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Mechanical Cat?

posted by [personal profile] cathyr19355 at 08:19pm on 14/04/2005
There was once a twisted episode of the TV show, the Monkees, in which one of the group members, Peter, was possessed (or something) by a member of a robotic space alien race. Since Peter was already pretty weird, this didn't show much, except when a telephone rang nearby. Peter would leap to save the poor appliance, yelling, "Don't tear that cat's head off!"

But he was wrong. A telephone is not a mechanical cat. A Roomba is a mechanical cat. Worse still, it's a mechanical alpha feline. Eric found a blog discussing the interaction of two cats and a Roomba, and it's proof positive of the connection. It's also hysterically funny, and you can find it here. (Apologies in advance to any of my readers who've already found the site.)

By the way, if you don't know what a Roomba is, look here. :-)
Mood:: 'amused' amused
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posted by [identity profile] mirell.livejournal.com at 03:37am on 15/04/2005
I always liked the Monkees, whenever it was shown on Nick at Nite...oh, the many classic TV shows I've watched, but can't name a single one of the modern equivalents.
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 03:50am on 15/04/2005
There are modern equivalents?

Not that I'd know; I haven't watched TV in years, unless you count a few glances at the screen when I'm in a sports bar or something like that. The last TV programming I deliberately sat down to watch was the Winter Olympics before last.
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posted by [identity profile] mirell.livejournal.com at 03:52am on 15/04/2005
Well, like "Friends" or "Seinfeld". I can remember most of the episodes from "Mary Tyler Moore", or "Newhart", or "Bob Newhart Show", or "Laverne and Shirly", "Wonder Years", et cetera...

But modern soaps and the like? Not a chance.
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 04:53am on 15/04/2005
I don't think the Monkees were much like "Friends" or "Seinfeld" or any of that ilk; it was much weirder than that--and Seinfeld and the like certainly had soap operatic elements.
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posted by [identity profile] mirell.livejournal.com at 04:54am on 15/04/2005
Evidently I'm suffering brain rot then...analyzing the sociolinguistics aspect of various Native American languages, id est, the speech difference between men and women of that culture, at midnight, is not fun...
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:-) :-)

posted by [identity profile] pmat.livejournal.com at 04:27pm on 15/04/2005

This is absolutely priceless!

Me: Okay, now I want a Roomba, even if I don't have cats.
Shakati: It makes me want cats!

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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 03:25am on 16/04/2005
I had the opposite reaction. I wouldn't want to bring in a mechanical cat to terrorize Sugar.

On the other hand, I'd cheerfully watch a Roomba attack cats who had been nasty to me. :-)
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posted by [personal profile] metalfatigue at 03:20pm on 16/04/2005
Happy birthday!
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 10:04pm on 16/04/2005
Thanks!
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