10/28/2005: Cat bib

Undertoad · 10-28-2005, 08:59 AM

New image haunt Strange New Products offers up this one: the "cat bib". You would think it is not a real product, that it's something you put on your cat just to tick him or her off. No.

Googling finds that it is indeed a real product, the cat bib, and there is a website with hundreds of pictures of cats just as pissed off as this one. And testimonials saying the cat loves it.

OK, I kid, but the point, it turns out, is not to piss off the cats, but to prevent the cats from catching birds. The bib "works by coming between your cat and the bird your cat is stalking. When the cat strikes out for the bird, the CatBib is there instead. It gently interferes with your cat's keen hunting skills."

Gently interferes with its dignity, too, but at the same time it's kinda funny. Happy Friday.

sktzofrenic · 10-28-2005, 09:41 AM

Yes i agree - all dignity has been lost here

xoxoxoBruce · 10-28-2005, 10:26 AM

If the birds don't die laughing.

Good one, UT.

busterb · 10-28-2005, 10:42 AM

Kinda like a milk jug on dogs collar to stop digging! maybe?

LabRat · 10-28-2005, 11:20 AM

I have never owned a cat, but isn't that why some have bells on their collars, to warn the things that they may be stalking? Seems a little less obnoxious. Poor cats.

LynnM · 10-31-2005, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by LabRat

I have never owned a cat, but isn't that why some have bells on their collars, to warn the things that they may be stalking? Seems a little less obnoxious. Poor cats.

The problem with bells is that young, naive animals don't know that the sound of the bell signals danger. That bib thing is obnoxious and the cats look wretchedly unhappy, but it probably does the trick.

By the way, Leonardo da Vinci, who used to purchase doomed fowl at the marketplace and set them free, opined that the bells placed around farm animals' necks must drive them mad. I wonder too about the incessant clinking of metal license, rabies and ID tags on collars.

darclauz · 10-28-2005, 11:36 AM

some clever cat will figure out how to:

1 - whack the hell out of the bird by throwing himself forward by the chest and
2 - climb up beside your most expensive crystal and whack the hell out of that, too.

mark my words..our lives are in danger.

Mrs. Tweedy.....The chickens.......are organising.

BigV · 10-28-2005, 12:21 PM

I think we're looking at pictures of incorrect installations. These are clearly capes. Stoopid humans. See here.

jinx · 10-28-2005, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

I think we're looking at pictures of incorrect installations. These are clearly capes. Stoopid humans. See here.

Hey cool. When I was a kid my bedroom was decorated in B Kliban theme; white carpet and red walls with black framed Kliban prints all over them. I had forgotten about that....

xoxoxoBruce · 10-29-2005, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by jinx

Hey cool. When I was a kid my bedroom was decorated in B Kliban theme; white carpet and red walls with black framed Kliban prints all over them. I had forgotten about that....

White carpet? In a kids room? Good grief.

Oh...welcome to the Cellar, stanford93.

Lizsun · 10-30-2005, 02:35 PM

Here I thought it was a cat testing out a beard disguise.

There I go again being stupid.

Liz
http://lettingmebe.blogspot.com

lawman · 10-28-2005, 12:56 PM

Recycling!

looks like a good use for all those dirty old mouse pads now that most people are going to optical mice.

there's gotta be some cat and mouse joke in there somewhere.

capnhowdy · 10-28-2005, 03:29 PM

Finally... a product that turns the tables on the feline species. They are relentless and heartless hunters. Most cats that hunt and kill have no intentions of ingestion. They just instinctively kill.
Interfere with a cat's dignity? Never happen..... just ask the cat. He'll tell you it doesn't bother him in the least. Prolly tell you he put it on himself. Then he'll ask you if you want to try it on. Cat wins again.
I had a bumper sticker on my old '79 Ford truck:
I LOVE CATS......THEY TASTE LIKE CHICKEN. I love all animals. There are SOME that I love a little less than others.

stanford93 · 10-28-2005, 09:07 PM

mmm, just me, or do all these look obviously photoshopped (on the website too)? or am i stating the obvious?

bluecuracao · 10-28-2005, 10:19 PM

Hey, you could save $7.95 and keep your kitty inside!

10-28-2005, 08:59 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	10/28/2005: Cat bib New image haunt Strange New Products offers up this one: the "cat bib". You would think it is not a real product, that it's something you put on your cat just to tick him or her off. No. Googling finds that it is indeed a real product, the cat bib, and there is a website with hundreds of pictures of cats just as pissed off as this one. And testimonials saying the cat loves it. OK, I kid, but the point, it turns out, is not to piss off the cats, but to prevent the cats from catching birds. The bib "works by coming between your cat and the bird your cat is stalking. When the cat strikes out for the bird, the CatBib is there instead. It gently interferes with your cat's keen hunting skills." Gently interferes with its dignity, too, but at the same time it's kinda funny. Happy Friday.

10-28-2005, 10:26 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If the birds don't die laughing. Good one, UT. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-28-2005, 10:42 AM	#4
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Kinda like a milk jug on dogs collar to stop digging! maybe? __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

10-28-2005, 11:20 AM	#5
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	I have never owned a cat, but isn't that why some have bells on their collars, to warn the things that they may be stalking? Seems a little less obnoxious. Poor cats. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

10-28-2005, 11:36 AM	#7
darclauz Breathing into a paper bag Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 334	some clever cat will figure out how to: 1 - whack the hell out of the bird by throwing himself forward by the chest and 2 - climb up beside your most expensive crystal and whack the hell out of that, too. mark my words..our lives are in danger. Mrs. Tweedy.....The chickens.......are organising. __________________ Taking up smoking to lose weight.

10-28-2005, 09:41 AM	#2
sktzofrenic Rapscallion Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5	Yes i agree - all dignity has been lost here

10-28-2005, 12:21 PM	#8
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I think we're looking at pictures of incorrect installations. These are clearly capes. Stoopid humans. See here. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-30-2005, 02:35 PM	#11
Lizsun Complex Simpleton Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 18	Here I thought it was a cat testing out a beard disguise. There I go again being stupid. Liz http://lettingmebe.blogspot.com

10-28-2005, 12:56 PM	#12
lawman unerringly questioning Join Date: May 2002 Location: Whitehorse, Yukon Posts: 100	Recycling! looks like a good use for all those dirty old mouse pads now that most people are going to optical mice. there's gotta be some cat and mouse joke in there somewhere.

10-28-2005, 03:29 PM	#13
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Finally... a product that turns the tables on the feline species. They are relentless and heartless hunters. Most cats that hunt and kill have no intentions of ingestion. They just instinctively kill. Interfere with a cat's dignity? Never happen..... just ask the cat. He'll tell you it doesn't bother him in the least. Prolly tell you he put it on himself. Then he'll ask you if you want to try it on. Cat wins again. I had a bumper sticker on my old '79 Ford truck: I LOVE CATS......THEY TASTE LIKE CHICKEN. I love all animals. There are SOME that I love a little less than others. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

10-28-2005, 09:07 PM	#14
stanford93 Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2	mmm, just me, or do all these look obviously photoshopped (on the website too)? or am i stating the obvious?

10-28-2005, 10:19 PM	#15
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Hey, you could save $7.95 and keep your kitty inside!

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