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Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:04:11 +1300

Discussion from blog post.

Joanna

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:04:11 +1300

Okay, I'll start, with the otter video. It makes me cry every single freaking time I watch it. It's like the Extreme Makeover Home Edition of cute animal videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epUk3T2Kfno

Emma Hart

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:05:24 +1300

Okay, fine, despite your using the phrase "hot corgi action", I shall go and look for pictures of unicorns that don't also feature naked men.

Andre Alessi

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:05:55 +1300

Yay kittens!

Firefox has encountered a problem with Windows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LduDVpjpdA

Jacqui Dunn

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:06:07 +1300

Yay, me first!

Loved the kittens, all of them!

Thanks. You've made me happy. (Is that enough happiness for starters?)

ETA: Bugger. Too slow.

Lyndon Hood

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:06:08 +1300

I have dealt with one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydactyl_cat.

They?re not exactly up to manipulating tools, but if one decides to lazily grab you it?s quite difficult to extract yourself.

Also, for those who missed: Unicorn ? The New White Meat/Lawyerbait.

Jacqui Dunn

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:07:33 +1300

They are very cute....

Joanna

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:15:08 +1300

Firefox has encountered a problem with Windows:

That's the popular AFox Twin's 'Window Licker', right?

Hadyn Green

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:20:06 +1300

Maru: cannot look away, cannot stop grinning.

Andre Alessi

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:20:49 +1300

That's the popular AFox Twin's 'Window Licker', right?

It's the cleavage-free version!

Sarah Wedde

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:21:20 +1300

I'm unable to watch the accompanying video, and I've become quite cynical about the veracity of things that do the rounds on the internet, but I'm sticking my fingers in my ears, yelling "Na, na, na, na, I can't hear you", and believing this story of the faithful Japanese dog?

Judi Lapsley Miller

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:23:41 +1300

You can't go past a parrot if you want a smile – life's a party for them once you get them into a predator free environment.

Here's a vid I took last week of two kaka kiddies learning how to use a feeder at Zealandia. Too cute!

And then of?

Andre Alessi

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:28:28 +1300

Standing Cat-In-Boots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZy2I8csVQU

Mahal

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:34:38 +1300

Friend of mine has a polydactyl cat. My favourite trick of hers? When presented with fat chips (especially KFC ones) she will sit back on her haunches like a squirrel, hold the chip between her front paws, and proceed to viciously lick all the salt off the chip. It is?

Joanna

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:34:54 +1300

It would be wrong to post a photo of my pussy with some sweet tongue action, right?

SteveH

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:38:01 +1300

I shall go and look for pictures of unicorns that don't also feature naked men.
How about pictures of unicorns on naked men (and women)?
http://www.holytaco.com/30-awesomely-bad-unicorn-tattoos-gallery/
Some of them are probably NSFW.

Raymond A Francis

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:45:12 +1300

Well somewhere on my computer is a picture of a un tamed cat riding a sheep

Hilary Stace

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:51:40 +1300

I'm not really into animal TV programmes but this Raising Baby series from our own Natural History NZ is wonderful. The orphaned baby gorillas are just so cute (and endangered). I'm sure Bobby would love the DVD.

3410

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:55:32 +1300

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO3dwUKULOE

Megan Wegan

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:13:02 +1300

I have always had a fantasy of a library with dark wood and leather chairs and a basset hound curled in front of an open fire.

So it is with great glee, I share, via @saslockey on Twitter, Basset Hounds Running.

Craig Young

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:16:19 +1300

They've already 'moved against us!' My home is occupied by a merciless black and white moggy who doesn't recognise the abolition of slavery occurred in 1833, because cats were never signatories to it...

Craig Y ;)

nzlemming

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:18:10 +1300

Maru for Prime Minister!

Andre Alessi

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:24:56 +1300

Surely we can't have a "cute animals" thread without pygmy jerboas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJnn-wMPU9w

Andrew G

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:44:52 +1300

One for the cat lovers. The whole series of them are funny too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rb8aOzy9t4

Joanna

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:48:05 +1300

So it is with great glee, I share, via @saslockey on Twitter, Basset Hounds Running.

None of those dogs appear to be wearing a Sherlock Holmes hat and smoking a pipe. I therefore do not believe that they're actually Basset Hounds.

SteveH

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:50:33 +1300

Friend of mine has a polydactyl cat.

We?ve got a polydactyl maine coon. He?s a big cat: 7.5kg, very long legs, and his paws are twice the size of most cats' paws. When he doesn?t want to be picked up he anchors into the carpet and is very difficult to?

