LOLMATTZ: A Primer

Ol' Bear was mighty confused when this picture recently popped up on your favorite blog.



It appears that he missed out on 2006's mildly amusing viral internet hit: lolcatz. It's hard to believe he missed this trend... I mean, the only way you could miss it is if you spent much of the year out of the country!

But I digress...

Per Wikipedia - Lolcats are images combining photographs of animals, most frequently cats, with a humorous and idiosyncratic caption in broken English (also known as Kitteh apparently). These images usually consist of a photo of a cat with a large caption.

Common themes include jokes of the form "Im in ur noun, verb-ing ur related noun."[11] "I has a noun" pictures show a cat in possession of an object while "Invisible noun" show pictures of cats apparently interacting with said invisible object.[11] "My noun, let me show you it/them" pictures are accompanied by cats apparently presenting or offering an object. Another common lolcat displays a cat with a specific look, which is described by adjective, and the text, "[adjective] cat is not [adjective]"[citation needed] or "Your offering pleases [adjective] cat." A version of this is also stated as "adjective cat is not amused", or "[adjective] cat has run out of [adjective]" (when the cat in related picture seems to be feeling the opposite of the adjective used to describe it.)

Example:


Or my personal favorite:


Be on the lookout for new lolmattz in the new year. Of course, reader submissions are more than welcome.