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Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Balloon Cat – A Cautionary Tale

by Firstdog

12 Comments

  1. Aphra
    Posted Tuesday, 20 October 2009 at 2:04 pm | Permalink

    I loved this! It gave me a great laugh. Thanks, FD.

  2. paddy
    Posted Tuesday, 20 October 2009 at 2:06 pm | Permalink

    Beautifully done FD.
    The breathtaking cynicism of balloon man has left me bereft of words.

  3. Keith is not my real name
    Posted Tuesday, 20 October 2009 at 2:06 pm | Permalink

    That’s great FD, I can feel another T-shirt coming on. :)

  4. Amber Jamieson
    Posted Tuesday, 20 October 2009 at 2:36 pm | Permalink

    Can’t wait for when #ballooncat starts trending.

  5. Tom McLoughlin
    Posted Tuesday, 20 October 2009 at 2:42 pm | Permalink

    That last line is heavy. I don’t know which version I like best

    1. Jasper is too cynical of the lovely public with their flowers and cards, just like some of the public is of refugees
    2. Jasper is right, the public are sinister behind their well wishes, given their harshness to refugees
    3. The public have the wrong notion of refugees as evil people who are essentially good like them.
    4. The public are projecting their own only too own social ills onto a vulnerable minority by way of demonisation.
    5. Something else
    6. All of the above.

    PS Any kid named Falcon was bound for 15 minutes of fame, might as well be this week?

  6. alanjohnston
    Posted Tuesday, 20 October 2009 at 3:32 pm | Permalink

    I know a python named Falcon….

  7. meski
    Posted Tuesday, 20 October 2009 at 4:02 pm | Permalink

    My suspension of disbelief broke when I hit the word ‘humble’

  8. Venise Alstergren
    Posted Tuesday, 20 October 2009 at 4:15 pm | Permalink

    :) Platinum :)

    There’s something strange about Jasper’s last sentence, as if he hopes it will be rapists?

    Anyway

    :) Platinum :)

  9. Dave Smartt
    Posted Tuesday, 20 October 2009 at 6:07 pm | Permalink

    Love it!

    (PS: I think it also says a lot about how we as humans seem to have more compassion for animals at times than we do for our fellow human being - especially if they happen to be of a different ethnicity)

  10. acannon
    Posted Tuesday, 20 October 2009 at 7:59 pm | Permalink

    I love Jasper and Abigail.

  11. Keith is not my real name
    Posted Tuesday, 20 October 2009 at 9:15 pm | Permalink

    @ David Smartt

    Jasper IS more valuable then many humans (Holding up an image of today’s email as “proof of life”) ;)

  12. ern malleys cat
    Posted Wednesday, 21 October 2009 at 8:57 am | Permalink

    ROFLMAO, but as I’m a cat, the L is for licking. I’m back up now.
    Jasper’s response is enigmatic because, as you’ll notice, his cards are closer to his chest.
    Mr Onthemoon you deserve an award for By Far The Best Drawing Of Animal Hands Holding Cards. Better than a cumby old Walkley any day.