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Better Than CATS

Oh I have questios, all right.

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104 comments on Better Than CATS

  1. glitzglitter
    November 16, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    It really is a dreary look. In the tags “biblical.” Huh?

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  2. Fae
    November 16, 2009 at 4:05 pm

    “sturdy enough to mail with out breakage (I hope)”

    Christmas? BIBLICAL?

    So very many questios.

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  3. rinthered
    November 16, 2009 at 4:06 pm

    meOUCH!

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  4. Art By Blakenetizen
    November 16, 2009 at 4:06 pm

    oh I cant think of anything else I would rather spend $200 on… a 4 lb old crap barbie doll “cat statue” that “stares into my soul’….

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  5. whyohwhy
    November 16, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    The description, materials and tags are even more thought provoking.

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  6. everydaymama
    November 16, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    So many questios for sure, but mainly what the hell does this mean? “When you view the piece in person you will note that each of the cats are looking at you as you look directly at you”.

    My head hurts!!

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  7. tarabu
    November 16, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    The nateral matieials really bring the polamer clay and acrilic paint to life.

    I am pleased the seller mentioned they were mattel dolls – I would not pay that much for hasbro.

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  8. NinjaGato
    November 16, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    200 bucks for spray painted barbie dolls?

    ” I priced this piece what I feel I can live with…always in my heart it is worth more.”

    YOU keep it then! I’m getting sick of these sellers whining about how in love with their crap they are and how sad they are to see it go. If you loved it THAT much you’d keep it.

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  9. NinjaGato
    November 16, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    what do you suppose a nateral material is?

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  10. Helen Killer
    November 16, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    I love the idea that you just set your cats free when you can’t feed them anymore.

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  11. blackcat
    November 16, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    What the hell does this have to do with Christmas?

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  12. akiddo
    November 16, 2009 at 4:12 pm

    naked barbies painted like cats = who will feed our pets during an apocalypse??? the mental leap taken here is gargantuan…if ya like the naked doll, like it..don’t turn it into a spca ad…

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  13. ArtHarpy
    November 16, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    MEMORIES….Leave this alone in the Moonlight! For Fucksake, CATS is horrible enough without it being immortalized. Somebody call Andrew Lloyd Webber… there’s a theatre somewhere missing a few retarded Cats.

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  14. Jea
    November 16, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    Awesome.

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  15. trashtramp
    November 16, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    For some reason, I feel like singing a Jellicle Song for Jellicle Cats…

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  16. akiddo
    November 16, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    @ninjagato #9…yes! the spelling on etsy deserves its own special regretsy section!! lol!!!!

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  17. personalearthquake
    November 16, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    if we were $198, we might be in business…but then again, if i can’t get a guarantee on the shipping breakage…hmm…it’s a toss up….clown wreath or apocolyptic barbie cat statue?

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  18. ArtHarpy
    November 16, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    And Helen… Please in the name of all that is Holy, tag this one with “Copyright Infringment” as well! http://www.lakeland.edu/UserFiles/Image/Alumni/Cats%20photo%20for%20web.jpg

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  19. jeffreyrcarey
    November 16, 2009 at 4:17 pm

    kitty litter

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  20. Stingray Charles
    November 16, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    So there’s no cat food in the future? That is dreary. Did the Prawns in District 9 eat it all?

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  21. personalearthquake
    November 16, 2009 at 4:23 pm

    who wants to read all that crap?

    I just did…and I regret it.

    http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=34232004

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  22. martini
    November 16, 2009 at 4:24 pm

    Barbies gone bad.

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  23. jeffreyrcarey
    November 16, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    I am 100% with #6 everydaymama. My head hurts. And “what the hell does this mean?”. What the hell does any of it mean? I love the quote, “I hope you like this piece?” Do you hope we like it or NOT?!

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  24. jenigirl
    November 16, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    I have nothing clever to say except I almost pissed myself reading that description! I never cease to be amazed at how fucking serious people are about their shitty art.

    And we have been warned…there will be more

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  25. everydaymama
    November 16, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    The shop’s announcement is equally hideous!

