The toy is at a profile angle, facing left. The arm is on the left side, the tail on the right side, the ears up top. You can barely see the other ear poking out behind the closer one.
That said, the tail is in the wrong place and nowhere near big enough. I doubt my cats would care, though.
In one of the other pictures of another item, she shows a picture of her kitty, snuggling something…. oh, it’s another toy, not something she made. What?
This all reminds me of the old Bill Cosby sketch where he talks about what they all made in woodshop… how no matter what they tried to make, everything ended up being an ashtray.
“What is it?”
“Oh, well, you know… it’s an ashtray.”
“How come it’s got polish in it?”
“Oh, well, there are different kinds, you know.”
Stop holding it in! It’s like Bertie Wooster said; “I didn’t laugh out loud but I distinctly felt one of my floating ribs part from its mooring under the strain.”
Now that the squirrels are eating the persimmons off my tree, one of my cats is killing about a squirrel a week, which he then drags into my house and leaves the headless corpse next to his (non-empty) feed bowl. The circle of life!
our elderly neighbors named him, we are allergic to cats, have 2 dogs and were told he may or may not have cancer, he was 12 then, when we took him on (they were moving to a nursing home), but it was really the name that said, “this cat’s for us.”
oh, and he does not have cancer = good, but has peed on almost every wall in his “lair” aka- the basement and insists on pooping next to the litter box. That kitty-cat really frosts my cookies sometimes.
well, we mostly call him “Kitty- Kitty- You- Bastard- Why Do You Do That To Me?” The dogs, on the other hand think of him as their personal Pez dispenser.
I’ll admit it, not my best design, it’s difficult to get the tail right without sacrificing durability. Plus it is hard to get a good angle on it. Still I can cross ending up on regretsy off my bucket list
This is off-topic, but can anyone point me in the direction of a nice pear for sale?
I’m asking for a friend.
+17
Zippy
October 23, 2012 at 8:13 am
I like a nice pair!
+9
melagrana
October 23, 2012 at 9:14 am
*sigh*
+8
SiliconeSunflower
October 23, 2012 at 12:29 am
I like the elephant because the listing says it “can withstand a lot of abuse”. I can so imagine myself yelling abuse at a kitty toy.
(Also, remove 1 ear to make hellephant.)
My cats don’t give a fuck what their toys look like. One of them plays with dirty socks, for Christ’s sake. I bought them fancy beds and where do they sleep? In cardboard boxes of course. Little ingrates.
For full-face, put on on a sheet of heavy paper anchored by books at the ends (above and below), and cut a hole for the tail or part of the butt. Of course, since it is probably is no-face, you would have scared the heck out of everybody here. You know that faces don’t matter to cats especially if it’s stuffed full of catnip, but for humans that see faces in EVERYTHING . . .
I can’t decide what I’m more impressed about,
that the seller was able to knit that while drunk,
or if they were able to post it that coherently afterwards.
When I’m really drunk, I can barely crawl over to the toilet let alone knit a “squirrel”.
Whee! My submission made it in! I make cat toys myself (http://www.etsy.com/shop/EdgarsPlayhouse) so couldn’t believe when I came across this. If this is any indication of the quality of other toys out there, I should be an Etsy millionaire in … well, a really long time from now.
Shameless Promotion! For Cyber Monday enter in the Coupon code PUPPYLOVE1 at my store for 15% off. So if you see something you like, or want to take the offending toy of this post off of etsy, today would be a good day.
October 22, 2012 at 4:03 pm
Lol. Looks like something I’d manage. Might as well just call it an abstract cat toy….those arms are nowhere near even
October 22, 2012 at 4:05 pm
Her other items are really cute and the price is really reasonaBle. Love the ball with legs, aa tarantula
October 22, 2012 at 4:10 pm
The toy is at a profile angle, facing left. The arm is on the left side, the tail on the right side, the ears up top. You can barely see the other ear poking out behind the closer one.
That said, the tail is in the wrong place and nowhere near big enough.
