2/10/2006: Rescued cat is pissed

Undertoad · 02-10-2006, 12:03 PM

This one is making the rounds. Like yesterday's image it came from an IotDer I didn't connect to a username - if y'all want credit when you send things along, do let me know, eh? But thanks anyway!

Cat reactions don't generally make the most interesting IotDs, but this one is a great reaction, in the middle of a great photograph. Soggy with freezing water, gray with smoke, and grabbed by a fireman whose protective gear doesn't let the cat do anything but complain... I think I might have the same reaction.

I love how the photo catches two different reactions, looking in two different directions. I love how it picks up the gray fur and the gray smoke above. I love how the white all over tells you about the condition and the cold. I love how the only real color is the fireman's red. I love the different textures - fur, fabric, icicles, ice-covered tree, geometric brick and stairs.

And I love how the cat is totally enraged... but ironically, now has no reason for rage, because now it will live to see another day.

mlandman · 02-10-2006, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

And I love how the cat is totally enraged... but ironically, now has no reason for rage, because now it will live to see another day.

Yep, cat is **insert_emotion here**.... has no reason to be **insert_emotion_here**.... sounds like a cat to me.

Cats..... nature's cruel joke to rational people. Glad to see one get all bent out of shape. Hate the bastards.

Funny how the pic goes inline with the recent spat of ice-house ice-boat.......

xoxoxoBruce · 02-10-2006, 12:58 PM

OR......the guy is familiar with cats and their habit of not appreciating being saved, so he’s hanging on a little too tightly.

barefoot serpent · 02-10-2006, 01:06 PM

the cat is all like wtf! I was in this nice warm house... and now this dude is dragging me into the cold outside! I bet those are cathide gloves he has on, too.

Pancake Man · 02-10-2006, 01:07 PM

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the guy is familiar with cats and their habit of not appreciating being saved, so he’s hanging on a little too tightly

I would back off very slowly....

glatt · 02-10-2006, 01:11 PM

Oh, I'm sure he's holding on very tight. Anyone who has ever held a cat against its will knows you have to hold on tighter than you would normally want to.

wolf · 02-10-2006, 01:31 PM

When surrounded by video and still cameras, a fireman understands that it just doesn't do to lose his grip on the rescued feline who is going to be the end-of-the-news feelgood story tonight. Having the cat run back into the burning building and having to endanger yourself and your crew over an animal too stupid to get out on it's own is not the way you want to be remembered.

There's other reasons they leave the gloves on. Getting caught on camera throwing a cat to the ground screaming "You fookin' bastid, don't you fooking bite me" does not endear you to the public, even in the post 9/11 we love firemen world.

You ever notice? Save one cat, you head off the news. Get three adults out of a burning building, there might be something on an inside lefthand page.

Happy Monkey · 02-10-2006, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

You ever notice? Save one cat, you head off the news. Get three adults out of a burning building, there might be something on an inside lefthand page.

That's because people don't look like demonically possessed mops.

Elspode · 02-10-2006, 02:59 PM

The cat doesn't care about the smoke, the water, the cold or how it is being held.

The cat is pissed because he's looked around and does not see a food bowl anywhere.

capnhowdy · 02-10-2006, 03:35 PM

...and I say again: I love cats. They taste like chicken.

limey · 02-10-2006, 04:18 PM

This side of the pond "pissed" means drunk, and "pissed OFF" means "in a bad mood". This little misunderstanding gets me every time - I was looking for a drunken moggie ...

Happy Monkey · 02-10-2006, 04:25 PM

moggie....

One of my computer science professors was English, and he used Yank-to-Brit as an example for translation software. The example sentence was:

Lawks a lawdy, lord love a duck! My moggie has popped its clogs!

zippyt · 02-10-2006, 04:42 PM

so translate it already !!!!

Happy Monkey · 02-10-2006, 05:09 PM

"Oh, my goodness, good gracious! My cat has died!"

moonspider666 · 02-11-2006, 07:55 AM

all that hair;it's lucky it didn't light up like a Q-tip

02-10-2006, 12:03 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	2/10/2006: Rescued cat is pissed This one is making the rounds. Like yesterday's image it came from an IotDer I didn't connect to a username - if y'all want credit when you send things along, do let me know, eh? But thanks anyway! Cat reactions don't generally make the most interesting IotDs, but this one is a great reaction, in the middle of a great photograph. Soggy with freezing water, gray with smoke, and grabbed by a fireman whose protective gear doesn't let the cat do anything but complain... I think I might have the same reaction. I love how the photo catches two different reactions, looking in two different directions. I love how it picks up the gray fur and the gray smoke above. I love how the white all over tells you about the condition and the cold. I love how the only real color is the fireman's red. I love the different textures - fur, fabric, icicles, ice-covered tree, geometric brick and stairs. And I love how the cat is totally enraged... but ironically, now has no reason for rage, because now it will live to see another day.

02-10-2006, 12:58 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OR......the guy is familiar with cats and their habit of not appreciating being saved, so he’s hanging on a little too tightly. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-10-2006, 01:31 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	When surrounded by video and still cameras, a fireman understands that it just doesn't do to lose his grip on the rescued feline who is going to be the end-of-the-news feelgood story tonight. Having the cat run back into the burning building and having to endanger yourself and your crew over an animal too stupid to get out on it's own is not the way you want to be remembered. There's other reasons they leave the gloves on. Getting caught on camera throwing a cat to the ground screaming "You fookin' bastid, don't you fooking bite me" does not endear you to the public, even in the post 9/11 we love firemen world. You ever notice? Save one cat, you head off the news. Get three adults out of a burning building, there might be something on an inside lefthand page. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-10-2006, 02:59 PM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	The cat doesn't care about the smoke, the water, the cold or how it is being held. The cat is pissed because he's looked around and does not see a food bowl anywhere. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-10-2006, 03:35 PM	#10
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	...and I say again: I love cats. They taste like chicken. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-10-2006, 01:06 PM	#4
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	the cat is all like wtf! I was in this nice warm* house... and now this dude is dragging me into the cold outside! I bet those are cathide gloves he has on, too.*

02-10-2006, 01:11 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Oh, I'm sure he's holding on very tight. Anyone who has ever held a cat against its will knows you have to hold on tighter than you would normally want to.

02-10-2006, 04:18 PM	#11
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	This side of the pond "pissed" means drunk, and "pissed OFF" means "in a bad mood". This little misunderstanding gets me every time - I was looking for a drunken moggie ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

02-10-2006, 04:25 PM	#12
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	moggie.... One of my computer science professors was English, and he used Yank-to-Brit as an example for translation software. The example sentence was: Lawks a lawdy, lord love a duck! My moggie has popped its clogs! __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-10-2006, 04:42 PM	#13
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	so translate it already !!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

02-10-2006, 05:09 PM	#14
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	"Oh, my goodness, good gracious! My cat has died!" __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-11-2006, 07:55 AM	#15
moonspider666 Complex Simpleton Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: wv,usa Posts: 18	all that hair;it's lucky it didn't light up like a Q-tip __________________

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