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Cats away! Artist turns his dead pet into flying helicopter after it is killed by a car
http://www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | June 3, 2012 | Suzannah Hills

Posted on 06/04/2012 4:51:02 AM PDT by BO Stinkss

Many animal lovers find it hard to part with their pets when they die. So when cat Orville, named after the famous aviator Orville Wright, was run over by a car, his artist owner decided to turn him into a permanent piece of artwork as the ultimate tribute by transforming him into a flying helicopter. Dutch artist Bart Jansen first stuffed Orville before teaming up with radio control helicopter flyer Arjen Beltman to build a specially-designed flying mechanism to attach to the cat. The end result, named the Orvillecopter, is now on show at the Kunstrai art festival in Amsterdam where visitors can watch Orville flying for themselves. Jansen said the Orvillecopter is 'half cat, half machine', and part of a visual art project to pay tribute to his cat Orville. Jansen, part of the art cooperative Generaal Pardon, said: 'After a period of mourning he received his propellers posthumously.' He added that Orville will soon be 'flying with the birds' stating: 'Oh how he loved birds. He will receive more powerful engines and larger props for his birthday. So this hopping will soon change into steady flight.'

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Hobbies; Humor; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: deadcat
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To: Apple Blossom

ping


21 posted on 06/04/2012 5:58:06 AM PDT by bmwcyle
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

22 posted on 06/04/2012 5:59:04 AM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: FreedomPoster

Oh my....

This is right up there on the weirdsh*t-o-meter.

I do wonder if old “Orville” was pre-destined for his fate. I’m going to hope it’s a fake cat. He looks too good to be recycled roadkill.


23 posted on 06/04/2012 6:00:05 AM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: Eye of Unk
"Recently departed porcine pets turned into drones that will attack radical Moslims. Its all about psychological warfare."

Two words: Hover Hogs...!

24 posted on 06/04/2012 6:05:38 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Ezekiel

Pegging the meter. Hilarious stuff. Silly Euro types.


25 posted on 06/04/2012 6:08:14 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Daffynition
I was just going to post this sick story

Good thing you waited. Now you don't have to take the rap!


26 posted on 06/04/2012 6:09:40 AM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: Mad Dawgg
It's “interwebs” silly, everybody knows that! :)
27 posted on 06/04/2012 6:09:57 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ezekiel

“Now you don’t have to take the rap!”

or the credit!


28 posted on 06/04/2012 6:11:41 AM PDT by BO Stinkss
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To: BO Stinkss

This sounds like an old Monty Python routine about a flying cat. Not to confused with flying sheep, of course.


29 posted on 06/04/2012 6:13:14 AM PDT by ssaftler (Obama 2008: "Hope and Change" Obama 2012: "Excuses and Blame")
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To: Ezekiel
I'm used to being scolded for nutty things I post .... chalk it up to *pop culture*.


30 posted on 06/04/2012 6:14:41 AM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: BO Stinkss

Nice picture of the monkey as a bishop. I wonder if there is a pig as mohamed next to it?


31 posted on 06/04/2012 6:27:12 AM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: stevio
Nice picture of the monkey as a bishop. I wonder if there is a pig as mohamed next to it?

I have no idea as to the context of that 'art' but if it relates to the clergy sex abuse scandals, then I'm OK with it. That's the classic "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" monkey pose.

32 posted on 06/04/2012 6:34:40 AM PDT by whd23 (Every time a link is de-blogged an angel gets its wings.)
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To: BO Stinkss

Reminded me of this:

http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/1997-12-01/index.html


33 posted on 06/04/2012 6:54:56 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: Mad Dawgg

This is seriously weird, but I am saving that photo!

Don’t know where I will ever use it, but its going into the photo file!


34 posted on 06/04/2012 7:05:52 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Daffynition

At least Dali was a shameless huckster, which was a step up from the rest of the modern “artists.”


35 posted on 06/04/2012 7:09:50 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey!)
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To: PGR88
Well if you liked the photo.

You is gonna love this: Orville vliegkat youtube

( Notice: No cows were injured while filming this video...)

36 posted on 06/04/2012 7:17:03 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Mad Dawgg; Daffynition; BO Stinkss; FreedomPoster

Okay, I figured out the motivation. The Dutch are eager to redeem their reputation after it was sullied by that Van der Sloot freak.

37 posted on 06/04/2012 7:41:34 AM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: Mad Dawgg
I'm a little concerned about anyone who'd make a toy out of the corpse of a (supposedly) beloved pet. Since the poor cat was dead first, he's not doing it any harm. But it's terribly tacky. Even more so since he's using his dead cat 'copter to bring attention to his artwork and presumably make money.

Looking at the thing, they had to break or dislocate the shoulders and hips to splay the limbs like that. The unnatural posture makes it look like the animal should be in agony. But the cat's facial expression conflicts with this: the eyes are wide open as if the cat is frightened, but the mouth is almost smiling. Even knowing the cat is dead, the overall effect is disturbing.

If you just had to make a flying toy out of your dead cat, it seems as though you could do it in a way that respects the cat more. For example, if the cat were sitting in and appearing to pilot an aircraft with its front paws, with no visible mutilation of the corpse, that could have been cute.

38 posted on 06/04/2012 7:45:18 AM PDT by FiscalSanity
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To: FiscalSanity

All I can think of when i see that Picture is a Pigeon seeing that cat hovering in the air thinking “OK, this shit’s not fair anymore...!”


39 posted on 06/04/2012 7:51:25 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: ssaftler
This sounds like an old Monty Python routine

I'm thinking Confuse-a-Cat Limited

40 posted on 06/04/2012 7:56:16 AM PDT by Stegall Tx (Living off your tax dollars can be kinda fun, but not terribly profitable.)
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