Otter Patter

I’m an otter, and you know what?
Me cutest critter on this spot
Not ox or owl or ocelot
With all I got, they ain’t worth squat.

My fur is sleek, my moves are hot
I slide through slots that you cannot
That’s why I stick my tongue a lot
‘Cause I’m an otter — and you’re not.

Photo: Tambako the Jaguar

95 comments … read them below or add one

  1. pyrit says:

    Is that all ya got?!

  2. Theresa says:

    I just keeled over as if shot. :mrgreen:

  3. Not That Mike The Other Mike says:

    So sad, Theresa; requiescat

  4. pyrit says:

    Great Scot!

  5. AuntieMame says:

    On his escutcheon, not a blot.

  6. Holy hairy tater tots!!

    –bossgripes.com

  7. 260Oakley says:

    NTMTOM:
    King of (Otter) Pop

  8. Faye says:

    I don’t know Oakley, it’s a bit too cold for otter pops today.

  9. mie says:

    Honestly, a jaguar is the one who took this shot??

  10. mie says:

    I think not!
    I think we’ve been got!

  11. brinnann says:

    Too cold for otter pops? Faye, where on earth are you? It’s in the mid 90s here.

  12. Mel says:

    I knew it. Every time we turn our backs, otters are laughing at us!

  13. Theresa says:

    @Faye, but 260Oakley’s always hot to trot. :mrgreen:

  14. Rachael says:

    Why, I otter….

  15. Gaz says:

    This poem has left me all otter-pated.

  16. mie says:

    Oh, the otter is Swiss – Grüss Gott!!

  17. ffleur says:

    otterly delicious!

  18. ceejoe says:

    lol, you guys crack me up… i got nuthin to add…

  19. Joanie says:

    otter!!!!!

  20. StormCat says:

    That poem, my dear, hit the spot!!

  21. pegoftilling says:

    All these otters: it’s a plot.

  22. O No He/She/It DI-unt!!! says:

    woefully, my contribution, rhymes it does NOT. :(

    However, here’s my college try:

    …what about the whole base-baru patter/ bit?
    “Hey, batter, batter, batter” could now become “Hey, otter, otter, otter”

    (cricket sounds) “No??”

    (sigh)

  23. Emerson says:

    Otters titter at you lot!

  24. Poohbear says:

    “I shall leeck you” tag, or not ?

  25. Martha in Washington says:

    What a peenk tongue you have got!
    Blowing raspberries–what a snot!

  26. Theresa says:

    He has all our knickers in a knot. :mrgreen:

  27. Ali-baba says:

    Why I otter….. :-)

  28. Ali-baba says:

    Oops! Racheal beat me to it!! Lemme think a mo’…..
    Hey there, otter girl, sticking out your tounge so pink & wee..(Georgie Girl, anyone?) :-)

  29. Emmberrann says:

    Do otters care? Not a jot!

  30. how rude :P

  31. BB/VA says:

    Chevy Chase of the otter world?

  32. Hon Glad says:

    Your a watta
    An Otter
    Thanks a lotta.

  33. Patti Martin says:

    Such Ottertude! Oh my!

  34. I am smart otter
    and I got
    All your bases
    bestest otter plot

  35. 260Oakley says:

    My comment is awaiting otteration.

  36. Justine says:

    Otter Hound.

    Where’s one when you need it?

  37. Hon Glad says:

    Otteration is otiose.

  38. skippymom says:

    We believe in doing everything in otteration.

  39. Theresa says:

    This place is going to ot. :mrgreen:

  40. TUM says:

    NOMTOM, that was unadulterotteratedly otter-rific!

  41. O NO He/She/It DI-unt!!!! says:

    –Just don’t post a pic of a small tot.

    (GASP!!! SHOCK AND AWE!!!)

  42. skippymom says:

    Is it just me, or is it really ot in here?

  43. brinnann says:

    260O, it must think you’re a bot.

  44. Mary (the first) says:

    With charm and wit, NTMTOM is fraught…

  45. O NO He/She/It DI-unt!!!! says:

    skippymom: :)

  46. BatBlaster says:

    Such excessive pride, he should be otterly ashamed of himself

  47. Theresa says:

    If he sticks his tongue out at me, I’ll give him such a swat. :mrgreen:

  48. Calliope says:

    You, my friend, are a master of the bon mot.

  49. Blondie says:

    Forget the rhyming. Where’s the tongue-hance?

  50. pyrit says:

    You wot! You wot!

