# inflatable unicorn horn for cats **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405 "2014-12-05T13:04:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/1 "2014-12-05T13:04:20Z")
You heard me - an inflatable unicorn horn that is designed for cats to wear. [http://www.perpetualkid.com/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats.aspx](http://www.perpetualkid.com/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats.aspx) This was erroneously posted as a threadspotting when AFAICT it should be a weird earl. But now I’ll muddy the waters and start a thread. Because… unicorn horn for cats. Okay, look at that ad. Wow. First, the box has a pic of a beautiful, wide eye cat kinda interested with a horn attached. Then you look next to the box, for another pic of the cat wearing the horn. This appears to be the exact same cat, but this cat is NOT happy about the stupid horn. The look of death in that cat’s eyes… you can tell he’s thinking, “Hey, buddy, I know where you sleep. You just wait.” Then the ad text. > [@](#): > > Your cat may like to show off that its all standoffish and in control, but you could turn all that around with our Inflatable Unicorn Horn For Cats. For an immediate attitude adjustment just blow up the horn, attach it to your cats head with the easy four-point elastic strap system and get ready for some feline-tastic fun! Yes, blow up and attach that inflatable horn with the “four-point elastic strap system” and I’m sure you will get an instant attitude adjustment from your cat. Definitely. > [@](#): > > Your cat will thank you because they’ll no longer be just a regular cat, they’ll be a uni-cat! They’ll think its really cool and want to wear it in front of other cats and your company. But seriously, its not at all even a little bit humiliating for your kitty. Yes, not a bit humiliating. Just look at that happy cat, wearing his unicorn horn for everyone to see. > [@](#): > > To be completely honest, some people have reported that it turned their cat into a jerk. Yes, it’s definitely the cat that became a jerk. Oh, and just because, don’t look too closely at that “unicorn horn”. I’m just saying, I think it could be used in alternate ways, though I’m not sure I’ve ever seen an inflatable one. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/2 "2014-12-05T13:12:34Z")
That’s gotta be a gag gift, with the ad copy, and picture, being intentionally sarcastic. All but the most comatose cats would disinflate (deinflate? it’s too early for me…) such a thing _instantly_. They’ve also got a [human inflatable unicorn horn](http://www.perpetualkid.com/inflatable-unicorn-horn.aspx), though. I’m told it’s unisex. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/3 "2014-12-05T13:42:02Z")
I’ve seen these, and don’t see the point, aside from extreme weirdness. If you tried to put one on our cats, they’d bop you, or run away. If you succeeded in putting it on, they’d spend all their time trying to back out of it. I did, however, give Pepper Mill a birthday card with a Unicorn Cat on it this year. Because it was Extremely Weird. And I didn’t get all clawed up the way I would have if I’d tried to put an inflatable horn on one of our cats. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/4 "2014-12-05T18:43:21Z")
I assume that the “alternate” usage is the point of whoever buys one of these. And of course it would be inflatable, to make it easier to stash away when not used. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/5 "2014-12-05T18:48:27Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Yes, it’s definitely the cat that became a jerk. How do you turn a cat into a jerk? I thought they were born that way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/6 "2014-12-05T19:37:26Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > They’ve also got a [human inflatable unicorn horn](http://www.perpetualkid.com/inflatable-unicorn-horn.aspx), though. I’m told it’s unisex. And maybe I just have a dirty mind, but I’m pretty sure that no man wearing a unicorn horn and a pink sweater is using it for a PG-rated purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/7 "2014-12-05T20:33:48Z")
New children’s book - “The Cat in the Pecker Hat”. Wait until you see Thing 1 and Thing 2… ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/8 "2014-12-06T10:45:55Z")
Are they hairy, or did they shave? ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/9 "2014-12-06T10:56:58Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > And maybe I just have a dirty mind, but I’m pretty sure that no man wearing a unicorn horn and a pink sweater is using it for a PG-rated purpose. Well, he’s not wearing a pink _sweater_, exactly, but… [NSFW link] [https://i.imgur.com/liXeEJq.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/liXeEJq.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/10 "2014-12-07T06:57:41Z")
