probably paid to scale, although the duck undoubtedly submitted a bill.

Also, “cute” is in the eye of the beholder. (Ow!)

” Why didn’t they just get him a new birdie?”

Because that wouldn’t sell as much internet service, (as this is an advertisement for internet service and all) since it’s obviously much more interesting and controversial to view the dead stuffed bird video, as witnessed here in this thread.

When they removed the sheet off the duck all I could think was “How did they get it to be so still?” Then I realized the damn thing was stuffed when the beak fell off. As the woman ran by dragging the duck all I could think was “Did they at least glue the beak back on?”

I didn’t take it seriously and neither should anyone else. As others have said, it’s a commercial. But I may have had way too much Monty Python in my youth.

I maintain that whatever reaction you have to this video is your personal issue. If you laughed and enjoyed it, that’s your thing. If you cried and felt like all cheerfulness has been taken away from you, that’s your thing. It’s not up to anyone else to cater to exactly your tastes every day.

I’m with the nuffers on this one.

Dragging the dead drake around with the dog chasing it is really in poor taste. Faked or not.

Every time there’s a “controvesial” post I notice many people who’ve never posted before asking “please don’t post stuff like this” and then the dozen regulars post OVER AND OVER about how Meg and the other CO people are deities that nobody should ever question.

A super-popular blog like this with major corporate sponsers SHOULD listen to what their veiwers have to say. But I’ve noticed Meg never does listen, she just keeps doing things that alienate all but hardcore fans.

I remember when my sisters and my cousin and my friends all used to check CO, now everytime I mention seeing something on here I hear “oh, I don’t go there anymore, it’s not cute anymore.” Between the intentionally UNcute posts to spark comments and the increasingly common (and lazy!) re-posts, this site has a pretty questionable business model.

Whenever a hardcore CO defender suggests I go to other sites if I only want to see cute posts, I wish there was another blog that updated this often but had better taste. If anyone has suggestions I’m up for switching!

OK, funny visual. Now, think what the ktenz who are being licked in the earlier post would think AND FEEL if their lickable friend was stuffed and thrown back into the basket, or better yet, tied to a leash like it had never been before, and dragged around by a …. h , human! yechhhh. Here’s a good bumper sticker: KEEP IT CUTE!

So . . . We’ve had the Airing of Grievances part of Festivus, when do we start the Feets Of Strength?

[Ha! You know, I was going to correct your spelling, but I actually like it better this way. Seinfeld meats Monty Python. - Ed.]

“regular” and proud of it! Monique, there are a lot more then a dozen regulars. And I don’t think Meg has to worry about losing peeps after the CO calendar sold out in what?, like 20 minutes.

to quote a program that shall remain nameless…Keep coming back, it works.

I have to come back to read all the comments. I sense we have Monty Python CO fan club here. Now I know where I got this sense of humour. :p It is creative but might not be for everyone. I mean…I was tearing when the duck died…and then the laughter just hits me I wasn’t even see it coming.

Thank you, that just made my morning, in a good way

HAHAHAHAHA. Classic.

‘E’s pining for the fjords!

That. was the worst CO videos I ever saw. I am totally disgusted and put off by how those people could still present the dead duck to the dog to make it happy for just a while only to realise it’s bf is gone, while those people can laugh about it and drag it carcass across the field as though life is a big joke!

Come on! Imagine if you’re dead and someone esle drags your body and play with it as though this whole thing about life and individual meant nothing at all when we were alive?!

Argh. I don’t hope to see anymore of such video in CO again, otherwise I think I may just stop visiting CO seriously… I’ve been a fan of CO for years and I hope things like this wouldnt happen again. =(

That was hilarious, but more hilarious are the poor sensitive souls who took this video so seriously. Meg, your sense of humor is impeccable!

“It’s just not cute anymore” oh lighten up and go look at the ocelots!

I was amused, saddened, repulsed, then amused again.

Oh my word! This is sad… but friggin’ hilarious.

“nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King

This is so horrible. I cannot believe that you posted this on here. Very sad, disrespectful and disturbing.

The whole video was a rollercoaster of delights.

Animals die. People die. It’s a fact of life. It’s sad, of course — sometimes almost unbearably so– but it is how this world works. And I think it’s sweet that they brought his friend back so he could keep playing and loving that duck.

Good for you, crazy Spanish people.

Also, I laughed for like 10 minutes. Awesome.

omg please say this is a joke

[This is a joke. - Ed.]

Given that the post heading is WTF I don’t think people should be surprised by the nature of the clip. I figured the video would be slightly creepy in order to produce that reaction.

So what are some other things that have been posted that received as venomous reviews as this? I absolutely loved this video (it was hilarious, even the second time) and I want more!

Sadly, CO is not always written for the credulous.

If this video makes you physically ill, you should probably see a therapist; that sounds like a deep-seated emotional problem you have there. You certainly have no business owning a computer with an internet connection.

“My husband watched it solemnly all the way through to the end.

Then he said: “The least they should do is put wheels on it.”

Julia (the one in BC) | Nov 22, 2008 at 09:55 AM “

LOL – and…he’s right!

HAHAHAHA. The beak falling off was just…priceless. And then the duck bumping along while being dragged through the field.

Oh nuffers, go play on some other site, ‘kay? Or Google “cute puppies and kittens” if Meg isn’t doing a good enough job for you.

This actually made me cry (I’m in a rather fragile mental state at the moment right now though); I really didn’t see anything too amusing about it. The “cute” part ended when the poor thing died.

This is what’s wrong with this world.