# Cat In A Shark Costume Chases a Duck While Riding a Roomba! (???) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 28, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957 "2013-04-28T22:59:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/41 "2013-05-01T18:08:03Z")
You people realize you’re \*defending \*funny cat videos, right? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/42 "2013-05-01T18:11:47Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > You people realize you’re \*defending \*funny cat videos, right? You realize you’re _attacking_ funny cat videos, right? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/43 "2013-05-01T18:15:16Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > You people realize you’re \*defending \*funny cat videos, right? No, we’re enjoying a funny cat video. What point do you think you’re making by not enjoying it? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/44 "2013-05-01T18:18:04Z")
The link in the OP didn’t work for me, but [this one did.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of2HU3LGdbo) Oh, God, I laughed until my face hurt. In other news from the “cats is weird” file, I threw some moldy old celery out on the garden compost pile - yesterday, my cat was rolling around on it. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/45 "2013-05-01T18:19:02Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > And with that, the Internet is full. Oh, no…not yet…I want frick’n lasers on those sharks. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/46 "2013-05-01T20:50:36Z")
The cat’s tail appears to enhance the cleaning effectiveness of the Roomba, adding a sweep component to its cleansing armament. Perhaps that should be an option on future models. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/47 "2013-05-01T21:44:51Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > The cat’s tail appears to enhance the cleaning effectiveness of the Roomba, adding a sweep component to its cleansing armament. Perhaps that should be an option on future models. That’s hilarious and makes me think of this: [baby dust mop suit - Google Search](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gs_rn=11&gs_ri=psy-ab&gs_mss=baby+dust+mop+&cp=18&gs_id=2x&xhr=t&q=baby+dust+mop+suit&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.45921128,d.aWc&biw=1920&bih=1137&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=soyBUbfgJMO-yQHUl4C4BA#imgrc=IwfDCYI6za6umM%3A%3B-zru_Nf4VNmX5M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252F3.bp.blogspot.com%252F_eELX5bpHR0U%252FTSiHHfK_mfI%252FAAAAAAAAARw%252FWsg2-5gogm0%252Fs1600%252Fthe-baby-mop.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fnotesfromanerdling.blogspot.com%252F2011_01_01_archive.html%3B480%3B370) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/48 "2013-05-01T21:49:08Z")
And Lord, that part after the Roomba stops and the cat and the dog are both just _staring_ at the camera…so funny! ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/49 "2013-05-01T22:33:05Z")
The duckling has [imprinted](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprinting_(psychology)) on the roomba, right? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/50 "2013-05-01T22:34:13Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > The duckling has [imprinted](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprinting_(psychology)) on the roomba, right? Or on the shark. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/51 "2013-05-01T22:54:53Z")
At last the full extent and scope of DARPA’s vision for the Internet is revealed - 43 years later. I can’t stop giggling over how the cat crouches on the Roomba at the beginning. Kittyshark! ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/52 "2013-05-01T23:55:11Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > The link in the OP didn’t work for me, but [this one did.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of2HU3LGdbo) Oh, God, I laughed until my face hurt. > > In other news from the “cats is weird” file, I threw some moldy old celery out on the garden compost pile - yesterday, my cat was rolling around on it. Thanks Cat Whisperer, I didn’t get the first link and I figured “Canadian Problem”. Now I have the hiccups. Did you wonder if Dog and shark-cat were liking their chops because lunch was walking around in front of them? ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/53 "2013-05-02T17:44:10Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > That’s hilarious and makes me think of this: http: Oh boy, what have we there? Those are, um, adorable 🙂 Very practical, though, I’m sure. > [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > And Lord, that part after the Roomba stops and the cat and the dog are both just _staring_ at the camera…so funny! I crack-up when the cat swaggers around as if to suggest that the cameraman should re-start the Roomba. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/54 "2013-05-02T19:26:56Z")
The video has now been mentioned at [Cracked](http://www.cracked.com/blog/9-brilliant-moments-comedy-hiding-youtube/). ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/55 "2013-05-03T03:16:11Z")
The video has been pulled from youtube due to a copyright claim. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/56 "2013-05-03T04:49:06Z")
> [@toofs](#): > > The video has been pulled from youtube due to a copyright claim. Not a very strong one, apparently, [it’s up now](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Of2HU3LGdbo#!). ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957/57 "2013-05-03T14:56:39Z")
> [@toofs](#): > > The video has been pulled from youtube due to a copyright claim. Copyright claim was from the original owner of the video, [whose copy is posted here.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of2HU3LGdbo) The depressing silence at the end (starts about 1:40) made me laugh the hardest; it’s like they’re all embarrassed that they agreed to be part of this humiliating venture. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-a-shark-costume-chases-a-duck-while-riding-a-roomba/656957.md?page=2)