    “Please come in…everyone is welcome..I hope you find something that you just can’t live without, or want to get for a friend…can I get you a cup of coffee or a glass of wine…hehehehe”

    What the hell is up with all the odd “laughter” all over this sellers shop and listings? Are they mentally disturbed… Or do I need to ask?

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  26. chicaflamenca
    November 16, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    I have no words. Except USE THE SPELL CHECKER. WTF???? Do you SERIOUSLY think any of us intelligent people want to spend our hard earned money on anything that is described with such little thought and intelligence??? REALLLLLLLYYYYYYY???????

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  27. everydaymama
    November 16, 2009 at 4:37 pm

    I just realized my compost heap bears a striking resemblance to this piece of… COUGH… Art…

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  28. Stingray Charles
    November 16, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    From this angle I can see the silver cat’s pu…No, too easy. Time to go home.

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  29. crazycatlady
    November 16, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    Oh well never was there ever a cat so clever as….

    Fuck it, this is just shit.

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  30. NinjaGato
    November 16, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    1. I would also like to know what makes this biblical. Perhaps because of all the “oh my GAWD’s” and “Jesus H Christ with a Laptop’s”

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  31. NinjaGato
    November 16, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    I dare someone to convo her to ask why she tagged it “biblical”

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  32. Do not read my name
    November 16, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    I wish I could live in this persons world for just five minutes, just to try an alternate reality.
    Her shop is a treasure trove of
    longwinded airy fairy nonsensical descriptions, tag spamming, overuse of LOL, you name it. It’s the biggest trainwreck I’ve seen in a long time.

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  33. Stingray Charles
    November 16, 2009 at 4:49 pm

    #31: I’d take the dare, but Etsy deleted my profile.

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  34. Redshirt Knitting
    November 16, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    “conversation starter for sure” truer words were never spoken. Conversations like “You paid HOW much?” and “What is wrong with you?”

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  35. imwithya
    November 16, 2009 at 5:04 pm

    lol “better than cats” (“I want to see it again and again”) Not.

    I kinda like the clown one with the arms connected by wires… is that wrong?

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  36. Bad_Wolf
    November 16, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    #6 Perhaps the artist is implying that the cats are fixing you with an accusatory glare as you look deeply inside yourself and lament your future negligence…

    Or she was high on acrylic paint fumes while writing this description.

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  37. rudegrl
    November 16, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    I assume its tagged as biblical because of all the people afraid the world is going to end in 2012. I am also assuming she is one of those people. Does she think cats will survive and evolve into human-like cats?

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  38. notmyrealname
    November 16, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    A catastrophe of biblical proportions? Can I make that pun?

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  39. TooManyCookbooks
    November 16, 2009 at 5:20 pm

    I’m ‘actully’ a little disappointed that this was not, in fact, a tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber as I first thought. I’d have sent the link to my sister — it would be the perfect thing to threaten to buy her for Presentmas!

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  40. Terrible Muriel
    November 16, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    I love that on this one:

    http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=34232004

    she gets so specific about the Materials including “wood base with a hole in it for hanging it”.

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  41. Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
    November 16, 2009 at 5:24 pm

    I see Christina, Lil’ Kim, & Mýa, where’s Pink?

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  42. Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
    November 16, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    #31: Done.

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  43. Cold Salt
    November 16, 2009 at 5:44 pm

    Why are misspelled words so funny?

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  44. crapgawker
    November 16, 2009 at 5:47 pm

    Oh – acrilic was used again! That seems to be a popular nateral matieials for the illiterate ETsiAn.

    Biblical/Christmas? Oh yeah – that was one of the FIRST things that came to mind – gosh @ #2 Fae – you don’t get it??! I got that right away.

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  45. lemon floor wax
    November 16, 2009 at 5:49 pm

    http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13243263
    Please help. This one is talking to her. And it’s making her unable to “consentrate.”

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  46. Pytt
    November 16, 2009 at 5:50 pm

    damn you microsoft why do you make the spell checker so hard to use?!