I doubt my cats would care, though.
October 22, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Since a police booking picture was being used, a full face one should have been added, too. “When Cat Toys Go Bad” on Fox.
October 22, 2012 at 4:10 pm
I think one of the appendages might be a “tail”.
It’s so much bushier than the other thing.
October 22, 2012 at 4:14 pm
Oh good point. Strange to not include other angle shots. It doesn’t look raised enough to have another arm unde it
October 22, 2012 at 4:17 pm
Well, it’s all conjecture at this point.
She could have called it just about anything, really.
October 22, 2012 at 4:20 pm
In one of the other pictures of another item, she shows a picture of her kitty, snuggling something…. oh, it’s another toy, not something she made. What?
October 22, 2012 at 4:23 pm
Oh wait, she used the same picture in other views of this toy. It’s the adorable kitty playing with some other toy.
October 23, 2012 at 9:55 am
This all reminds me of the old Bill Cosby sketch where he talks about what they all made in woodshop… how no matter what they tried to make, everything ended up being an ashtray.
“What is it?”
“Oh, well, you know… it’s an ashtray.”
“How come it’s got polish in it?”
“Oh, well, there are different kinds, you know.”
October 23, 2012 at 7:23 am
Here is what it becomes when it’s all grown up:
October 22, 2012 at 4:03 pm
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October 22, 2012 at 8:02 pm
Stop holding it in! It’s like Bertie Wooster said; “I didn’t laugh out loud but I distinctly felt one of my floating ribs part from its mooring under the strain.”
October 23, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Thumbs up to you for the Wodehouse ref!
October 23, 2012 at 5:18 am
Bumptious: Lately it was more like “ew” and less like “wtf”. This post comes from a “different” author btw.
October 22, 2012 at 4:06 pm
The way she has it worded makes it sound like the toy is for squirrels. I feel sorry for the wildlife in her yard.
October 22, 2012 at 4:06 pm
It looks a lot like one of the eggplants that got hit by the frost here last week. My cats would play with either one I think.
October 22, 2012 at 7:36 pm
I was thinking mutant yellow squash myself but yes definitely vegetable.
October 22, 2012 at 4:06 pm
What’s the joke here? I see the a squirrel.
(Of course, I’m on acid right now)
October 22, 2012 at 4:12 pm
You dropped some a on your squirrel.
October 22, 2012 at 5:29 pm
Toucha’
October 23, 2012 at 8:22 am
I’m seeing a canary crossed with a dyed Easter chick, along with the faintest soupçon of like asparagus.
October 23, 2012 at 8:28 am
Argh, I keep commenting in the wrong spot. Rookie move, Plembot, rookie move.
October 23, 2012 at 8:52 am
Yeah, but at least you appear to be one of those “learning robots”.
But will you ever have the capability of true love?
October 23, 2012 at 9:07 am
I want to be a real girl, with real hair, and a real squirrel cozy for my beer.
October 22, 2012 at 4:07 pm
That resembles a squirrel and I resemble good looking
October 22, 2012 at 4:09 pm
Unless blood and guts come flying out of this after my cat tears it apart, he’s not going to be fooled. And more than likely pissed off.
October 22, 2012 at 4:52 pm
Now that the squirrels are eating the persimmons off my tree, one of my cats is killing about a squirrel a week, which he then drags into my house and leaves the headless corpse next to his (non-empty) feed bowl. The circle of life!
October 22, 2012 at 5:19 pm
Hakuna Matata!
October 22, 2012 at 5:28 pm
awww.. what a special gift.
Maybe you can sell it on etsy?
add a little glitter, or clock parts….?
October 23, 2012 at 2:44 pm
I read that as “cock parts” …
October 22, 2012 at 4:17 pm
My 19 year old cat named Peeve, spits on your crocheted concoction. Then peed on it, cause that’s how he rolls.
October 22, 2012 at 4:38 pm
When I get a cat, I’m totally stealing that name.
