This image began circulating around the internet in early 2000. A caption explained that the cat was Snowball, an 87-pound behemoth whose mother had lived near a nuclear power plant. In reality, the cat was named Jumper and was normal-sized. Its owner created the image as a joke to share with a few friends, never realizing that the joke would spread beyond his control and end up being shared by millions of e-mail users.
PrincessRose
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It's still funny - that cat is bigger than my DOG!
palebride
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that cat is almost bigger than me!!!
Dee7772
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Wed Feb 18, 2004: Why you shouldn't feed your cat table scraps I don't know what it is about oversized domestic cats that's so endlessly fascinating, but I've got to admit that, as the owner of a rather corpulent kitty, I'm just as intrigued by this subject as everyone else seems to be. So anyway, first there was Snowball. Then along came Munchkin. And now the latest tubby tabby to do the email rounds is Scrappy, the Super-Sized Cat. This email comes with the subject line: Why you shouldn't feed your cat table scraps. I don't know if it's real or not, but at the risk of putting my reputation as a hoax expert on the line, it kind of looks real to me. Update: A visitor pointed out that for more tubby cats it's worth visiting tubcat.com. Permalink ... Category: Photos ... Comments [12]
I found it on the hoax link. I still cannot tell if it is fake or not.
BellaBella
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WOW!! that would be awesome if it WAS real!!
bride2B04
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OH my that actually scared me!!
djkatscan
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LOL that is too funny...you could take a horsie ride on that thing! And to think I call my cat 'fat boy'...I think I will have to stop calling him that.
cocoa
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i got that too the other day! he is huge!!!
Shamee
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I wouldn't want to clean his litter pan!!
BoogieDownBride
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I used to have a 20 pound cat, and I thought he was huge! This cat could have eaten him in one gulp!!!
Sage10.03
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HOLY COW! (I mean cat ) That is unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!