  51. Theresa says:

    What a swot. Should wear an ascot. :P

  52. pyrit says:

    “And a scarf that was apricot, …”

  53. MamaLana says:

    Too many otter jokes, folks.

  54. Theresa says:

    Hmph, I don’t care a jot.

  55. I just found this blog. my goodness! this is super cute!!! i heart Cuteness

  56. Me says:

    otters gonna ott

  57. 260Oakley says:

    @MamaLana
    Have we reached the Otter Limits?

  58. AuntieMama says:

    @260Oakley: We have not! :D

  59. pyrit says:

    Arrr, where’s me salt wotter nottercal yacht.

  60. Theresa says:

    Such rot! :P

  61. violet says:

    Is there any possibility that the ad with the cat taking a crap in the toilet and then falling into it be removed and replaced? I am sick of seeing that cat take a dump.

  62. violet says:

    Wow! That was fast! Thanks to whomever.

  63. jenjen says:

    I’m imagining that Otterly charming verse read aloud by Jeremy Irons with much nodding and eyebrow raising.

  64. dub1 says:

    As a king in his castle, I’m in my Camelot
    So tie me up in a Windsor knot,
    But don’t derail my train of thought,
    Ocelot, ocelot, ocelot.
    I’m otter here!
    Word!

  65. chanpon says:

    Methinks that NTMTOM has been smoking pot?

  66. kibblenibble says:

    Links to share, that’s what we got,
    That’s great, ’cause I like this site a lot!
    (and verse from NOMTOM hits the spot!) :mrgreen:

  67. Fern says:

    Resist a Boop? I cannot!

  68. terrance says:

    derp

  69. Angel says:

    …..and the final word I have got!

  70. Copperbat says:

    Please publish a children’s book.

  71. Theo says:

    Last word? Hogwash. Tommyrot.

    (Awesome, NomTom and Cuteologists! Glad to see things are still going well here. I like the new “Share the Cute” links too. :) )

  72. Theresa says:

    Indeed. To stop me, you would need a garotte.
    Now I shall eat a kumquat.

    *waving* Hiiiiiiiii Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooooo!

  73. Hon Glad says:

    Weeoe it’s Theo.

  74. There once was an Otter named spot
    who loved to play games a whole lot
    he would slip and then slide
    and then scamper with pride
    showing off to to a girl Ott named Dot.

  75. Reibear says:

    Would have been better if “me” was replaced with “I’m.” Either make all the English stupid-like or don’t, it’s just weird as it is now.

  76. Pixy Misa says:

    On the internet
    Nobody knows
    You’re notta
    Otta.

  77. bookmonstercats says:

    Hellloooo Teho.

  78. snorglepup says:

    Oh rhyming peeps, you sure are hot.
    It hits the spot.
    I laugh a lot!

  79. unci says:

    Hello Otter, hello Tambako! (Great to see one of your pics here!)

  80. Neato. I have to get me one of these and hang it on the doorknob whenever I bring a girl over.

  81. pyrit says:

    What’s invisible and smells like clams? An otter fot.

    Teheau!

  82. Snicker at Pyrit and the otter fot….

  83. Theresa says:

    *snerk*

    I’m retiring to my cot.

  84. Kris says:

    I sought fresh cute, but found it not.
    Not owl or ox or ocelot.
    I guess they forgot :(

  85. ashagato says:

    bravo, m-tom!

  86. pyrit says:

    We got diddly squat.

    [On the contrary. Y'all are ON today. :) - Ed.] [former]

  87. mplsdeb says:

    That tongue is otterlutely the cutest little thing. He’s giving the ol’ raspberries.

  88. Noelegy says:

    Oh come on, now you all are just stirring the pot.
    It’s a blot on the reputation of this otherwise fine site.
    If you keep it up I’ll have to go lie down on my cot.
    Really, I’m getting a bit hot and bothered.

  89. Kory says:

    It’s an otter disaster, otter destruction
    Apocalyptic cuteness is my function
    With the tip of my tongue and the plink of my eyes
    You keel over happy — yes you *dies*.

  90. That otter’s got some phat rhymes.

  91. Theo says:

    And my peeps got plenty more, uh… “Daily Dose” of something or other.

  92. palmtreegirl22 says:

    Pshaw, these are just ottermated responses to this total cuteness. Y’all otter be ashamed of yerselves. ;)

  93. ratchic says:

    “otter limit”…huh. Did that just come to you Oakley or were ya waiting for it? I got a real kick ‘otter’ the otter rhyme following y’all, like a chorus line!

  94. 亢奮的小鉛筆 says:

    wow~~ That’s cute,both the otter and the parodio