October 22, 2012 at 5:27 pm
our elderly neighbors named him, we are allergic to cats, have 2 dogs and were told he may or may not have cancer, he was 12 then, when we took him on (they were moving to a nursing home), but it was really the name that said, “this cat’s for us.”
October 22, 2012 at 5:33 pm
oh, and he does not have cancer = good, but has peed on almost every wall in his “lair” aka- the basement and insists on pooping next to the litter box. That kitty-cat really frosts my cookies sometimes.
October 22, 2012 at 7:39 pm
Are you “Peeved ” at him yet?
October 22, 2012 at 8:20 pm
Maybe if you’d changed his name to “Blissful”?
October 22, 2012 at 10:56 pm
I called my dog “Bad Dog” just to save time.
October 23, 2012 at 8:29 am
At times most of my cats have thought their name was “Asshole.”
October 23, 2012 at 3:24 am
well, we mostly call him “Kitty- Kitty- You- Bastard- Why Do You Do That To Me?” The dogs, on the other hand think of him as their personal Pez dispenser.
October 22, 2012 at 4:21 pm
This reminds me of a voodoo doll, similar to the one I made of Niki Minaj – which also had no affect on her pussy.
October 22, 2012 at 4:22 pm
Scientists state that dogs are colorblind–So…maybe this IS what a squirrel looks like to a cat?
More research (with mega funds) is needed.
October 22, 2012 at 4:23 pm
Looks more like a mutant gourd to me.
October 22, 2012 at 4:23 pm
Avocado, clock radio, mayonnaise.
a)Things that resemble squirrels?
b)Things on the first page when you do a random Google Image search?
c)Things that I hate when they go off?
October 22, 2012 at 4:32 pm
Er… Alex, I’ll take ‘things that go off’ for $200.
October 22, 2012 at 4:38 pm
Things that go into not-the-best-guacamole-ever?
October 22, 2012 at 5:02 pm
Things under my couch.
October 22, 2012 at 9:55 pm
Check the ‘mayo’ with a blacklight. Just sayin’
October 22, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Things that make the world of vegetarian trick-turning go ’round? Ole!
October 22, 2012 at 8:24 pm
*Music starts playing* Aaaaand, it’s 5:30, time’s up! Get off and and get out or that’ll be $200 more.
October 23, 2012 at 3:15 am
precisely. and they have to get up that early b/c avocado is hard to get off. The mayo… that’s just used as a facial mask.
October 23, 2012 at 5:12 am
Things that MacGuyver needs to build a bomb/car/airplane?
October 22, 2012 at 4:32 pm
Best simile ever
October 22, 2012 at 4:38 pm
Oho, the rare argyle squirrel of Derbyshire, no doubt.
October 23, 2012 at 9:01 am
Known for its dry humor and delicate physical stature. Look for it in its natural habitat, university faculty cocktail parties.
October 22, 2012 at 4:51 pm
I’ll admit it, not my best design, it’s difficult to get the tail right without sacrificing durability. Plus it is hard to get a good angle on it. Still I can cross ending up on regretsy off my bucket list
October 22, 2012 at 5:36 pm
You’re cool for coming here.
We respect that.
October 22, 2012 at 6:34 pm
I love the bluebird, and the virus.
I’m allergic to cats or I’d get some of both–cats and your cat toys.
October 22, 2012 at 7:47 pm
Virus?! Where? Can’t see it but knitted microorganisms are cool in my book.
October 22, 2012 at 10:18 pm
It’s right next to the bluebird, in her shop.
October 22, 2012 at 10:31 pm
Thanks, now I see it. I think I was distracted by the tarantula.
October 22, 2012 at 10:52 pm
There’s also a nice pear for sale.
October 22, 2012 at 10:52 pm
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October 22, 2012 at 10:53 pm
Um, like I said.
*Stupid right hand trying to “help” out*
October 22, 2012 at 11:37 pm
But where can I find a nice pear for sale?
October 23, 2012 at 12:00 am
Um, let me double check.