Andre Alessi

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:52:50 +1300

One of my favourite webcomics, Cat Vs Human.

Joanna

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:53:38 +1300

He's a big cat: 7.5kg, very long legs, and his paws are twice the size of most cats paws.

He's very handsome, what an awesome-looking cat!

Islander

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:02:24 +1300

Me wants pygmy jerboa, want! want!! want!!!

Kate Hannah

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:04:40 +1300

Oh he's gorgeous! the kitteh love is pleasantly distracting on a Friday afternoon ......

Russell Brown

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:08:59 +1300

More Maru? One of the all-time classics, Mask Maru:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofrSio_jZO0

3410

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:20:50 +1300

Camouflage cat.

Bart Janssen

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:44:01 +1300

You have a very nice pussy

That's not creepy is it?

Bart Janssen

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:46:26 +1300

Awesome cat Steve, and a great name for him

Bart Janssen

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:56:05 +1300

Our cat Figaro used to love charging into brown paper shopping bags, if we left them on the floor. Unlike Maru he would then charge around at full speed, propelling himself with his back legs, until of course he found a wall. Oddly hitting a wall head first at full?

Rex Widerstrom

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:01:21 +1300

Losers. Go ahead, cuddle your kittens. Over here, we're busy doing battle against one of the true enemies of Man.

Errr, make that men.

Brenda Leeuwenberg

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:02:24 +1300

Ponies – they're pretty much horses right?
In which case, here's an entire collection of videos with Horses in them!

http://www.nzonscreen.com/collection/horse

How could you resist?!

sallyr

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:06:06 +1300

Sigh. Corgis need better pr; they suffer from association with their most famous owners. The corgi I had was a scholar and a gentleman, and like these fellows always cheerfully undeterred by poor odds.

Dude, with this kind of thing
These guys aren't cool, or probably even clever...
you risk?

Rex Widerstrom

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:15:33 +1300

Unicorns? They waz delishush.

Okay, okay, a unicorn and a fluffy kitten. That's my best offer.

Jackie Clark

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:17:46 +1300

I was cynical, I must admit. "Otters holding hands?" I thought. "Must be an anthropomorphic thing, like when dogs look like they're kissing each other, where actually they are establishing nonthreateningness". But no, they drift apart, they drift together, and then "she" (is it a she? I like to think?

Jackie Clark

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:20:46 +1300

What an extraordinarily handsome boy.

Kimberley

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:25:07 +1300

This reminds me of some performance art I saw a few weeks ago. Outstanding.

webweaver

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:35:49 +1300

Following on from old-school YouTube cute videos, in addition to "otters holding hands" my all-time fave has to be "the sneezing baby panda" – tell me it doesn't make you laugh and I won't believe you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzRH3iTQPrk

...and put me down as another one who cried today when I re-watched?

Eediot

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:13:54 +1300

Sorry but THIS is the cutest thing ever. http://neb.frikafrax.com/2011/01-4696-chinese-snub-nosed-monkey.html

recordari

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:17:01 +1300

More Maru? One of the all-time classics, Mask Maru:

Life inside a brown paper bag is obviously not nearly as bad as one might think.

Hadyn Green

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:18:08 +1300

Have we seen the Guiltiest Dog Ever?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ISzf2pryI&feature=player_embedded

Which reminds me of this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T55ArHjeR1c&feature=related

Joanna

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:26:14 +1300

It looks like a Monchichi!

recordari

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:28:43 +1300

Strangely I am now being followed by @DepeBufo for no reason I can think of other than this thread, who seems to have a blog about funny animal videos, and just posted this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUDj8XlwS3M&feature=player_embedded

The web moves in mysterious ways.

Amy

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:29:53 +1300

At last, a topic to which I can contribute without feeling entirely underqualified/irrelevant!

Although my pick is less 'cute' and more 'how on earth did this happen!?' – nevertheless it makes me cry with laughter every time I watch it.

I give you Two Angry Camels in a Car:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWQvFmtmXc8

Rob Hosking

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:32:57 +1300

Corgis need better pr; they suffer from association with their most famous owners.

Had one on the farm – my sister's (it was a pet).

We'd come back from doing something down the farm, kicked our boots off and my brother decides to de-flea the corgi before we go in?

Islander

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:51:21 +1300

One of the sickest gifts I was ever offered – by a really lovely Californian fan who I took good care not to upset- was a sea otter throw. I had to invent a fur allergy v. quickly – but just looking at exceedingly beautiful skins from at least a?

