Saturday, November 10, 2007

Pet Terrifying Machine

The market for pet grooming in the US is something like $3 billion per year (that's for pet grooming alone... the total pet industry is worth something like $40 billion per year), so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that some of those grooming accessories are completely insane.

This one made the rounds on the news a few days ago as one of those "isn't life wacky?" clips they show at the end of the news to make it seem like they don't only focus on terrible things happening. They seem to have neglected to notice the fact that this automated pet groomer is nightmarish. Can you imagine being a cat or dog in this thing? Your owner casually tosses you into a cold metal box and locks the door, at which point you hear a bunch of electronic beeping before being BLASTED WITH WATER AND CHEMICALS from all directions. When will it stop? You don't know, you are a cat. A device like this can only have come from the mind of someone with a grudge against pets.

The first half is in french, but the really crazy part is the second half, in which a cat freaks out.

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