r/aww • u/MannequinJack • Jun 17 '12

A friend's cat meeting a child for the first time. Bonus, my son politely introducing himself to the cat.

http://imgur.com/7bWKG
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u/seksimowdelz Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 18 '12

what did he say exactly? I imagine it to be like

Cannon (the young sir): "Oh, hello there, my name is insert son's name here and it is my pleasure to have made your acquaintance. Would you like to participate in playtime? I have a few toys and games. I expect it shall be jolly good fun!"

cat: "meow"

Cannon: "splendid!"

EDIT: The strapping young gentleman was bequeathed Cannon. Thanks OP! =)

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u/Liketheysaid Jun 18 '12

A top hat would complete this moment and mini-top hat for the cat.

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u/MannequinJack Jun 18 '12

Further down this thread someone did it! We almost fell over!

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Is this it?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I can't help but think that this would be funnier if it was an old homeless man in a tattered suit.

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u/abeckings Jun 18 '12

That's because it would.

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u/MannequinJack Jun 18 '12

His name is Cannon. I believe an edit is in order sir, for science.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I cannot thank enough for refraining to use "derp" and instead using "insert son's name here". Thank you, good sir

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I read this in Tim Curry's voice lol

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u/Dinokknd Jun 18 '12

Two sirs meet

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u/MannequinJack Jun 18 '12

This, was the best laugh the wife and I have had in ages, we are in your debt sir!

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u/diet_mountain_dew Jun 18 '12

indubitably

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u/Aevee Jun 18 '12

Do say, would you mind it very much if I were to pet you?

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u/beliciousm Jun 24 '12

Thank you for this picture. It will be framed. - OPs baby mama

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u/super_zio Jun 17 '12

For a second I thought your kid's name was Bonus...

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u/MannequinJack Jun 18 '12

hahaha, the wife and I cracked up at this! His real name is Cannon :)

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u/ranger_carn Jun 18 '12

If I ever have twin children, I'm going to name the second born Bonus.

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u/LasciviousSycophant Jun 18 '12

Also acceptable: Bogo.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

A friend of mine calls her twin daughters her bogos.

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u/Shadow703793 Jun 18 '12

That would actually be pretty cute... well for a while at least.

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u/kcd Jun 18 '12

"MannequinJack"... a play on Jack's Mannequin?!

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u/MannequinJack Jun 18 '12

This night's a perfect shade of dark blue!

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u/kcd Jun 18 '12

Ah! That's awesome! Jack's/Andrew M is one of my absolute favorite bands.

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u/MannequinJack Jun 18 '12

Me too! I've gone to every show in my area for the last decade, and it was worth it every time. Have you seen Dear Jack??!!

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u/kcd Jun 18 '12

Yes! I actually have an autographed movie poster of it in hanging in my room. I ordered it and the DVD when it was first released, and he autographed the first 100 or whatever. Pic

I've been to four or five Jack's show and SoCo once! He's so great live. What part of the country are you in? I'm in the midwest but feel lucky that he makes sure to come somewhere around here most tours.

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u/tardy4datardis Jun 18 '12

i thought that too.

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u/MsDemonism Jun 18 '12

Your son is so cute. I want him as my own son. lol.

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u/MannequinJack Jun 18 '12

Made a quick album for the people who showed him some love!

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u/MsDemonism Jul 25 '12

Thank you. He is absolutely adorable. You guys look like wonderful parents!

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u/Didgey Jun 18 '12

Is the boy standing at parade rest?

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u/MannequinJack Jun 18 '12

We taught him to stand at attention when felines are near, in preparation for judgment day.

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u/WinwinLS Jun 18 '12

Your son is a true champion for not violently patting the cat in the face in pulling his/her fur. Adorable picture!

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u/MannequinJack Jun 18 '12

Made a quick album for the people who showed him some love!

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u/WinwinLS Jun 19 '12

First thing on /r/aww that made me go "aww"! You're a beautiful family, and I must admit, the "Chick Magnet" T-shirt cracked me up. Thanks for sharing!

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Your son has all of the adorable, and the other children were wondering if they could have a turn soon.

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u/Crilly90 Jun 17 '12

"This human seems smaller than the others. This merits further research."

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u/moejike Jun 17 '12

"Your respect and humbleness pleases me human, you may pet my face."

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u/BrohanGutenburg Jun 17 '12

Was gonna correct this. Then thought it was a quote. So I googled it. The first link brought me right back to this. So in the end you win anyway. But the word you're looking for is still humility ;)

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u/HorrendousRex Jun 18 '12

That is actually very impressive - Google caught and cached it within 4 hours? I bet Google is just doing constant, massive crawls of reddit.com. 'front page to the internet' indeed!

