riley702

These are both the same commercial.

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Ooh, did not think of that. Good idea!

I can't remember the original source - I cruise the internet like I used to read our encyclopedias for fun as a kid (really - the dictionary, too!) - I look up one thing, which leads to something else, which leads to something I saw while looking up another thing, which leads to... several happy hours later. But googling "Grumpy Cat Tard" or "Grumpy Cat Dwarfism" leads to a scad of links. http://epicdolls.com/beauturkey/2013/03/17/grumpy-cats-real-name-and-everything-that-is-wrong-with-the-internet/ http://mentalfloss.com/article/53217/16-fun-facts-about-grumpy-cat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumpy_Cat The last two both tell about her dwarfism, as well as the fact that she has a littermate (Pokey) with dwarfism as well. He's shown here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/02/grumpy-cats-brother-revealed-pokey-only-slightly-less-grumpy_n_2065783.html It repeats the bit about Tard being Tardar Sauce, but really? And the fact that you named both cats with a genetic disorder "Tard" AND "Pokey"? Pull the other leg, it's shorter. I stand corrected about the stroke. It was someone speculating about the cat. Thanks for fact-checking me. I'll correct my original post.

IDK. :) She has her own Facebook page and stuffed toy that looks like her. Her owner first saw her as a stray "barn cat" and immediately wanted her because her other two cats are... a black and a ginger tabby! One eye is blue and one is green, also.

There's a similar one where the kid is crushed that his remote control car is broken. Cue Dad racing around the empty parking lot turning whichever way the toy car on the seat beside him turns. It's ruined a bit at the end as the kids chortle that they'll have to find more toys to break.

Maybe they're twins? There was one with twin sisters and the caller was surprised when the rep says something that only her twin says. They then squeal each other's names in surprise. So, the caller doesn't know where her sister works? <rolleyes>

Yeah, the poor thing has a form of dwarfism as well. They mock her and pimp her out, and tell really lame lies trying to cover their asses about the mocking. I'm convinced they're horrible people. The only semi-cute thing I've seen is her commiserating with Venus, the "chimera" cat.

LOL. Quite a turn of phrase, there. Kudos!

I don't like the bee mocking the "grumpy" expression of the cat, as it is the result of feline dwarfism and I think it's uncool to mock someone for a medical condition, even if they are a cat. Incidentally, this is also why I despise the owners of the cat, who called her Tard (as in retard) until she became famous and they retconned that her name was really Tardar Sauce. Because that REALLY explains why her littermate with Dwarfism is called Pokey.

Part of it might be having one of coolest jobs around. They definitely have fun.

That might be it - thanks! Perhaps he means he knows how far he's willing to go for something he wants. And do we know our own limits that well?

I'm in for nagging bitch voice. It doesn't help that she has this horrible nasal voice, especially when talking to her friend on the phone.

I felt SO bad. I was my fault she had diarrhea, which led to the dreaded bath. Thank goodness she either hasn't figured it out, or doesn't hold a grudge! ;) She's pretty smart, so it might be the latter. When a friend of mine first got married, her new husband thought it was entertaining to tease the cats. Nothing mean or harmful, but just messing with their heads. She warned him that they were smarter than he thought and they WOULD get even, but he blew her off. She tells of watching him fall asleep while watching TV, and setting his glass of iced tea up on the bookcase headboard before doing so. She then watched one of the cats winding back and forth on the headboard, carefully nudging the glass closer and closer to the edge until finally knocking it off so that it landed on his head. He came up sputtering and she laughed at him and said, "I TOLD you they would get even." He was ticked that she just let it happen, but she told him she figured he had it coming. He had a lot more respect for the cats after that!

There is an ad for an upcoming Animal Planet program called Ice Lake Rebels. It's about some survivalist "rebels" living on houseboats way up north in Canada's NorthWest Territory. Apparently, as long as you don't actually live on land, you don't have to pay taxes, etc. Anyway, they're interviewing one of the guys, a really excitable guy who at one point exclaims "I know my ____________; do you?" I cannot figure out what he's saying!

I have two long-haired cats now and neither mind me rubbing or brushing their tummies. In fact, I can't remember ever having a cat that minded me touching their tummies, tail or ears. The one with the most hairball problems absolutely refuses to eat the hairball remedy. So of course the one that has always had fewer hairballs would polish off the entire lick stick if I let her. Then I read somewhere that coconut oil was good for hairballs, and they both love it. But there was a slight learning curve on how much of it to give them. And I didn't know at the time to start with small doses. I gave them about a teaspoon that first day, and Swiffer soon had matted poop all over her butt and tail. She didn't like it, but I gave her a bath using those thick elbow-length dishwashing gloves. I was able to loosen it up enough to remove them. Now I give them a half teaspoon or less several times a week. I think it is slowly improving how often they yak up a hairball. Still doesn't stop them from shedding, though. I swear I vacuum enough hair each week to knit myself a new cat.

Yep. Famewhores R us.

Because that's what we do here! ;)

Yeah, we've already had that discussion. I think consensus was we think it's deliberate. ETA: The topics were things we thought we heard and earworms

Did Kenny have that horrendous face-lift fixed a bit? He doesn't look quite as scary as usual here.

Smug? Shitty, maybe.

Link?

I liked those commercials. Mostly for the adorable kitten, granted.

I saw that ad, too, Rick!

There was an old commercial back in the day - can't even remember what it was for, but at the end, the husband looks fondly at his wife and announces, "My wife; I think I'll keep her." while she just smiles. I remember it causing a shitstorm of controversy over the sexism. Anyone else remember that? Just googled it - it was a Geritol commercial from 1972.