Bonsai Kitten Hoax Continues to Circulate

USA Today ^ | 2/08/2002 | Janet Kornblum,

[Utah Binger]

Unfortunately, my twelve year old grandson got sucked in to this thing, thinking people were actually doing this to kittens. He started an email campaign this morning thinking he was doing the right thing.

[Not A Snowbird]

Meek, where's our picture of the kitten in the jar? Is that what they're talking about?

[cripplecreek]

Bonsai elephants would be a lot more impressive.

[SmithL]

[thoughtomator]

It's as harmless a way to learn about gullibility as any, I suppose.

[martin_fierro]

[andyandval]

Oh no.

[martin_fierro]

BANZAI!

[weegee]

Be careful what you ask for. This guy doesn't like taking requests...

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I put the kittens into Klein Bottles.

[TomB]

French doesn't like the amused media attention the site has received, but she says her group is responsible for having 25 mirror sites carrying Bonsai Kitten shut down;

I guess she got tired of her old hobby, stuffing toothpaste back in the tube.

Here's a clue Frenchy, you can't make something on the internet go away, you can only call more attention to it.

[weegee]

I wouldn't want to be caught juggling these cats.

[andyandval]

Here, Kitty!

[woofie]

ok I give up ...how did they get that cat in there?

[Gewittermädchen]

[Ichneumon]

http://www.bonsaikitten.com

[weegee]

He adds that he thinks the animal-rights activists are the ones who are wrong and has no intention of taking down the site. He's just hoping to stay out of jail.

I hope that he stays out of jail too. The left is siding with the enemy cheering the destruction of the capitalist WTC towers, cheering the fragging of military officers, and urging the murder of the president. If those are not crimes (treason and assassination) worthy of jailtime, this satire certainly falls under the scope of free speech.

[IronJack]

The president has announced creation of a new cabinet-level position: the Office of Humor. That office will be responsible for monitoring satire, parody, jibes, japes, roasts, critiques, and anecdotes and ensuring that they fall within tolerable guidelines. The first task of the office will be to develop a set of regulations that measure the guffaws produced against the offense committed and to index the result to the persons amused versus the persons offended. Items falling within the acceptable guidelines will be allowed; others will have their websites shut down and receive hefty fines and/or jail sentences.

According to T. Moonbeam Nut-Cluster, chairperson of the Coalition to Aid Fluffy Wildlife, "In this day and age of Homeland Security, we can't have people just running around laughing at anything that amuses them. I think all Americans can agree that there have to be limits, and stuffing kittens into jars is just ... well, it's just wrong."

[Ichneumon]

Judging by the thousands of e-mails he has received, many think he's actually torturing kittens. " We thought that most people would not think it was real. We were very wrong."

Chang has obviously never listened to the Phil Hendry show...

[TomB]

ok I give up ...how did they get that cat in there?

Muscle relaxants and a shoehorn.