I think [this](https://www.google.com/search?q=pusheen+unicorn&client=firefox-a&hs=KdX&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=nts&biw=1280&bih=679&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=6vmDVLutKYSDNqmdgMAE&sqi=2&ved=0CB0QsAQ) is as close as you’ll get to a unikitty without injury. 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 7, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/11 "2014-12-07T17:32:43Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > You heard me - an inflatable unicorn horn that is designed for cats to wear. > > [http://www.perpetualkid.com/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats.aspx](http://www.perpetualkid.com/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats.aspx) > > This was erroneously posted as a threadspotting when AFAICT it should be a weird earl. But now I’ll muddy the waters and start a thread. Because… unicorn horn for cats. > > Okay, look at that ad. Wow. Thanks for posting this, **Irishman**! I’d have missed it otherwise and man oh man am I glad I didn’t miss it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/12 "2014-12-07T17:55:58Z")
Would never buy. I’d put a (kitty-sized) elf hat on my cat once. He went from “oh, hey!” to “Whaaaa?” to “You suck, and I"m going to poop in your shoe” in about two seconds. But I did get a photo of “Santa’s Grumpiest Elf.” His expression would give Grumpy Cat a run for her money. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/13 "2014-12-08T13:58:07Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > New children’s book - “The Cat in the Pecker Hat”. Wait until you see Thing 1 and Thing 2… Did they shave or are they hairy? Will they fornicate or marry? Are they fertile - perhaps, just maybe But which of them will incubaby? [sub]Apologies to Dr Suess, and pretty much everyone else who sees this[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/14 "2014-12-08T14:13:58Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Did they shave or are they hairy? > Will they fornicate or marry? > Are they fertile - perhaps, just maybe > But which of them will incubaby? > [sub]Apologies to Dr Suess, and pretty much everyone else who sees this[/sub] Oh no apologies needed. You should keep going. I’m sure one of us can help illustrate, and we’ll make a couple of bucks with the “spoof”. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/15 "2014-12-08T18:45:44Z")
People who dress their pets…no thanks -\_- ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/16 "2014-12-08T18:56:35Z")
Surely these go hand in hand with the [Cat Butt magnets](http://www.perpetualkid.com/cat-butts-magnets.aspx) shown just below. _MeeeeOW!_ ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/17 "2014-12-08T19:10:09Z")
lion mane on a kitten: [http://i.imgur.com/KChDSzN.gif](http://i.imgur.com/KChDSzN.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/18 "2014-12-09T06:00:46Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Would never buy. I’d put a (kitty-sized) elf hat on my cat once. He went from “oh, hey!” to “Whaaaa?” to “You suck, and I"m going to poop in your shoe” in about two seconds. > > But I did get a photo of “Santa’s Grumpiest Elf.” His expression would give Grumpy Cat a run for her money. Yeah. The look on that cat’s face says, “I don’t care if I die of dehydration, I WILL piss on everything you own tonight”. The closest I’ve ever gotten to doing something that dumb was the day we decided to cure the dog of her sock stealing fetish. If my sister or I were walking around the house in socks she would run up and nip at our heels and toes until she pulled one of the socks off our feet. This would be met with all kinds of jumping and screaming from us. Then she would run away with it, fling it down, and roll all over it. One day we got sick of it. We each put on a pair of oven mitts to make sure we kept all of our fingers. Then we took a stinky old tube sock and put it over her head. She was stuck in there for about an hour. After she got out we thought she might be even worse but she never stole our socks again. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/19 "2014-12-09T06:11:37Z")
> [@](#): > > To be completely honest, some people have reported that it turned their cat into a jerk. I can’t help but think of that in terms of IIRC a Robin Williams joke badly quoted from memory: “Some people say they take drugs to enhance their personality… but what if you’re an asshole.” Unleash your cats inner personality! But them a unicorn hat. You too can unleash their inner aloof, solitary, cruel, and predatory instinct on your unicorn hat buying ass. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405/20 "2014-12-09T19:56:20Z")
Something inflatable attached to a cat is not likely to last 5 minutes. I’m not sure that $1 a minute is worth the entertainment and potential retaliation from the cat while you are sleeping. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflatable-unicorn-horn-for-cats/706405.md?page=2)