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  47. Pytt
    November 16, 2009 at 5:53 pm

    the Age just had something about English being very hard to learn how to read, and after trying to decipher this one I can only but agree

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  48. dangerousmezzo
    November 16, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    #15 — it’s not supposed to be tagged “biblical”, it’s supposed to be tagged “whimsicle”

    It IS amazing how funny misspellings are, isn’t it? But I’m also disturbed by just how many illiterate Etsians are out there, trying to sell bad art they sincerely think is good.

    Etsy has a lot to answer for.

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  49. dangerousmezzo
    November 16, 2009 at 6:02 pm

    Actually, some of her other work I find interesting, but she should not be allowed to write her own descriptions or take her own photographs.

    I think it would be interesting to do a “makeover” of some of these items and see if they could be presented in a way that would make them saleable or at least credible as artwork. I think a lot of very high end art would be total junk without clever marketing (Tracy Emin comes to mind …)

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  50. NinjaGato
    November 16, 2009 at 6:16 pm

    hehe Kamakaze I can’t wait!

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  51. mannequinreject
    November 16, 2009 at 6:21 pm

    Mattel has sued people who did similar things in the 90s and tried to sell it. Barbie bondage and Barbie BBQ, Barbie Christ, Lesbo Barbie, etc.

    This is so not worth a lawsuit! I mean, I set a Barbie head on fire and the fucker didn’t melt, and I’m sure if I ebayed it as a haunted Barbie head that won’t die Mattel would probably come after me with flaming torches and pitchforks when maybe, just maybe, it should be the other way around.

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  52. Petite
    November 16, 2009 at 6:24 pm

    nateraly, I am in love.

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  53. milkshakesthecat
    November 16, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    Is Judgment Day coming or something? Will Jesus not be supplying cat food?

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  54. Lexiii
    November 16, 2009 at 6:35 pm

    My cats don’t have boobs. :(

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  55. sar-sar
    November 16, 2009 at 6:38 pm

    Wow, she fucked up 3 Barbie dolls… my collection of Barbies is shuddering in a closet somewhere…
    *shish, darlings, I promise not to take you out of the boxes and fuck you up.”

    Biblical, lolz… more like Biblicle.
    Again, this is why I have fish.

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  56. GoldenAppleofDiscord
    November 16, 2009 at 6:52 pm

    Oy vey! Her cats have mange.

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  57. Kathleen
    November 16, 2009 at 6:52 pm

    Biblical? Maybe she’s talking about the LOLcat Bible? Does Ceiling Cat approve?

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  58. everydaymama
    November 16, 2009 at 6:53 pm

    #36 Bad_Wolf :

    #6 Perhaps the artist is implying that the cats are fixing you with an accusatory glare as you look deeply inside yourself and lament your future negligence…

    Or she was high on acrylic paint fumes while writing this description.
    ———-

    I vote paint fumes, among other things!

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  59. NinjaGato
    November 16, 2009 at 6:53 pm

    biblicle great!

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  60. NinjaGato
    November 16, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    If she says that the biblical reference is a response to the 2012 rumor I have to do a giant eye roll. I hate whacknuts who obsess about the end of the world. I had a boss who talked constantly about how if Obama won the Presidency it would signify the end of times. Needless to say I don’t work there anymore. I love how every religious nut that thinks the world is ending references “the book of Revelations” check your Bible dumbass it’s “the book of Revelation”

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  61. madamedefarge
    November 16, 2009 at 7:18 pm

    Memory…
    I remember when my brothers would do things like this to my Barbie dolls

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  62. MinnePurl
    November 16, 2009 at 7:19 pm

    Cat on a hot shit shingle

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  63. Monstrosa
    November 16, 2009 at 7:48 pm

    My mind is so boggled by this.
    I thought the 2012 thing was Mayan, not biblical. Plus, didn’t that Mayan priest guy at the end-of-the-world conference call the whole thing idiotic?

    On the plus side, I’ve come up with a great pitch for Mattel: Cat Lady Barbie. With Barbie’s cousin, Frankenskipper. (Sold separately.) There’s real playset potential here. The mutation chamber that lights up and turns rainbow colors in cold water. The cats: “Their fangs really grow!”
    Genius.

