#caturday: Day of the week named after the Roman god of attacking shiny objects, Felis Catus

Posted on May 23rd, 2009 admin No comments

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The History of Caturday

The ancient Romans understood the true majesty of the domestic kitteh and dedicated a full day of the week to offering tribute to this noble and divine animal. The roman priests of the Temple of Felis Cattus would dedicate themselves to paint sheets of papyrus with sequential, slightly changed, images of kittehs. They would bind them into large “books”. When the pages were flipped quickly on public display in The Roman Forum, the animated kitteh images could be seen doing dumbass things for the amusement of the Roman mob. It was totally teh funnay, even in ancient times.

When the Romans first encountered kitteh worship in Egypt, they said to the ancient and high order of the priests of Bastet, “OMGWTFBBQ!!! You copied us!!” This lead to war.. Cleopatra, Octavian, Marc Antony, yadda yadda yadda, Rome wins, so it’s called Caturday now, not Bastetday or some other dumb name.

Two thousand years later, we still honor this day. Caturday.

And, so, for this glorious caturday, we have chosen to present to you… Kittehs attacking stuff. Amen. Let us play.

The most dangerous animal in the world is the cat. Look it up.

Next time you video your cat, please remove the tuna fish necklace you love so much.
There’s a time and a place.

Someday digital noms will be more popular than regular cat food.
That day has not yet come.

Seconds before the camera started recording, the potato started something with this kitteh’s brother and call his mother something unrepeatable.
No sympathy for the potato, please.

Happy Caturday!

One quick note… we tweeted earlier this week about a sale that petsmart is having. We are experimenting with having a page where people can comment and suggest any great little bargains they find associated with the sale. Here’s the page.. Feel free to check it out and drop a comment if you find something great.

Click here for the Petsmart summer sale and bargain hunting page

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