Oldest Ever Lolcat Found *gasp* (Iz From Teh 1905)

[SallyMander]

This captioned cat picture postcard was found by Tracy Angulo in a Seattle antique store. Tracy tells us that the photograph is from 1905, which would make this officially the oldest cat picture with a caption, AKA lolcat, that we’ve seen.

The differences are clear. Proper grammar and a more formal tone was in vogue back then. But the similarities to modern-day kitten struggles and lolcats are amazing. ALL CAPS is still cool, but most importantly, she also no can has cheezburger. More than a hundred years later, all that’s changed is the spelling.

Evekitteh, we hope you got a good dinner.

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/12/01/funny-pictures-oldest-ever-lolcat-found/


Big news! :D

[ZombieNixon]

1. Sweet! (Or as they say: teh awesumz!)

:D

[SallyMander]

Hey, you!

Hope you had a good Thanksgiving! Are you drowning in finals now? :o

[LadyoftheRabbits]

5. (He's eating dinner so I'll answer for him)

:P ZN finished with finals last week and is home now. Lucky snot. :P

[ZombieNixon]

19. What she said.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

20. ...

:blush: :hide: :P

[LadyoftheRabbits]

2. That's hysterical

Cute kitty in a dress. :loveya: :P

[SallyMander]

4. Poor lil thing

How are you doing? :hug:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

8. I know... and I just realized I had another cat-in-a-dress in my sigline

:P I'm well... about to be drowned in finals, but this week is good for studying. :P :hug:

[SallyMander]

10. Oh no, you are drowning in finals

and the boy is chilling at home??? So not fair! x(

I hope your studying goes well! Just think, about when you're finishing, i'll be drowning in grading! :P

[LadyoftheRabbits]

I know

I'm terribly jealous. x( But thanks, and good luck with grading. I don't envy all the work that goes into that. :P

[elshiva]

6. Yes, lelapin, BTW what is your sig line photograph from?

I know it's Mystery Science Theater 3000, but what episode?

[LadyoftheRabbits]

9. Yep...

MST3K is awesome. :P But I don't know which episode it's from... I'd love to. :( I did a google search for MST3K and it popped up in images. :P

[elshiva]

13. Yes, MST3K is awesome. :)

I'd love to see the movie that's from. Or it could be one of their "shorts." A short "educational" film before that main movie. It looks like one of those kid's alphabet films. "C" is for Cat! I love how they have a real cat in a bride's dress, that is genius. :)

[elshiva]

3. That is so cute.

:) And yes, it is a lot like the most famous LoLcat of all "I CAN HAZ CHEEZBURGER?"

[SallyMander]

7. I love that kitty!

He just looks so happy :rofl:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

11. U R byoljist, now iz arkie-oljist tew?

That's so neat Sally!!

:hi: :hug: :loveya: :pals:

[SallyMander]

12. LOL!

I'm glad your lolcat thread came back, i hadn't seen that one! :D :hug: :loveya:

[elshiva]

15. What does that mean?

:hug: :shrug:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

17. I have no idea.

:rofl:

:hi: :hug:

[TommyO]

14. Now that is a great Lolcat!

It's printing now, and will have a place on my desk at work tomorrow.

[SallyMander]

25. Hehee!

I'm glad you liked it! :D

[stuntcat]

16. teh aminals are clearly begging to be lol'ed!!!

That settles it :rofl: :rofl: I real-life lol'ed! Thank you!!!! :hug: :hug:

[SallyMander]

26. I just had to post it after I totally guffawed

:rofl:

Hope you're doing well sweetness! :hug: :loveya:

[mainegreen]

18. That moved me to tears.

The universe is full of wonders.

[SallyMander]

27. It should be one of the wonders of the modern world

:7

[PaddyBlueEyes]

21. teh kitteh looks unhappy

.....

[SallyMander]

28. Well, she's hungry!

And also wearing a dress. ;)

[PaddyBlueEyes]

34. maybe teh kitteh

likes the dress.....hungry I get!

[Chorophyll]

22. Dis kitteh iz older than Ceiling Cat!

Nice find. :D

[SallyMander]

29. My procrastination was rewarded

(as it usually is on icanhascheezburger!)

:D

[Lavender Brown]

23. Awww

That is so cute. :rofl:

[SallyMander]

30. I know, i love her little face

She is peering off into the distance... where is my food??? :D

[Kali]

24. cute!

[SallyMander]

31. She probably wasn't too happy about the dress

but it sure is adorable. :D

[DarkTirade]

32. I'm sure there are paintings of cats with captions in ancient egypt as well.

It just took the internet for them to be readily available to the general public.

[SallyMander]

33. Hehee... i wonder what the Egyptian cats were craving

I don't think they had cheezburgers... :think:

[DarkTirade]

35. They had bread and they ate beef.

I don't know about cheese though. I don't think the dry egyptian climate is suitable for making cheese. And their bread was VERY tough. Mummies tend to have very worn-down teeth because the egyptian bread was that hard to chew. :P

[Kali]

37. beer!

[DarkTirade]

39. Egyptian beer was basically alcoholic liquid bread.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1422

[mike_c]

36. that is so cool....

Wow.

[SallyMander]

40. Hehee... antique lolcat!

:hi:

Off-topic... i am finishing up my dissertation and have started looking for jobs for next fall. Any words of wisdom???

[lightningandsnow]

38. OMG

:rofl:

[SallyMander]

41. ...

:D

:hug:

[Symarip]

42. People were annoyingly cute a hundred years ago

OMFG wikked kewliez :)