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  64. gnommy
    November 16, 2009 at 7:54 pm

    Look at the sold items. Dare you.

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  65. artistamuerta
    November 16, 2009 at 8:08 pm

    Buffalo Bill called, he wants his Barbies back.

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  66. NinjaGato
    November 16, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    63- you would be correct on all of those points. I watched a special today and everyone they interviewed except for the religious nuts said it was a load of crap.

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  67. Frankenkitty
    November 16, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    #51- Mannequinreject: I think they make them so that they can’t burn. I tried to torch one for a photo once, and she wouldn’t light up.

    This one’s kind of interesting. I like what she did with the arms.
    http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13243263

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  68. AwwwwwwwSnap
    November 16, 2009 at 9:06 pm

    She has many more treasures in her shop. I think this piece should be renamed “Confessions of an Amputee Geisha Clown Prostitute” – http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=13243263

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  69. Stingray Charles
    November 16, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    #42 Kamikaze: did she respond?

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  70. NinjaGato
    November 16, 2009 at 9:22 pm

    67- You didn’t use enough lighter fluid.

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  71. sbarnes2
    November 16, 2009 at 10:45 pm

    Seriously- I’ve seen Cats, and this is way better. If someone held a gun to my head and said I’d have to choose either spending my money on seeing that play again or spend it on this, I’d spend it on this.

    And of course, the person holding the gun to my head would be Andrew Lloyd Weber. Cos no one else I know thinks its good either.

    Too harsh?

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  72. Stiflers Mom
    November 16, 2009 at 11:11 pm

    Madamedefarge: I remember when my brothers would do things like this to my Barbie dolls

    …………………

    This goes WAAAAAY beyond using Magic Markers to draw on nipples and pubes.

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  73. Holly Weird
    November 16, 2009 at 11:35 pm

    The list of materials is the most hilarious thing about this listing

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  74. randomlygenerated
    November 16, 2009 at 11:52 pm

    Last time I checked ‘accessaries’ was spelled ‘accessories.’ However, maybe when the item is for home and a weird, biblical, christmas sculpture the spelling varies. Yet one more important thing I didn’t learn in high school.

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  75. pauldodo
    November 17, 2009 at 12:02 am

    ….strangely erotic….am….drawn to….it……

    Must….re…sist…..

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  76. cptfknvicious
    November 17, 2009 at 1:41 am

    imagine waking up to this on your night stand. usually you only have to worry about your cats weaving around your ankles at the top of the stairs. this is much scarier.

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  77. Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
    November 17, 2009 at 3:11 am

    #50 & #69 NinjaGato & Stingray:
    Well………you don’t see “biblical” in the tag words any more do you? :) I was going to quote the response but WHERE THE HELL DID THOSE SCRUPLES COME FROM? Yup, this is the seller’s imagining of the world after Armageddon. Lacking scriptural support, the seller removed the tag.

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  78. Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
    November 17, 2009 at 3:19 am

    #60 NinjaGato:
    Oh, and no mention of 2012!

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  79. Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
    November 17, 2009 at 4:17 am

    #41 Kamikaze:
    OK, that’s me :) I never bumped on of my own snarks before but am I REALLY the only one who thinks the inspiration for this thing was that “Lady Marmalade” remake video from the “Moulin Rouge!” soundtrack?

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  80. pauldodo
    November 17, 2009 at 4:19 am

    Kami- prolly, my old love.

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  81. Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
    November 17, 2009 at 4:24 am

    #80 pauldodo:
    fair enough, thank you!

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  82. pauldodo
    November 17, 2009 at 4:31 am

    Wonder if this seller would consider making a ‘doll mountain’ version of Kylie as the Absinthe Fairy from Moulin Rouge?

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  83. Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
    November 17, 2009 at 4:36 am

    grins for pauldodo at #82:
    I’d prolly by that Jesus-on-a-laptop help me.

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  84. jeffreyrcarey
    November 17, 2009 at 4:46 am

    I wonder if we could get GI Joe remade as Edward. And where’s Barbie’s friend Ken? Man-doll hater.

