The indignities that cats put up with

[Sanity Claws]

Last night, cats attended a birthday party for the Algonquin Hotel cat. Of course, they had to dress up for the occasion.
http://gothamist.com/2010/08/12/cat_fashion_show.php?gallery0Pic=1#gallery
This link takes you to wonderful photos of cats dressed up in costume, many of them with the contemptuous gaze that cats are famous for. Make sure you check out Cleopatra Kitty and the Prince Kitty.

[Rosie1223]

1. Those poor kitties!

and I thought the 'marinating cat guy' from yesterday was bad.

[blogslut]

2. What does it mean

...that the Napoleon and Elvis kitties seemed the most comfortable?

[foxfeet]

3. I'm surprised that any of those people have eyes left.

[csziggy]

14. My cat would sip my arm off

He had fits when I tried to put a collar on him and he regularly chews on my ankles if he is not fed fast enough.

The concept of attempting to put a costume on him is terrifying!

[Sanity Claws]

4. More photos of the event

http://www.dnainfo.com/20100812/midtown/matilda-algonquin-cat-turns-15-style

This site has a more friendly slideshow.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Those cats look positively homicidal.

[david13]

6. Animal abuse. I just can't imagine people doing that. It seems so

ridiculous and self centered.
dc

[Kat45]

7. Those cats looked pissed off.

And those are supposed to be animal lovers who orchestrated the event and dressed up the cats?! There are other ways to raise money for the group, just as there are other ways to celebrate a cat's birthday.

[kayakjohnny]

8. People who do that should forced to gag down a big old can of rank Friskies Seafood Medley..

From a can that's way past the expiration date.

Cold.

In front of their friends.

Naked.

On Youtube.

[applegrove]

9. I must admit I did have a tiny pair of antlers I was hoping to put on my ginger cat at christmas.

But I never got the two of them, antlers & cat, together in the same town at xmas.

[Sanity Claws]

10. In four more months,

you can try again

[applegrove]

11. Time flies. I can't believe it will be xmas in 4 months. I got rid of the antlers years

ago.

[Lorien]

13. Yeah, my cats loved those

Not.

[applegrove]

16. Oh my cat surely got covered in a bow or two even though she escaped the antlers.

Why is it pets turn us into kids again?

[mnhtnbb]

12. I've been to the Algonquin--and seen the cat who was being feted.

She was lounging on a bell hop cart right by the front door of the lobby. Amazing.

She was not dressed in anything, either.

[Sanity Claws]

15. More photos plus a video of Matilda the cat, the host of the party

If looks could kill, we'd have a lot of dead cat owners and photographers right now.

http://gothamist.com/2010/08/13/more_cat_fashion_show.php?gallery0Pic=1#gallery