“So, what do you think it is?”
“I don’t know. It’s so shiny.”
“The way it just stands there, wiggling like that. It’s creeping me out. You think it’s alive?”
“It can’t be alive, it’s too shiny.”
“Maybe it’s an airplane.”
“An airplane?!”
“Sorry, it was the first thing that popped into my head.”
“You’re both wrong. This is clearly a highly sophisticated matter/antimatter transduction system. The electro-ionization emitterย at the top emits a pulsating variable-frequency distortion beam that breaks down solid matter into digitized particles that are then amplified byย the collecting receptacle below and broadcast into space.”
“So can we touch it?”
“Of course you can’t touch it! You’d be nothing but feathers and loose molecules!”
(pause)
“But it’s so shiny.”
African greys, by Papooga, licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Parrots!!!!!!! My bird lurves him some running faucet water,, just so.
This is my new happy place.
๐ So happy to see you have created your own site! You deserve it!
So I’m Canadian and we have a band named Red Rider that, years ago, did a song called Lunatic Fringe. *EVERYTIME* I see your name in the comments, I start singing to myself… Thanks for the earworm! ๐
Me, too!!
Yay!! Whereabouts are ya? I’m in Vancouver.
I really missed reading a NTMTOM, scrolling downward slowly until … BAM! You get to the to the punch line and giggle madly for an entire minute! Thank you NTMTOM.
Agree! I love the scroll downs!
Adorable!
Love it!!!!
Who doesn’t lub a shiny?!
Totes adorbs! Thanks for the oasis of cute and cute and funny, NTMTOM!
*sudden flutter of posts relieves anxiety at desk*
ahhhhh…
Brouhaha. I am so grateful for your redirecting us to NTMTOM.
I am so happy today.
**Deep sigh of relief as cute fix kicks in**
This is only awesome that this now exists! I’ve been a creeper at CO for years and wondered what the heck was going on along with everyone else. Glad I followed the crowds and came here.
One question: Will you link to new Maru and Simon’s Cats? *pleasepleaseplease*
I hear and obey…
Norbert please. Maru and Norbert. Then I all good for all the new. Looking forward to That’s Not Cute as well.
Hi, ManyCats – Nice to meet you!
(oops, meant to leave that as a Reply above)
I don’t post much on CO, either, but I read every day. Mike posts are my favorites and I added this site to my bookmarks right away. So glad he’s doing this. ๐
And there is a new Maru on the main page right now!
Oh, hovertext, how I love you. And those red tail feathers are beautiful..
SHINY! Everyone loves shiny!!! ๐
Shiny………love it!!!!
Feeling so warm and fuzzy right now.
Oooooo Shiny!!!
I probably would have guessed it was an airplane too.
THANK YOU for the cuteness!
Thanks for filling the qte void ๐
Someone’s been watching scifi, haven’t you NTMTOM?
Neptune’s not that bad – it’s much less embarrassing than that *other* planet…
Bwa ha ha! ๐
Roflol. My first lol on a comment. Nice to meet you David!
hahahaha! that was fabulous! LURV the hovertext!
O NTMTOM, just sitting here watching teh boidees who are watching teh water from teh fawcett has cheereded me up LOTS!!! Thanx muchlee for coming up wif this website…… you has no idea just how menny peeps you has thrilled…….(does furiously fast Happy Danse…..)c
So lovely to see you all here and NTMTOM you are a gentleman and a scholar. Give this man the Pulitzer.
Ginger, Madge and Frieda are once again gossiping around the office water cooler…
Fantastic description.
So my aerator in my kitchen faucet broke last night.
My first reaction when I turned on the faucet – “It’s so shiny and clear! Ooh!”
Then I thought of these little guys and I will not be laughing at them anymore. ๐
See. Everyone has a different starting point. Ooo shiny. Where does it come from? Etc.