Jackie Clark

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:05:28 +1300

That is the funniest thiing ever. And I like the old dog at the end "You let it happen". I can see it written all over her face. "Yes, and I thought it was amusing. And I still do. So bite me".

Islander

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:19:41 +1300

Yeah, dont really want to know how or why they are in the car, but they surely do sound pissed off-

Leigh Kennaway

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:05:30 +1300

There are those, of course, who perceive feline intelligence as a threat, and believe that if we let them, the cats will one day move against us.

I've read Russell's words. I've seen Colin's eyes. I'm sure there is a very real threat!!

Jackie Clark

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:07:05 +1300

And also, Colin appears to have grown disproportionately large so that could be part of the plan. Although it must be said that the last time I saw Colin, he was fleeing from an old dog. So he?s not that near to world domination.

Leigh Kennaway

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:30:11 +1300

You shut your evil mouth Jackie – Colin was not fleeing!! He was merely allowing the dog a temporary feeling of dominance until Colin was ready to put The Plan in to action.

Jackie Clark

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:44:38 +1300

Now, that could be a point, Leigh. We'll put that one to Stella. She'd probably curl her lips!

Islander

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:59:28 +1300

And then smack her chops. In anticipation-*

*Only going on the behaviour of my mother's bichon frise – my only pet is an axylotyl (until the minature ok pygmy jerboa hops into the tank – gah! I mean, my life- right?)

Emma Hart

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:13:32 +1300

Alright, ponies. We were missing ponies, right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJbAT1wzS8U

quentin c

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:40:46 +1300

Robot Unicorn Attack = WIN

Jump into the steel hooves of a robot unicorn, prancing freely amongst the lush purple grasses and rainbow-strewn backdrops of your wildest fantasies.

http://games.adultswim.com/robot-unicorn-attack-twitchy-online-game.html

Hilary Stace

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:05:52 +1300

For those allergic to kittens and puppies, enjoy happy manatees instead.

Islander

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:18:29 +1300

Svelte & smiling, Hilary – and wholly at home in the water world-

Sara Bee

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:25:49 +1300

Thank you – otters rule (if only)

Jeremy Andrew

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 22:07:07 +1300

Did someone say ponies?

"oh, the poor thing can't hear..." "Um, no, mom, I think he said..."

Rex Widerstrom

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:11:15 +1300

There are those, of course, who perceive feline intelligence as a threat, and believe that if we let them, the cats will one day move against us.

I for one welcome our new feline overlords.

A GANG of feral cats "the size of dogs" have been systematically terrorising residents of?

Sacha

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:21:35 +1300

He'd probably enjoy the enhanced sense of victimhood #rraow

dyan campbell

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:20:53 +1300

My favourite cat film clip would have to be Jupiter the cat – "what cats are really thinking".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxNg7ZP6E5E

dyan campbell

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:53:03 +1300

Truth be known, I'm going to struggle on ponies. That's basically a chick thing.

A chick thing? – what about that story by Turgenev about some poor man who buys the horse Malek-Adel, a fabulous silvery-black horse whose indispensable traits – he could be left for hours without even tethering?

Lisa Black

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:34:36 +1300

Not exactly a small furry animal, but, especially for Emma, the cute and eminently stroke-able Matt Smith is to play Christopher Isherwood in, ahem, "fetching underwear".

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:29:19 +1300

Not the Dugong Show then...
but the evolving adventures
of Hugh Manatee ?

Sacha

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:32:35 +1300

oh the huge manatee

Hilary Stace

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:36:26 +1300

Sirenians rule, and I have a great deal of faith in Hugh Manatee.

Jacqui Dunn

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 14:13:16 +1300

OK – here are two animal stories that feature my brother.

I had an elderly female cat, and my brother came to stay. Mrs Daffs was a bit scrawny at the time, well and truly getting on in years, but still liked to rule the roost (she was one of?

Jackie Clark

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:15:03 +1300

At the moment, my darling girl (dog, not cat) – who is 10 and pretty much on her last-ish legs due to poor health – poos outside my bedroom door every morning at about 3am. Is it coincidence? I think not. She knows that I have been talking about her?

Jacqui Dunn

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:27:26 +1300

Oh yes. Keep your pesky thoughts to yourself, that says.

Tui Hill

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:13:31 +1300

Maru – better than Prozac, with no side-effects except occasional hysterical laughter. Trust me on this one. Try"Many too small boxes and Maru" for a taster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XID_W4neJo

Rex Widerstrom

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:57:18 +1300

Hey ladies, we hear you is likin' the unicornios so we's put on our special outfits jus' for you.