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  85. jeffreyrcarey
    November 17, 2009 at 4:53 am

    #77 Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
    “biblical” was removed, but all the other creative spellings were retained. Wouldn’t want to fix anything else.

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  86. Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
    November 17, 2009 at 5:01 am

    #84 jeffreycarey:
    Well she does do commission work. She works in Mattel dolls, so it would have to be Ken as Edward, GI Joe is Hasbro. And hot.

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  87. Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
    November 17, 2009 at 5:02 am

    Was that last sentence out loud?

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  88. Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
    November 17, 2009 at 5:03 am

    #85 I’m done convoing her promise.

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  89. vangoghbabe
    November 17, 2009 at 7:09 am

    Biblical=I have been praying for these “artist”.
    Nateral=Barbies have been reborn.
    Thank God 2012 is upon us.
    I want to be gone when the hair ball hits the fan.

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  90. The Runaway Lawyer
    November 17, 2009 at 7:34 am

    @#51 mannequinreject – There’s no copyright violation here – essentially, she’s just using the dolls as materials in a work of art, not trying to market the Barbie name/product in any way, so it’s completely lawful.

    That said…..dear lord almighty – wtf is that?

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  91. Tdogdd
    November 17, 2009 at 9:38 am

    So… In the apocalypse cats are gonna have large breasts pointy feet and undependable arms. What the hell are we to use as a litter box then ?

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  92. i am bean
    November 17, 2009 at 9:39 am

    @#19…just pissed myself laughing

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  93. crankedmunkie
    November 17, 2009 at 9:57 am

    According to her profile she’s a retired recluse. Her kids are probably too scared to visit because she has a house full of these creepy sculptures everywhere.

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  94. Efit
    November 17, 2009 at 10:46 am

    I think this thing is retarded?
    It scares the shit out of me?
    The seller is stupid and scary?
    This made me barf a little on the floor?

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  95. mannequinreject
    November 17, 2009 at 3:08 pm

    Runaway Lawyer, check out some of the lawsuits Mattel attempted in the 90s. They went after artists and independent designers who did nothing more than make clothes and dye the hair of Barbies and resold them, and they also went after a lot of people who were selling Barbies without official Mattel reseller/dealer licenses or some such nonsense. A lot of sellers were scared at the time because it was the early days of ebay (we’re talking 1997, before the Aqua lawsuit that Mattel lost)

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  96. Brisco01
    November 17, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    What does this woman have against Barbie?? I am no huge fan myself, but even Barbie deserves more in life than to be used to create such hideous, meaningless, self indulgent drivel such as this!! Cease and desist lady!

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  97. The Runaway Lawyer
    November 17, 2009 at 7:29 pm

    Attempted is the key – if you fail to sue, even a bad case, it shows you don’t care much about your brand and can look bad in later cases. I don’t doubt that they went after anyone and everyone and legally, they almost have to, even if it make them look like assholes.

    I can hound Mr. lawyer for more details if we want – he’s the one with the IP degree, not me – I’m more of a business/real estate gal.

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  98. ihatecowls
    November 17, 2009 at 7:48 pm

    her shop is truly scary

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  99. Roxyblonde451
    November 17, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    She managed to remove biblical, but couldn’t find it in her to remove christmas, much less spell check everything she’s had pointed out to her? Amazing.

    I know I’m always searching for accessaries!

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  100. Calophi
    November 20, 2009 at 9:52 am

    Roxy: Oh I know, I love accessaries and matieials. =D

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  101. BettyMachete
    November 23, 2009 at 6:17 pm

    Spice Girls Reunion Tour

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  102. knittygritty
    March 14, 2011 at 6:22 am

    I have no concern for what happens to my cats after I die. I’m sure they will help themselves to my body.

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  103. awkwardpanda
    April 23, 2011 at 12:16 am

    If my cat looked like this, I’d be having it put down.

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  104. Elia
    May 14, 2011 at 3:23 am

    Damn, it looks like a dead crackhead Barbies out of their graves. That’s fuckin’ scary!

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