Wanted to share this with the "cat" people of the Lounge

[samplegirl]

http://www.whypaintcats.com/

[realisticphish]

1. the vast majority, i would say,

are photoshops. The rest are just moronic

[sammythecat]

2. I have to say I think this is senseless and wrong.

I'd feel the same if an artist painted their 1yr old infant from face to toe.

Even though no physical harm may be done to infant or animal, I still don't like it and I'm not impressed with people who would do such a thing for attention and their own entertainment.

[samplegirl]

8. Thats what I thought

I think my cat is beautiful just the way he is.

[InvisibleTouch]

3. I've seen those pics before!

I don't know if they're photoshops or the real thing. Some designs are silly, but some are just gorgeous! If the cat stands still for it (big IF, I realize!), and the paint is non-toxic, I don't see the harm. I tend to like stuff like this. Not to take anything away from the natural beauty of the animal, but I like the outrageous, too.

[Blue Diadem]

4. I read somewhere that they use vegetable dye so the cat isn't harmed.

I googled and found the answer when I got the pics in an email and was curious if they were real or photoshopped.

[racaulk]

5. This has been debunked on Snopes

http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/paintedcats.asp

Although I have to admit, there is some very clever artistry in these.

[Blue Diadem]

6. Thanks, I never thought to check snopes on that one. n/t

[Roon]

7. We used to dye our cats with manic panic

It's totally safe, it's basically shortening and food coloring. But what got me was how many people felt bad for our cats for being yellow, blue, etc. So we quit doing it.

[Drum]

9. Perhaps related...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Paint_Cats
http://www.kith.org/journals/jed/2003/04/13/1067.html

Has anyone seen this?



http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.artybees.co.nz/bizarre-book-pages/burtonsilver-why-cats-paint.htm&h=730&w=630&sz=89&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=lyQisnWxOVv6fM:&tbnh=141&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq%3DWhy%2BCats%2BPaint%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3Dh4t%26sa%3DN

The link you gave, whypaintcats, made me remember this book...Google and Wiki did the rest.

:hi: