# Henri the French cat articulates the Pain of Existence! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986 "2012-06-13T03:59:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/1 "2012-06-13T03:59:32Z")
[Zut alors!](http://jezebel.com/5900906/your-morning-ennui-henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence) Click the forward-pointing triangle. Ha hahahahaaaa! ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/2 "2012-06-13T04:59:21Z")
[I like the first one as well.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M7ibPk37_U) ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/3 "2012-06-13T06:27:34Z")
J’aime Henri. “I am surrounded by morons”. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/4 "2012-06-13T10:22:26Z")
This cat should be a meme around here by now. I’ve seen a Henri thread started about three or four times in just a couple of months. Yet when anyone starts one of these threads, it never get more than a handful of posts! Come on Dopers! We must love this cat!! “I have no opposable thumbs, yet, I oppose evrything…” ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/5 "2012-06-13T10:41:27Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > Click the forward-pointing triangle. Ha hahahahaaaa! You mean the play button? Thanks for sharing the video - Henri is adorable. ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/6 "2012-06-13T11:03:30Z")
That could have been great, but I can’t understand a word he’s saying through his thick english accent. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/7 "2012-06-13T11:24:09Z")
> [@jovan](#): > > That could have been great, but I can’t understand a word he’s saying through his thick english accent. Same here. I think it’s great, but it could have been so much better if they had hired someone actually French or at least with a better accent to do the voice-over. It’s distracting! They should re-dub it. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/8 "2012-06-13T14:05:02Z")
Or hired a cat who spoke perfect French. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/9 "2012-06-13T15:28:51Z")
> [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > Same here. I think it’s great, but it could have been so much better if they had hired someone actually French or at least with a better accent to do the voice-over. It’s distracting! They should re-dub it. Also rewrite it - even when you can understand what he’s saying, it’s very much “French as written by Google Translate” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/10 "2012-06-13T16:00:33Z")
This thread is already a tuna-less swamp of despair. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/11 "2012-06-13T16:07:04Z")
Thanks for sharing that link. I was unaware of this and will be sharing it with my friends that I deem to be too carefree and happy in their lives. “I am surrounded by morons.” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/12 "2012-06-13T16:22:51Z")
I liked the shoutout to lolcats ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/13 "2012-06-13T17:34:32Z")
That is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/14 "2012-06-13T17:46:32Z")
I liked it then and I like it now. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/15 "2012-06-13T19:12:16Z")
Nobody cared when I posted it several weeks ago. I feel like Henri, neglected. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/16 "2012-06-13T19:36:40Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Nobody cared when I posted it several weeks ago. I feel like Henri, neglected. You could leave, But yet you stay, Ignored by all. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/17 "2012-06-13T20:25:12Z")
His existence is an empty wasteland, like Euro Disney in the off season. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/18 "2012-06-14T17:51:50Z")
Whoops! My apologies to those who posted it first. To be honest, I don’t always peruse this particular forum. Great minds think alike? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henri-the-french-cat-articulates-the-pain-of-existence/624986/19 "2012-06-14T18:41:12Z")
Actually, I think it was posted in MPSIMS, not in Cafe Society.