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August 14, 2011 5:39 PM Subscribe
I adore Simon's cat. The "Santa Claws" video is my favourite. Or perhaps "Let me in".... Or "Fly guy"... Oh well, it doesn't matter, they all bright up my day.
So since it's been a while since I have seen these vids, thanks for reminding me of their existence! :)
posted by TraumaT at 5:47 PM on August 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
So since it's been a while since I have seen these vids, thanks for reminding me of their existence! :)
posted by TraumaT at 5:47 PM on August 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
carter jr. adores these and finds them hilarious, and knows them by heart.
posted by carter at 5:49 PM on August 14, 2011
posted by carter at 5:49 PM on August 14, 2011
carter jr. adores these and finds them hilarious, and knows them by heart.
Hm, perhaps I should not reveal my age now, hahahaha!
posted by TraumaT at 5:53 PM on August 14, 2011
Hm, perhaps I should not reveal my age now, hahahaha!
posted by TraumaT at 5:53 PM on August 14, 2011
Thanks, Industrial Light and Magic!
posted by NoraReed at 5:59 PM on August 14, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by NoraReed at 5:59 PM on August 14, 2011 [3 favorites]
They are all short adventures. There is also now a Simon's Cat daily comic that isn't as good as the animated toons. It's homebased at the same newspaper that originated "Andy Capp" several hundred years ago. I fear Simon's Cat will be overextended long before it can challenge Garfield.
Hua, those actually aren't bad. Rather see that in a newspaper than Garfield.
posted by The Devil Tesla at 6:35 PM on August 14, 2011 [2 favorites]
Hua, those actually aren't bad. Rather see that in a newspaper than Garfield.
posted by The Devil Tesla at 6:35 PM on August 14, 2011 [2 favorites]
It's homebased at the same newspaper that originated "Andy Capp"…
Andy Capp makes so much more sense now that I know he's British.
posted by device55 at 7:07 PM on August 14, 2011 [4 favorites]
Andy Capp makes so much more sense now that I know he's British.
posted by device55 at 7:07 PM on August 14, 2011 [4 favorites]
This reminds me... I have to move the fridge to clean the coils soon. I'm scared to find out what's under it. There's probably 20 milk jug rings and who knows what else that the kitties have managed to swat under there.
I think when they play cat hockey, the area under the fridge is the goal.
posted by azpenguin at 7:13 PM on August 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
I think when they play cat hockey, the area under the fridge is the goal.
posted by azpenguin at 7:13 PM on August 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
That Simon sure seems like nice guy, I wonder if he's got a girlfriend.
posted by 445supermag at 7:14 PM on August 14, 2011
posted by 445supermag at 7:14 PM on August 14, 2011
Simon's Cat just isn't the same without the 'Mrow?' voices.
posted by gracedissolved at 7:49 PM on August 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by gracedissolved at 7:49 PM on August 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
No, that's not how it happens. What happens is that I drop a quarter on the laundry room floor. It rolls under the dryer and I get a yardstick to get it out. Instead of the quarter, I end up with four fuzzy balls, a half a dozen toy mice (two decapitated), a feather, and a couple of milk rings...all while my cat sits there glaring at me as if to say, "It's about time you got that stuff out for me. Humph."
If I don't get the toys out frequently enough, though, she'll eventually sit mournfully in front of whatever piece of furniture she's used as her latest hiding place, halfheartedly sticking a nose or paw under it as if to remind me of my duty. Her cute little face guilt trips me into moving the furniture and retrieving her toys. Except they're back under the furniture in 10 minutes flat, after which she walks away nonchalantly as if she didn't care in the first place. Just to prove that she has the power to make me move stuff.
posted by BlooPen at 7:52 PM on August 14, 2011 [7 favorites]
If I don't get the toys out frequently enough, though, she'll eventually sit mournfully in front of whatever piece of furniture she's used as her latest hiding place, halfheartedly sticking a nose or paw under it as if to remind me of my duty. Her cute little face guilt trips me into moving the furniture and retrieving her toys. Except they're back under the furniture in 10 minutes flat, after which she walks away nonchalantly as if she didn't care in the first place. Just to prove that she has the power to make me move stuff.
posted by BlooPen at 7:52 PM on August 14, 2011 [7 favorites]
I love Simon's cat, so ta for this... but it would've been funnier for me if my own cat hadn't chased a rat into the back of the fridge the other day, and then got bored.
Little-known fact: rat tails break off quite easily, and cannot reliably be used to drag an unwilling rat out of the back of a fridge.
posted by pompomtom at 8:43 PM on August 14, 2011 [4 favorites]
Little-known fact: rat tails break off quite easily, and cannot reliably be used to drag an unwilling rat out of the back of a fridge.
posted by pompomtom at 8:43 PM on August 14, 2011 [4 favorites]
My fave anecdote about cats digging up stuff from who knows where is from my own cat, of course. He had this ring with tassels on it that he loveddddd...but I couldn't find it for weeks. Finally I felt bad about it and bought him a new one. As soon as I got it out of the wrapping and put it in front of him, he trotted away, came back with the original toy and put it side by side with the new one. Ah well, now he has two.
posted by sweetkid at 9:59 PM on August 14, 2011
posted by sweetkid at 9:59 PM on August 14, 2011
Love the animation and the sound effects are perfect.
posted by bonobothegreat at 8:13 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by bonobothegreat at 8:13 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
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