Jds03 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Well, I have to say this must be the most freaking awesome thing I've seen all day, haha. http://gizmodo.com/5634257/ikea-let-loose-a-herd-of-100-cats-into-store-to-see-what-happens IKEA Let Loose a Herd of 100 Cats Into Store to 'See What Happens' An English IKEA decided to release 100 live cats overnight. Why? Why would you question such a thing? The video is the most amazing and life-affirming event. Ever. Embrace it. Watch it a thousand times. Watch it ten thousand times. As far as I can tell, the team at the wooded dorm-furnisher extraordinaire just let the cats run around the empty store completely for the hell of it, and the results are simply wonderful. The staff pegs the stunt as an "experiment," but I wouldn't exactly say the scientific method is at rigorous work here—and that is a great thing. The cats fight each other. They climb into boxes. They jump. They screech. There are a hundred of them. A grown man yells "Go, cats, go!" And then, like a dreamscape vision of that high school girl you always loved but never had—they are gone. Were they ever there? Where did they go? They have vanished, but the furry mirage won't soon be forgotten. The only proof: our memories, and perhaps some seriously bad allergies for the shoppers who showed up the next morning. This ELGÅ wardrobe—so affordable, so easy to assemble. And so full of the aura of one hundred manic felines. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCB7RqGS684 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jynx242 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 How many do you recon are still in there? I know when we went to IKEA, it needed a guide to find my way out. For some reason, I wish I had been there - sounds like fun (for me at least, the cats were probably very freaked out.) David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cool Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 This is defiantly a WTF moment. Amazing though!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clinksalot Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 That's so awesome. I'm sure they got them all out, it's not like they were just random cats. Their owners were there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyzoo Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 That's so cool, I would have liked to have been there, or taken my cats to play around. Hope they vacuumed good for those really allergic people... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 As a cat lover, this is amazing. I would have been laughing and smiling so much my face would have hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Awwwwwwww. The actual commercial there at the end of it (I assume?), looked great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
let1gre Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 This is the best thing I've seen all week. Cats are fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 As Joe Cool said above, this has to be one of the most WTF things I've heard of any company doing. Personally, I'm a cat person, so I would have enjoyed being there when they did this. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jynx242 Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 My cats would have DESTROYED that place. They are hateful Actually - they would have found the tiniest little crevice to crawl into, then get stuck, then howl until someone disassembled some crazy piece of Swedish furniture to retrieve them. Upon their release, they would then turn and attack the rescuer, jump to the ground, find another crevice and repeat the whole process over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 They should re-do this, but only put Angus McNasty in the store, and then see how long before the place is on fire. dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 ^The next morning, they would find a trail of dismembered bodies leading to Angus, who will be grooming himself at its head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 ^ Sounds like Angus is the opposite of IKEA---he disassembles things... Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneyfan1313 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 This makes me love Ikea and the UK just a bit more. I wish they had more footage though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davisal771 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 I would love to have been one of those cats. Next year an Ikea store will open in Denver! I'm quite excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwm1444 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Just seen the final product (the advert at the end) on TV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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