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bear...@cruller.invalid

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May 25, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/25/00
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In article <392D91BA...@ix.netcom.com>, "Ken M."
<pobo...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> x-no-archive:yes
>
> OK, I'm gullible, but not that much. I ran across this site and
> saw the photo at this link.
>
> http://www.thatwasstupid.com/stupidimages/image22.htm
>
> My questions is: Could this be a real
> photo? Has any vet, or cat owner, ever seen a cat this large?
>
> I'd really like to hear any comments.
>
> (ken)

HAHAHAHAHA! No, actually that cat is normal-sized. Everything else is
tiny.

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cruelty to animals. What I'm talking about, of course, is cat juggling."

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Hillary Israeli

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May 25, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/25/00
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In <bearclaw-44DF3E...@snews.accesscom.com>,
bear...@cruller.invalid <bear...@cruller.invalid> wrote:

*In article <392D91BA...@ix.netcom.com>, "Ken M."
*<pobo...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
*
* > x-no-archive:yes
* >
* > OK, I'm gullible, but not that much. I ran across this site and
* > saw the photo at this link.
* >
* > http://www.thatwasstupid.com/stupidimages/image22.htm
* >
* > My questions is: Could this be a real
* > photo? Has any vet, or cat owner, ever seen a cat this large?
* >
* > I'd really like to hear any comments.
* >
* > (ken)
*
*HAHAHAHAHA! No, actually that cat is normal-sized. Everything else is
*tiny.

Ha. That photograph was used to adorn a flyer for some meeting or
something at VHUP last month. I don't know where the photo originally came
from, but it's definitely doctored.

-h.

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i...@ix.netcom.com

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May 25, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/25/00
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bear...@cruller.invalid wrote:
>In article <392D91BA...@ix.netcom.com>, "Ken M."
><pobo...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> > x-no-archive:yes

> >
> > OK, I'm gullible, but not that much. I ran across this site and
> > saw the photo at this link.
> >
> > http://www.thatwasstupid.com/stupidimages/image22.htm

> >
> > My questions is: Could this be a real
> > photo? Has any vet, or cat owner, ever seen a cat this large?
> >
> > I'd really like to hear any comments.
> >
> > (ken)

>
>HAHAHAHAHA! No, actually that cat is normal-sized. Everything else is
>tiny.

Or maybe it's not a real cat.


Vet in UK

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May 25, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/25/00
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Sure dont look natural to me. Biggest cat I ever weighed was an 11 kg
monster. The one in the photo looks easily double that.


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bear...@cruller.invalid

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In article <8gjs84$2q8...@ix.netcom.com>, i...@ix.netcom.com wrote:

> Or maybe it's not a real cat.

They just used an inverted fisheye lens.

Adrian (CatMan)

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May 25, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/25/00
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If you zoom in on the picture you can see an outline round the cat where it
was cut and pasted, quite amusing though.

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Billie Jean Kunkel

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May 25, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/25/00
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Ken!.................Noooo one is That gullible!!!!

Think I'll do one with one of my opossum photos;
Let's see now............who should I put in the "possums" teeth ??? I
think Charlton Heston might be a good candidate!

Whadda' ya' think ????

newsgroup

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May 25, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/25/00
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What is the deal on this picture? It has made the newsgroups for months and
no one fesses up to the legitimacy of it.

Mewtwo

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May 25, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/25/00
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I think I saw that cat at Cherynobyl.

Carey Gregory

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May 26, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/26/00
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"Billie Jean Kunkel" <B.J.K...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>Ken!.................Noooo one is That gullible!!!!

Mmmm.... no comment.

> Think I'll do one with one of my opossum photos;
>Let's see now............who should I put in the "possums" teeth ??? I
>think Charlton Heston might be a good candidate!
>
>Whadda' ya' think ????

Yes. Excellent choice!


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Billie Jean Kunkel

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May 26, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/26/00
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Carey.....you obviously have excellent taste in art!
congratulations !

B.J.

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Billie Jean Kunkel

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May 26, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/26/00
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What got my attention right away is that the cat looks so stiff, so he was
either fake or was actually lying on a hard-flat surface when the photo was
shot.

I'm sooooooooo good ! <G>

B.J.

"Ken M." <pobo...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message

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> x-no-archive:yes


>
> Billie Jean Kunkel wrote:
> >
> > Ken!.................Noooo one is That gullible!!!!
>

> Yes! I'm afraid I was -- at first! I've seen some rather large,
> overweight cats and started to wonder! Oh well, an amusement,
> if nothing else.
>
> (ken)
>
>
> -----------------------------------
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> http://www.MillenniumAdventures.com
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Billie Jean Kunkel

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May 26, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/26/00
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Veeeery good ! You win !
B.J.

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> I think I saw that cat at Cherynobyl.
>
>

> Ken M. <pobo...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message

Billie Jean Kunkel

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May 26, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/26/00
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Oh my gosh! It just keeps showing up then ?

reminds me.... My mother and her friends used to have a stupid looking
tiny figurine that became a standing joke that they would giftwrap and send
or give to each other for birthdays and Christmas, or sometimes they would
even bake it in a cake; it went on for years and they called it "the
Thing".
It seriously was hilarious, but.....I guess ya' hadda' be there.

B.J.

"newsgroup" <bla...@jps.net> wrote in message
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> What is the deal on this picture? It has made the newsgroups for months
and
> no one fesses up to the legitimacy of it.
>

TheCentralSc...@pobox.com

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May 26, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/26/00
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On Thu, 25 May 2000 23:27:30 +0100, Adrian (CatMan) <adr...@ailurophile.org> wrote:
>If you zoom in on the picture you can see an outline round the cat where it
>was cut and pasted, quite amusing though.
>

digital cut'n'paste.

I'm the klingon: http://members.home.com/adamf123/team_at_work.gif

Odette Brown

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May 26, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/26/00
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"Ken M." (pobo...@ix.netcom.com) writes:
> x-no-archive:yes
>
> OK, I'm gullible, but not that much. I ran across this site and
> saw the photo at this link.
>
> http://www.thatwasstupid.com/stupidimages/image22.htm
>
> My questions is: Could this be a real
> photo? Has any vet, or cat owner, ever seen a cat this large?
>
> I'd really like to hear any comments.
>
> (ken)

A long time ago when I lived in England a new couple came to live across
the road from me, they had a Tabby cat, I never spoke to them, but the
cat came to visit me, and I am not telling a fib, he was about 30 lbs,
the cat was NOT FAT but was standing at about 20" high, my cat is 12" high.
A giant.
ob.


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Paul M. Cook┊

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May 26, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/26/00
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Nope, it's Photoshop.

Paul

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