UPDATE: I’ve now replaced the original cat #2, which was an internet meme, with a genuine entry that I missed. So go ahead and vote for one of the six cats. We will subtract from entry #2’s vote the number of people who voted for the internet meme before the genuine moggie was posted.
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Sadly, there were but six entries in the cat beard contest. (The upside is that it’s been Officially Denounced by the Discovery Institute™.)
I hope the paucity of entries is attributable to the difficulties of making a cat beard rather than the lack of desire for an autographed book with the winner (and his/her cat beard) drawn in it. At any rate, I thought I’d let the readers vote on this one. Although some of the entries involved cat moustaches, all of the below are eligible to win the book. Vote at the bottom by number of cat, and vote only once (that means you, Butter!):
Cat #1:
Cat #2:
Cat #3:
Cat#4:
Cat#5:
Cat #6:
Cast one vote, please.
The winner will be announced on Friday, so you have until then (noon Chicago time) to choose your favorite.
I tried, oh how I tried, to get a cat beard photo. This challenge was much harder than the artificial mustachios challenge.
#2, the photo with two cats, is a viral image from the intertoobz, and not a photo taken by a reader… just sayin’.
http://goo.gl/XNIdL
‘Tis a shame, for there’s something poetic about a cat cat beard.
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I know it’s all fun. But the pictures, for some reason, are really creepy to me and I’m not voting.
I just wonder if these pictures creep anyone else out?
It does creep me out a bit at first glance, since it looks like an ‘unholy’ breed, that is, a humanocat, but then my understanding kicks in what is going on, and I just laugh.
Cat #2
The pictures are just fun, not creepy.
Cat 1.
#5
I tried to catbeard but the beastie got very bitey.
I tried and failed. Every entry here is better than mine!
If No. 2 is an already existing viral image, then please subtract one vote from No. 2 and add a vote to No. 5. 🙂
I wonder which one(s?) were submitted by the DI?
In any event, #1 & 4 are really the only ones worth considering.
Number 1 is number 1! She looks just like Bert Lahr in makeup in the Wizard of Oz!
I think number 1 looks the best. Number 4 would be my choice for runner-up.
Completely impartial assessment:
#1 & #4 because they stick most to the theme.
And, +1 for #4 because that nose is really the cat’s and not my daughter’s (ooops! impartiality fail).
Brilliant serendipity at the very least. I hadn’t noticed that (but already voted for 4 anyway).
Same here!
It’s the same in #1, the nostrils belong to the cat, not the person.
Is the new #2 yelling or yawning?
If #3 wins what will be done with the prize? That master looks to be planning a revenge that the slave won’t survive.
The new #2 goes one better than just a beard.
My girlfriend and I were much more enthusiastic about this project than were either of our cats.
Oh no, you used the wrong photo mista C., the mustache one was far better in my opinion. No worries though. Are we allowed to vote for ourselves or pester our significant others into visiting and voting as well?
I vote for #1.
~Rita an avid reader in Fort Benton, Montana.
I vote #1. 🙂
While I do have some sympathy for #5, I voted for #1.
Cat number two makes me laugh every time I see it. I sincerely hope she wins. 😀
My cat did not co-operate. At all.
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All the nice comments here totally made my day…so thank you! My ole tabby, Reilly, was way more cooperative for this photo than I deserved.
Must remember to come home with catnip tomorrow…:)
Cat #1! 🙂
I hope the paucity of entries is attributable to the difficulties of making a cat beard rather than the lack of desire for an autographed book with the winner (and his/her cat beard) drawn in it
Absolutely! It’s way more difficult than it looks getting a good cat beard!
I would Love an autographed and personally illustrated book!
I like #1 the best. The result is seamless. Even knowing there’s supposed to be a place where the cat ends and the human begins, it’s tough in spots to make your brain admit that your eyes are seeing that spot.
While I really love the expression on #2, I think the human participant maybe smiled a bit too much and made a small dimple in the otherwise convincing image. Even the cat’s ear looks like a popped shirt collar.
It was fun seeing the creativity in the other four as well. Alas, I appear to live in a cat-free zone, so I could not participate 🙁
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I voted for #2. And I confiscated Butter’s Blackberry just to make sure there wasn’t any vote tampering coming out of Colorado Springs!
#4
Still voting for myself and Sir Butterbeans 10 years later !!! Hope we win