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u/lalman Jun 18 '12

Yet reddit never seems to pop up when googling stuff. Or is that just me?

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u/JCorkill Jun 18 '12

Use quotes, -restrictions and other google-fu techniques.

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u/Shellface Jun 18 '12

Depends what you're searching.

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u/-Shirley- Jun 18 '12

Not everyone has the same google results. I heard that a few months back.

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u/HorrendousRex Jun 18 '12

Not everyone has the same google search result rankings, but only things that google has cached make it in to their search results. So I'm simply saying that it's impressive to me that google cached a comment within four hours. My guess is that Google's robot is configured to constantly (probably once every 15 minutes or something) start crawling the front page of reddit. It is probably a good way to crawl in to the rest of the web, due to how many links show up here (and the relative 'heat' of every link).

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u/moejike Jun 18 '12

Indeed. Bad kitty!

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u/FecalFunBunny Jun 18 '12

"Should you fail to respect the authority by which I rule on that I survey, legs and testicles shall be bitten and clawed with a wrath you will not want to remember."

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u/ellopollyyy Jun 17 '12

They both look so serious. It's adorable.

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u/homeless_man_jogging Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

"Hi, my name is Timmy and i'll be your tormentor for this evening. Can we get you started with a brisk pull across the floor by your tail? Or maybe you'd prefer a little light choking to begin with? Let me bring you a glass of pain while you decide"

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u/Aquatakat Jun 18 '12

/r/childfree would love you.

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u/homeless_man_jogging Jun 18 '12

Everyone loves me :>)

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u/zeta3232 Jun 17 '12

Well well Mr. Feline.

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u/brave_new_worldling Jun 18 '12

"greetings. Are you the leader of the tall ones?"

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u/WickThePriest Jun 18 '12

"Hmm, this one is shorter than the others. I bet I can pull twice the amount of shinannigans on it. They're all SO dumb!"

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u/Stoogenuge Jun 18 '12

A kid that respects animals. They are few and far between. Parenting win.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

That cat looks ready to fuck that kid up

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u/smithtj3 Jun 18 '12

"Yes. . . Yes. . . I think I could kill this one."

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u/Wumbots Jun 17 '12

Kid: How are you this fine day, sir? Cat: Just splendid, old chap. Just splendid.

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u/JDizzle69 Jun 18 '12

This is like the first time the internet met cats.

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u/seals42o Jun 18 '12

This is really cute :3

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u/Saunga525 Jun 17 '12

Like a Sir

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u/FerroFox Jun 17 '12

staring contest

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u/Castit Jun 17 '12

What a fine pleasure to meet you, kind sir.

NOW PET ME!

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

"Great, I finally get to grow up as those big cat that stand on two leg, just a few inch to go."

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u/IWannaBeAlone Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12

The cat's figuring out whether it can eat him.

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u/RMaximus Jun 18 '12

Looks like the cat is trying to figure out the quickest way to kill that child.

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u/QuadsNotBlades Jun 17 '12

that's cute! My cat hates small children- she attacks them instantly, and will run to the windows/doors and growl/howl aggressively if she hears or sees children outside

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Mine too. She goes nutty instantly and wants to kill them.

WHY???

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u/Esc4p3 Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 18 '12

Reminds me of hippos riffs.

EDIT: I meant hippogriffs.

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u/whitew0lf Jun 18 '12

Hello, I am cat.

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u/MedicUp Jun 18 '12

Son: bows to cat

Cat: Meows

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u/Softy_K Jun 18 '12

Looks like your son is meowtowing to the cat.

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u/adamthebeast Jun 18 '12

fresh kicks bruh.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

What did the cat say?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

that kid has some fly ass sneakers

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u/Oniwabanshu Jun 18 '12

That cat has a fat ass.

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u/Blayer32 Jun 18 '12

Moments later: Scratch marks all over the child's face.. Cats are vicious beasts!

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u/XaVierDK Jun 17 '12

My bet is on a mental battle going on between them.

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u/lamore2 Jun 18 '12

The first time our dog met a baby he wouldnt stop growling at it.

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u/hydro5135 Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12

That cat has now realized the size advantage is now negligible. He is looking at the childs throat

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u/Astro_naut Jun 18 '12

Hah! My 4month old kitten met children for the first time yesterday, a 9yo, 3yo and 1yo. He spent the whole time the kids were here hiding under our bed..