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Kitten’s New Kicks Don’t Fit

A kitten named Oscar was disappointed when he opened a box from Zappos Monday morning to find the sneakers he ordered were far too big.

“He almost fit inside one of the shoes,” says Stacy Fournier, a friend of the kitty who had come over to see the new kicks. “I guess he had ordered a men’s size 8, when he’s actually a kitty size 8.”

It’s of little consequence, since Zappos offers free shipping on all returns. Still, Oscar was hoping to start his new jogging regimen this week. It will have to wait.

Via michaelquinminguela.

Cat Surfs 300 Channels, Finds Nothing Good on TV

Despite subscribing to a premium package that includes HBO, Showtime and IFC, a cat named Sid cycled through all 300 channels on the proverbial dial, looking for something to kill an hour or two.

“Nothing,” says Jim Shoreline, Sid’s roommate. “There was absolutely nothing on. Infomercials, sitcom re-runs, a crappy ‘90s movie with a ton of commercials – TV is just so boring these days.”

Shoreline says Sid simply fell asleep clutching the remote, waking up to a new episode of The View the next morning.

“He watched that,” says Shoreline. “He loves Joy Behar. Loves her.”

Via applett.

Kitten Puts Finishing Touches on Memoir

Though Evie the cat is only two years old, she’s already experienced a lot. There was the time the can opener broke, there was the incident with the toad that got into the basement, there was her harrowing run-in with the vacuum – just to name a few.

That’s why Evie has decided to put it all down on paper.

“She just finished off the first draft last night,” confirmed Joel Turtledove, acquisitions editor at HarperCollins, which gave the kitten a $250,000 advance – unheard of for a memoir of a relatively obscure figure.

“We think she’ll play well in the growing ‘stuff about pets’ market,” said Turtledove, citing the recent mega-successes of Boo, Grumpy Cat and Lil Bub. 

The manuscript will now go into editing, and HarperCollins expects to release the book this fall.

Via Enthuan. This post was originally published on HelloGiggles.

PHOTO OP: Pretty Kitty

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Cat Spends Hours Trying to Decipher DMV Forms

What’s the only thing more frustrating for a cat than not being able to catch the little red laser pointer dot? Trying to apply for a driver’s license in Oregon.

A cat in Aurora, OR reportedly spent over three hours yesterday trying to figure out how to fill out the myriad forms required by the Department of Motor Vehicles just to apply to take the test for a learner’s permit. Her friends think that’s crazy.

“There’s no reason it should be this hard for a cat to get a license to drive a car,” said Tricia Baptiste, a close friend of the kitty. “This is 2013. Why isn’t this stuff online? Why aren’t these forms more user friendly? It’s just terrible.”

Other friends agree.

“She can go outside and hunt birds without a license,” said Gregory Reichard, “but to drive a car she has to fill out 20 pages of forms. In triplicate! Complete insanity.”

According to friends, the cat eventually gave up and chased a piece of string for the rest of the day. Once she wakes up from her nap, she may try to tackle the application again. Or she may just play with the pen. Hard to say, really.

Via nikka_cat.