# Kitten Cannon **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 1, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747 "2008-03-01T17:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![notthatagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@notthatagain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notthatagain)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/1 "2008-03-01T17:12:40Z")
Kitten. Canon. What more need be said? [Kitten Canon](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f33_1179569355) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/2 "2008-03-01T17:34:51Z")
Aw. I’m at work and I don’t want to click on a video that has disclaimers. What is it? ---
**Author:** ![notthatagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@notthatagain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notthatagain)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/3 "2008-03-01T18:12:04Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Aw. I’m at work and I don’t want to click on a video that has disclaimers. What is it? [/QUOTE] Animated (poorly) kitten that, after being shot of a canon, can land on explosives or trampolines for increased travel, or be eaten by cat-eating plants if not impaled on spiky plants. Good fun. Really! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/4 "2008-03-01T18:18:23Z")
651 feet ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/5 "2008-03-01T19:08:33Z")
Oh, is it like the [Bloody Pingu Toss](http://a1.interclick.com/Transition.aspx?requesturl=http%3A//www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/pingu2&wsid=457&ind=li%3Dhttp%3A//www.albinoblacksheep.com/image/button/ab03.gif%26lh%3D31%26lw%3D88%26si%3Dhttp%3A//www.albinoblacksheep.com/image/button/skip.gif%26sh%3D14%26sw%3D36%26ba%3D) ? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/6 "2008-03-01T19:35:00Z")
It’s a can **N** on. No Anglican clergy or required reading lists involved. Just kitties and a big gun. ---
**Author:** ![notthatagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@notthatagain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notthatagain)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/7 "2008-03-01T20:02:09Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] It’s a can **N** on. No Anglican clergy or required reading lists involved. Just kitties and a big gun. [/QUOTE] You are of course, correct. It _is_ a cannon. Perhaps I’d killed that little kitten bastard so many times I was experiencing a wee bit of spiritually inflicted remorse. Yeah, that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/8 "2008-03-01T20:21:17Z")
You know…there are other…more pleasurable ways to kill kittens… ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/9 "2008-03-01T20:21:20Z")
[The last time I played it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=313100), I got topped out at 2,114 feet. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/10 "2008-03-02T19:53:30Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] It’s a can **N** on. No Anglican clergy or required reading lists involved. Just kitties and a big gun. [/QUOTE] I was expecting something like Pachelbel’s Canon as sung by kitties. Mew, mew, mew, mew… If you want kittens to go flying, what you need is a catapult. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/11 "2008-03-02T23:32:24Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] I was expecting something like Pachelbel’s Canon as sung by kitties. Mew, mew, mew, mew… If you want kittens to go flying, what you need is a catapult. [/QUOTE] Or kittens flying around to Pachelbel’s Canon: [great YouTube video](http://youtube.com/watch?v=SUNmLuNdiL8) ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/12 "2008-03-04T16:50:25Z")
I thought it would be like the squirrel sling shot. > **[Featured Content on Myspace](https://myspace.com/discover/featured)** > > Featured Content on Myspace ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/13 "2008-03-04T17:26:06Z")
1,155 feet. Damn you, **Hal**! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/14 "2008-03-04T17:35:25Z")
[QUOTE=K364] Or kittens flying around to Pachelbel’s Canon: [great YouTube video](http://youtube.com/watch?v=SUNmLuNdiL8) [/QUOTE] Amazing…I must have seen half of those clips a hundred times and I still got a bang out of that. It r0xx0rz teh kittehz! ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/15 "2008-03-05T01:20:11Z")
Whoo Hoo! 1,961 feet. Keep hitting those Baloon Bombs and yer golden! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/16 "2008-03-05T20:21:21Z")
[QUOTE=Way Too Happy] Kitten. Canon. What more need be said? [Kitten Canon](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f33_1179569355) [/QUOTE] Oh. It’s a kitten shooting game. Not the canon I was expecting. I thought it had finally been decided which kittens to include in the “canon”. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/17 "2008-03-05T20:48:28Z")
1274, dagnabbit. Got lucky the first few bounces (one up to 140 feet), but missed everything after that. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/18 "2008-03-05T20:57:56Z")
1565 feet. Hmph. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/19 "2008-03-05T22:25:43Z")
I just managed to shoot it straight into a plant and get 73 feet. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747/20 "2008-03-06T16:41:09Z")
High score 749 feet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-cannon/439747.md?page=2)