Meanwhile, evidence our feline overlords will be benign. If we have enough balls of string, presumably.

Rex Widerstrom

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:05:04 +1300

Apropos of nothing to do with the topic, if only Steve Braunias had thought to send an e-card instead of an e-mail. (NSFW, or those offended by colourful language)

Islander

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:15:29 +1300

rainblow* coloured, yet

not a spelling error, tho' maybe an error of taste...

Danielle

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:19:44 +1300

I have been pondering how best to commemorate Bobby's awesome Hard News shoutout. Should I start scrapbooking?

Lara

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:04:12 +1300

Ponies? Well almost. http://www.flickr.com/photos/60759444@N02/5538942063/

And our own world dominator is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/60759444@N02/5538951277/in/photostream/

Kracklite

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:15:33 +1300

http://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/cat.jpg

I like cats, really.

Jacqui Dunn

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:41:54 +1300

Well, is that guy asking for a pissed-on shoulder, or what?

Jackie Clark

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:16:55 +1300

I think so. My mum does it. My best friend does it. I believe you should do it.

nzlemming

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:30:28 +1300

Spider Jerusalem, FTW! Love that series.

Lilith __

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:18:58 +1300

For anyone who has somehow missed this gem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4fVsSejI4Q

And thanks for all the cute, everybody. It's just what I needed. :-)

johnno

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:56:09 +1300

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXFlnlrk2zg&NR=1

Owls – they're cuter than unicorns. And ponies.

Islander

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:13:20 +1300

I agree! Owls are wonderful birds – and that one was after a slender quickmoving insect that kept ducking between the aluminium frame & the sill.

I like it's chagrin at the end, and the unmistakable glare "Just get your phuquing camera outa my face!"

3410

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:03:57 +1300

Weedy sea dragons:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MKkr_1Kqcw

webweaver

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:23:26 +1300

OMG are those really real? They're AWESOME!

Islander

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:37:30 +1300

Totally real good person- never eat/buy/use anything that has seahorse/manaia in it-

Kracklite

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:17:02 +1300

OK, ignore all the "killer" hype. Really, they're cute (but then I like spiders too):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lgNHdx3Q6s

Islander

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:36:18 +1300

Fastest movers in the world! And, beeyootiful with it-
a fellow arachnophile-

Geoff Lealand

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:24:49 +1300

As we are celebrating the sweet and cheerful, everyone should get along to the new NZ film My Wedding and Other Secrets

Laura Vincent

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:26:35 +1300

Maru!!!!! Can't express my love for that cat in reasonable manner, hence the excessive punctuation. This was seriously good for the soul.

I'm pretty sure it hasn't been mentioned so far – for those who haven't heard of them already, I find the magical wonder of the capybara, and the?

Sacha

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:39:59 +1300

everyone should get along to the new NZ film My Wedding and Other Secrets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdn6LJWw_AQ

Interview of the two leads by TV3's Kate Rodger:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylrWF4ntaxc

And the real Roseanne Liang discusses briefly whether her dad or partner would win a fight:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0pkxZGIU8E&feature=related

Jackie Clark

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:51:05 +1300

The world is full of beauty, isn't it? And Lilith? That ad is genius. The SPCA here should try it.

Joanna

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:51:40 +1300

The latest episode of Parks and Recreation had a pony in it! It was SO AWESOME!

Sacha

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:40:53 +1300

the real Roseanne Liang discusses briefly

Ooh. look, an interview with her on PA Radio. Probably does not contain kittehs.

Richard Aston

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:50:12 +1300

And the extreme christian right has miss used cute kittens for their own ends
Michigan church used this slogan during an anti-pornography campaign in 2005.

DeepRed

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:59:32 +1300

Poe's Law invokes itself again.

Draw your own conclusion as to whether this site is real or parody. (May be NSFW)

Sacha

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:16:36 +1300

Roflnui

(the 'three faces' gets special praise)

Pete Sime

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:21:48 +1300

http://oi53.tinypic.com/oa97iw.jpg

Richard Aston

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:36:24 +1300

Draw your own conclusion as to whether this site is real or parody
nooooooo they can't be for real!
Poe's law is a revelation thanks for that DeepRed.

Jacqui Dunn

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:18:01 +1300

Those gorgeous little sea dragons! I've just looked at that sequence – thought I was out of broadband, but that seems to have miraculously righted itself – and was reminded of sea horses.

