# Bad Weird Earl's Link **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-weird-earls-link/545934 **Category:** About This Message Board **Created:** [July 8, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-weird-earls-link/545934 "2010-07-08T04:43:12Z") **Posts on this page:** 9 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam) #### Post date: [July 8, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-weird-earls-link/545934/1 "2010-07-08T04:43:12Z")
The current Weird Earl’s feature, something about [cats](http://meowmania.jqln.org/), doesn’t work. Just brings up a blank-ish page. ---
### Author: ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti) #### Post date: [July 8, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-weird-earls-link/545934/2 "2010-07-08T05:00:18Z")
You need to click on the blank page with your mouse. Each time you click another cat comes up. ---
### Author: ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam) #### Post date: [July 8, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-weird-earls-link/545934/3 "2010-07-08T05:04:25Z")
Nope. Nothing. ---
### Author: ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti) #### Post date: [July 8, 2010, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-weird-earls-link/545934/4 "2010-07-08T11:54:24Z")
The word “Meowmania” appears in the middle of the page. Every place I click on the page, a cat’s head appears and I hear a “meow.” So the link is OK. Judging from the source, the page uses Flash. You have a player installed and enabled? ---
### Author: ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan) #### Post date: [July 8, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-weird-earls-link/545934/5 "2010-07-08T13:07:29Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > The word “Meowmania” appears in the middle of the page. Every place I click on the page, a cat’s head appears and I hear a “meow.” So the link is OK. Judging from the source, the page uses Flash. You have a player installed and enabled? Perhaps unsurprisingly, it works for me. _CannyDan, a.k.a. the Kitteh Wrangler…_ ---
### Author: ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam) #### Post date: [July 8, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-weird-earls-link/545934/6 "2010-07-08T15:09:43Z")
Still not working. I do have Flash, but perhaps it’s an outdated version? ---
### Author: ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam) #### Post date: [July 8, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-weird-earls-link/545934/7 "2010-07-08T15:28:34Z")
Yep, that was it. I just downloaded a newer version, and now it works. Thanks! ---
### Author: ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord) #### Post date: [July 8, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-weird-earls-link/545934/8 "2010-07-08T23:55:50Z")
Catastrophe averted! ---
### Author: ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam) #### Post date: [July 10, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-weird-earls-link/545934/9 "2010-07-10T00:35:17Z")
That’s a lot of cat-erwauling.