bonsai kitten
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- Fariska0
Yep, a long-time joke
- shaft0
Some 10 years ago I helped my gf take her cat to the vet for castration. I carried it in a cage-basket. On the way the cat got furious in the basket like never before, just as if he knew. When we got to the doctor and he gave the cat an anesthetic, he became nicely dizzy and calm. I felt like a betrayer.
This procedure reminds me of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". Yes, it did calm the cat down..
- CaP0
i'd get angry if someone cuts MY balls.
or maybe not, since it really calms animals...
anyhow, good work, shaft.
*tips hat off.
- kelpie0
now, cutting off ALF's balls - I'd get angry about that one alright ;)
- vburo0
It's not exactly a joke. This guestbook entry is the key:
"Extremely funny!! I did the same thing to my cat except I used a full size house! What a dummy I was!"
It's showing you, that by keeping a pet cat in your house you're actually doing a very similar thing to what they exagerrate on the site. You say you love your cat and turn it into a fuzzy doll by cutting his balls off, only because you don't like its natural smell.
Humans are monsters.shaft
(May 3 05, 23:37)you hit the nail on the head.
- kelpie0
:) ha ha fair 'nuff.
- paraselene0
Houses as cages theory just smacks of easy condecension to me, that's all.
kelpie(May 4 05, 03:37)
is there any other kind?
;)
- kelpie0
I know what your saying - keep the claws then or don't take a cat for your pet, I'm with you. Also don't agree with keeping Dogs in the city, or birds in a cage.
Houses as cages theory just smacks of easy condecension to me, that's all.
- paraselene0
it's one thing to domesticate an animal, it's another thing to be hypocritical about that relationship. claw removal is actually an intensely painful thing for cats. i think they have to break the bones in their paws in order to do it.
- kelpie0
perhaps cos it wasn't very funny and not a particularly earth shattering message?
domesticated animals and humans is an irreversable relationship, it's a bit redundant preaching about it. imo.
- blackspade0
hmmm interesting
"But I think that very few people got the message, most just forwarded the letter and never got the sarcastic joke played on them"
i think your right,
- shaft0
http://www.snopes.com/critters/c…
http://www.tafkac.org/ulz/bonsai…
I think I recall this being a sociology student project. Or maybe I just want to see it as a serious thing, so I made up the sociology part a few years ago.I think that once pet lovers realize that this was aimed at them, to unveil their cruel hipocrisy, the message they get is very strong.
It's a clever scheme:
First people get very emotional and spread the email chain to ban the site and save the cats. Then the joke is unveiled, the roles reversed. They realize that they are the villains who cripple cats and keep them in cages humans call home.
But I think that very few people got the message, most just forwarded the letter and never got the sarcastic joke played on them
- blackspade0
oh wha ??
so is it fo real or not ! im gettin mixed messages here ;)
i call the site is a piss take.
what about the poor Bears farmed in cages for their Bile in China, sick fucks, still going on to this day
- bk_shankz0
My cat liked getting his balls cut off. Thinking about it myself.
- warheros20
elizibethans used secretions from cat anus for perfume.
and i believe bonsai kitties are real.
- CaP0
nice work, shaft, i never saw it that way... but it does make sense.
- forcetwelve0
i think it's for real. used to look at it years ago with my old work mates, then it got shut down for a bit.
- shaft0
It's not exactly a joke. This guestbook entry is the key:
"Extremely funny!! I did the same thing to my cat except I used a full size house! What a dummy I was!"
It's showing you, that by keeping a pet cat in your house you're actually doing a very similar thing to what they exagerrate on the site. You say you love your cat and turn it into a fuzzy doll by cutting his balls off, only because you don't like its natural smell.
Humans are monsters.
- usrper0
what happened to that bunny that was gona be eaten?????????
i forgot his name