Islander

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:23:27 +1300

All part of the manaia family...

Jacqui Dunn

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:46 +1300

Soooo gorgeous.

SteveH

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:16:17 +1300

Owls – they're cuter than unicorns. And ponies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFwgblszf6s

Marcus Turner

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:31:48 +1300

Goat stampede

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ6xGMSOu1E

nzlemming

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:40:47 +1300

Who's that trit-trotting on my bridge?!?

James Bremner

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:38:45 +1300

RB,
Is there a post on Libya coming sometime soon? Be interested to know you take on it.

Sacha

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:33:52 +1300

You're joking – you picked the post about kittens to ask that?

James Bremner

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:54:25 +1300

Sacha, RB made a reference to Libya in the original post to this string. It was the only place I found a reference to Libya in my review of recent posts and comments.

As what is happening in Libya is a significant event I was expecting a post and thread?

Sacha

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:12:31 +1300

made a reference to Libya in the original post

You mean the bit at the beginning where Russell said news had been bleak so the post would be about kittens and puppies instead? I'd jump into any other thread with a plea to discuss war if I were so inclined.

Russell Brown

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:14:44 +1300

Life is confusing. Now Obama sounds like a neocon by saying the goal in Libya is installing a democratic system. Did he read one of Bush's speeches by mistake?

No. The statement refers to helping provide the Libyan people with "an opportunity to transform their country, by installing a democratic?

Neil Morrison

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:21:04 +1300

Libya is of course not exactly the same as Iraq but there are some similarities. US military intervention against a dictator being one.

nzlemming

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:10:51 +1300

Oh noes! The trolls have eated the kittehs!1!!

DeepRed

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:50:54 +1300

Oh noes! The trolls have eated the kittehs!1!!

Not to worry, our newest Level 85'er has arrived to save the day.

Lara

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:06:06 +1300

Back to the cuteness: http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/image002.jpg
Kittehs: http://thewondrous.com/20-so-adorable-kittens-photographs/
Rabbits: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtbrLIwKWWA
And general aww: http://thewondrous.com/33-oddest-animal-couples/

Rich Lock

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:08:52 +1300

So nzlemming posts:

Who's that trit-trotting on my bridge?!?

And the very next post is our friend from N'awlins. I wish my timing was that good. Must be all the jazz.

Sacha

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:21:31 +1300

I was actually planning to raise a discussion, but a brief bout of flu has screwed up my workflow. I'll see what I can do today.

and he has – behold, a new thread about Libya

Jackie Clark

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:36:28 +1300

Thank you Lara – I am currently showing some of the kids – including a new, whiney one, and it's stopped him whining – all those websites plus some more. There have been whoops of joy and ooohs of cute. And some useful animal identification, to boot.

Sacha

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:14:25 +1300

Well I never. Katy Perry loves pussies too.

Islander

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:06:39 +1300

Oh – and in the completely OT but very happy news department the looney USA psychic who urged the evacuation of "the city of Greymouth and all coast towns further south" because, you know, there was going to be this gigantic earthquake & accompanying tsunami? Today? Between noon and 1pm?

got?

Islander

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:29:29 +1300

Steve H – that wonderful owl is going viral round the entire population of Big O!
Brillant!

Jackie Clark

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:04:47 +1300

We're in this twilit zone that is the end of a beloved animal friend's life, and though I'm sad, I'm also incredibly grateful to my Cleo. Because of her, we found the Big King. We gained a dog pack, and a people pack. I learned about what makes dogs tick,?

dyan campbell

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:29:36 +1300

We're in this twilit zone that is the end of a beloved animal friend's life, and though I'm sad, I'm also incredibly grateful to my Cleo.

Jackie, I'm so sorry to hear about Cleo's decline – and thanks for the joyful clips of finer days. I hope she rallies again,?

Jackie Clark

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:09:40 +1300

Well, that made me bawl. Thanks for that beautiful post, Dyan.

nzlemming

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:38:56 +1300

+1 on the housecall option. The only mistake we made was not showing the body to the other cat. She wandered the house for a couple of weeks crying out for her buddy. So we got her a Burmese kitten for company.

She was so grateful she stopped eating and?

Jacqui Dunn

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:46:45 +1300

So sorry, Jackie. I shed a little tear too, for all the wee friends I've had and said goodbye to in my life, and for your loving and beloved dog.

Jacqui Dunn

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:48:20 +1300

What a lovely post, Dyan. Thank you for that.

Sacha

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:42:44 +1300

Basset hounds running