My Mom told me last night that our local paper is now running notices for dead cats in the Obituaries section.
She believes that this is disrespectful for the people who have passed away, and was amazed at the LONG write-up for this cat.
She also said that "I'm probably the only person out there that thinks this is stupid."
So, what say you? I get that we're sad after a pet dies, but is is proper to have a pet obituary WITH the human obituaries? Might it not be better to have a different listing and not mash them together?
Meh, I consider local papers to be the breeding ground for inanities and trivialities like pet obituaries, so I'd take it in stride. If this is a national newspaper that happens to also be your local newspaper, I'd probably think it inappropriate just for being indecorous and trivial.
Meh - the obits aren't all that far away from the thinly-disguised prostitution ads in the newspaper classifieds anyways, so it's hard to get too worked up over it.
Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on December 18, 2012, 11:25:08 AM
Meh, I consider local papers to be the breeding ground for inanities and trivialities like pet obituaries, so I'd take it in stride. If this is a national newspaper that happens to also be your local newspaper, I'd probably think it inappropriate just for being indecorous and trivial.
No, it's the Tillamook Headlight-Herald.
Highly stupid, but this is what local papers have to do now to trick people into buying a product that everyone knows is worthless.
Quote from: Neil on December 18, 2012, 11:28:15 AM
Highly stupid, but this is what local papers have to do now to trick people into buying a product that everyone knows is worthless.
Yeah going to have to go with the ethnic Albertan on this one.
Quote from: Valmy on December 18, 2012, 11:30:19 AM
Quote from: Neil on December 18, 2012, 11:28:15 AM
Highly stupid, but this is what local papers have to do now to trick people into buying a product that everyone knows is worthless.
Yeah going to have to go with the ethnic Albertan on this one.
Agreed.
I don't know that this is a sales thing so much as an ad revenue thing.
For a local paper, the HH is pretty good, and is well liked by Tillamook County.
I think it's stupid but they are hurting for money. Gotta find it somewhere.
When Drut dies, I will bury him next to the shed. I will drape a nazi flag over his mound and praise my little rabbit killer.
The Panzerlied will waft over the property.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 18, 2012, 11:46:52 AM
The Panzerlied will waft over the property.
You play Ich hatt' einen Kameraden for a proper burial.
They should be separate from the human obituaries, then they get the needed revenue without offending people.
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on December 18, 2012, 12:19:32 PM
They should be separate from the human obituaries, then they get the needed revenue without offending people.
That's what I think as well.
Quote from: AnchorClanker on December 18, 2012, 11:23:04 AM
So, what say you? I get that we're sad after a pet dies, but is is proper to have a pet obituary WITH the human obituaries? Might it not be better to have a different listing and not mash them together?
Some cats have accomplished more with their lives than most people.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 18, 2012, 12:30:06 PM
Quote from: AnchorClanker on December 18, 2012, 11:23:04 AM
So, what say you? I get that we're sad after a pet dies, but is is proper to have a pet obituary WITH the human obituaries? Might it not be better to have a different listing and not mash them together?
Some cats have accomplished more with their lives than most people.
Very few is probably a more accurate description than some.
My late cat Caesar accomplished the following in his life:
* killed one mouse and delivered the corpse to me
* meowed when a pizza boy was at my door but for some weird reason would not ring the doorbell
That's it. :)
Quote from: Caliga on December 18, 2012, 12:46:39 PM
* meowed when a pizza boy was at my door but for some weird reason would not ring the doorbell
Probably because the cat couldn't reach it.
Quote from: Caliga on December 18, 2012, 12:46:39 PM
My late cat Caesar accomplished the following in his life:
* killed one mouse and delivered the corpse to me
* meowed when a pizza boy was at my door but for some weird reason would not ring the doorbell
That's it. :)
Proves the point--that's more than most people accomplish in their lives.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 18, 2012, 12:30:06 PM
Quote from: AnchorClanker on December 18, 2012, 11:23:04 AM
So, what say you? I get that we're sad after a pet dies, but is is proper to have a pet obituary WITH the human obituaries? Might it not be better to have a different listing and not mash them together?
Some cats have accomplished more with their lives than most people.
It may well be that the pet obituaries section will become more prestigious than the human one, but the newspaper can maintain a diplomatic silence on that.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 18, 2012, 12:48:17 PM
Quote from: Caliga on December 18, 2012, 12:46:39 PM
* meowed when a pizza boy was at my door but for some weird reason would not ring the doorbell
Probably because the cat couldn't reach it.
First obits, now we have to start acommodating height challenged cats
Quote from: Caliga on December 18, 2012, 12:46:39 PM
My late cat Caesar accomplished the following in his life:
* killed one mouse and delivered the corpse to me
* meowed when a pizza boy was at my door but for some weird reason would not ring the doorbell
That's it. :)
One of our cats spent 6 months living alone on the streets of downtown Seoul and made it unassisted to the new house we had moved to.
It's the most incredibly badass thing a living creature I have known has ever done.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 18, 2012, 04:46:58 PM
One of our cats spent 6 months living alone on the streets of downtown Seoul and made it unassisted to the new house we had moved to.
It's the most incredibly badass thing a living creature I have known has ever done.
Damn, I bet he burned up as shitload of those nine lives in the meantime, too.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 18, 2012, 04:56:34 PM
Damn, I bet he burned up as shitload of those nine lives in the meantime, too.
She, but otherwise agree.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 18, 2012, 04:46:58 PM
One of our cats spent 6 months living alone on the streets of downtown Seoul and made it unassisted to the new house we had moved to.
It's the most incredibly badass thing a living creature I have known has ever done.
Maybe you have a very distinctive odor? :hmm:
Quote from: Caliga on December 18, 2012, 05:17:03 PM
Maybe you have a very distinctive odor? :hmm:
Just because I totally punked your cat is no reason to get personal.
Quote from: Barrister on December 18, 2012, 11:26:38 AM
Meh - the obits aren't all that far away from the thinly-disguised prostitution ads in the newspaper classifieds anyways, so it's hard to get too worked up over it.
Uh, what kind of prostitution do they have up in the Yukon?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 18, 2012, 12:30:06 PM
Quote from: AnchorClanker on December 18, 2012, 11:23:04 AM
So, what say you? I get that we're sad after a pet dies, but is is proper to have a pet obituary WITH the human obituaries? Might it not be better to have a different listing and not mash them together?
Some cats have accomplished more with their lives than most people.
It's true. There was a cat named Simon that attained the rank of "Able Seacat", in the Royal Navy.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 18, 2012, 05:22:29 PM
Quote from: Barrister on December 18, 2012, 11:26:38 AM
Meh - the obits aren't all that far away from the thinly-disguised prostitution ads in the newspaper classifieds anyways, so it's hard to get too worked up over it.
Uh, what kind of prostitution do they have up in the Yukon?
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Wow, The university of washington had its own stable of ho's? Fancy.
I'm simply concerned that BB is making a connection between Obituaries and adds for prostitutes. That's more then a little creepy.
The fiscal cliff will cause the hungry poor to eat people's pets.