October 23, 2012 at 5:14 am
This is off-topic, but can anyone point me in the direction of a nice pear for sale?
I’m asking for a friend.
October 23, 2012 at 8:13 am
I like a nice pair!
October 23, 2012 at 9:14 am
*sigh*
October 23, 2012 at 12:29 am
I like the elephant because the listing says it “can withstand a lot of abuse”. I can so imagine myself yelling abuse at a kitty toy.
(Also, remove 1 ear to make hellephant.)
October 23, 2012 at 9:28 am
My cats don’t give a fuck what their toys look like. One of them plays with dirty socks, for Christ’s sake. I bought them fancy beds and where do they sleep? In cardboard boxes of course. Little ingrates.
October 23, 2012 at 10:10 am
I can make the hellephant happen. Stay tuned
October 23, 2012 at 12:05 pm
Yay! Can it also be part of your new piñatas for cats line?
October 24, 2012 at 7:43 am
Just for you https://www.etsy.com/listing/113037592/hellephant-for-siliconesunflower
October 22, 2012 at 8:30 pm
I would just change it to “squirrel piñata” and run with it. Olé!
October 22, 2012 at 10:24 pm
I think a whole line of cat piñatas would be great.
Although I may just like saying cat piñata.
October 22, 2012 at 10:39 pm
Now try; “Piñatas de Gatos” ¡Ay-ay-ay!
October 22, 2012 at 10:50 pm
¡Me gusta!
October 23, 2012 at 12:42 am
For full-face, put on on a sheet of heavy paper anchored by books at the ends (above and below), and cut a hole for the tail or part of the butt. Of course, since it is probably is no-face, you would have scared the heck out of everybody here. You know that faces don’t matter to cats especially if it’s stuffed full of catnip, but for humans that see faces in EVERYTHING . . .
October 23, 2012 at 4:49 am
You are pretty cool! What no cease and desist letter from your “lawyer”? Anyway, this is by far NOT the worst thing I have seen on Regretsy.
October 22, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Well, I see Stay Puft the Marshmallow man, and a pineapple.
But I am on Cold Meds.
October 22, 2012 at 7:00 pm
This is why you craft BEFORE the meth, not after.
October 22, 2012 at 7:03 pm
What about during? Maybe that’s where I went wrong.
October 22, 2012 at 7:43 pm
You made a beautiful vegetable. And my cats would so play with it. It is much nicer than the empty toilet paper rolls I give them.
October 22, 2012 at 9:58 pm
Things get methy when I do crafths.
October 22, 2012 at 10:14 pm
Pat me, theny.
October 22, 2012 at 10:40 pm
Who you callin’ “theny”?
October 22, 2012 at 10:48 pm
Did I make a methtake?
October 23, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Saying “Pat McCann” would have maybe been one.
October 22, 2012 at 8:02 pm
October 23, 2012 at 3:18 am
glitter pubes! or jazz hands pubes! or Spirit Fingers!
October 23, 2012 at 7:39 am
Everything Looks Like Squirrels Syndrome can happen if you suffer too many squirrel-related concussions.
Just doing my part to raise ELLSS awareness.
October 23, 2012 at 8:17 am
Crochet, the “Comment of the day” badge, please?
October 23, 2012 at 1:25 pm
I missed the first comma in your post…and wondered if there was a pattern for Comment of the Day.
October 23, 2012 at 8:23 am
I just snorted so hard I think I broke something
October 23, 2012 at 11:14 am
I can’t decide what I’m more impressed about,
that the seller was able to knit that while drunk,
or if they were able to post it that coherently afterwards.
When I’m really drunk, I can barely crawl over to the toilet let alone knit a “squirrel”.
October 23, 2012 at 4:26 pm
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November 26, 2012 at 6:49 am
Shameless Promotion! For Cyber Monday enter in the Coupon code PUPPYLOVE1 at my store for 15% off. So if you see something you like, or want to take the offending toy of this post off of etsy, today would be a good day.