To Laugh Or Not To Laugh, That Is The Question

This is a video of the "Squirrel-A-Pult".

I have a moral crisis going on over this video. Is it funny or not? When I watched it I thought it was funny as hell. But then the crisis kicked in and I thought "poor squirrel". It was kind of rude after all. Here the squirrel is just being a squirrel, and the next second it is being hurled through the air, flying kind of like this guy.

Of course, this would make the catapult inventor / operator this guy.

I think I watch FAR TOO MANY old TV shows. Or maybe not. I do not really watch many old TV shows. Oh yea if they are on I may tune in. If I happen to catch an old "Match Game" show on the Game Show Network I might watch. Or if I happen to catch an old Popeye show or something.

I should email Boomerang about bringing back Bullwinkle. That was a great cartoon show. It really was aimed at the adult market. When I watched it as a kid I probably only got 20% of the jokes.

Anyway, is the video funny or not? I guess that depends on what happened to Rocky The Flying Squirrel. If he landed OK and scampered off unharmed, then it is freaking funny. If the squirrel had a rough landing and/or went SPLAT! then it is not funny.

and would it be funnier if the animal being hurled was not considered "cute"? What if it was a big old nasty Norway Rat? You know, the kind of critter known to spread the plague. Would that make the video funnier? Could I laugh at it guilt free?

I do not know. And I do not think there is a "rat-a-pult" video on You Tube. I have heard people call squirrels "tree rats" before. In a way, I suppose it is true - squirrels and rats are very similar.

But animals with a fuzzy tail are "cute" and therefore get special treatment. It is strange.

NEWS UPDATE! I will not make any more fun of Kentucky. And if you happen to read this and live in Kentucky, notice how I call Florida "FloriDUHHH". Bet you think that is funny.

There will be NEW IGUANA MUSIC. The Kentucky State Song may come back, renamed in honor of another State as soon as something stupid happened somewhere else.

In other news updates, it does not look like I will bother to take the boat out. It will be a nice day and all, but it seems nobody else can go. Oh well. There will be other nice days. That is pretty much it.