John Mayer and the "Hang In There!" Motivational Poster Kitten with Sides of Courtney Love and Scott Baio

John Mayer bugged me on Twitter this morning, and not for the usual reasons he bugs me, like that time he told me too much about his penis or the thousand times he has made lamesauce jokes. I should probably just stop reading his Twitter feed, but like with Courtney Love and her translator, Courtney Translated, I keep going back to witness him in 140 characters or less.

Of course, my celebrity Twitter load was lightened recently when Love deleted her Twitter account after she was sued for defamation by a designer, which then also put Courtney Translated out of a job, which was truly a dark day in Twitter history, but this is not about Courtney Love and her legal problems, of which I'm sure she has many.

This is about John Mayer and the famous "Hang In There!" motivational poster cat.

John Mayer tweeted that the iconic feline from the ubiquitous "Hang in there!" posters was dead.

 

NO! NOT THE "HANG IN THERE!" KITTY!

I'm a bit of a cat person — if my three cats, to whom I occasionally refer as my little schmoopie-whoopie-lover-bunses, are any indication — so I immediately set about researching the truth behind Mayer's tweet.

One of the earliest mentions I could find of said cat dated the original poster back to 1972, but it could be even older, which means that the adorable orange kitten in question would have to be approximately 37 YEARS OLD, which means that John Mayer got me all verklempt over a cat that has likely been dead for 20 YEARS already.

This whole entry was originally going to be about how Scott Baio plays a jerk on Twitter now as well as in real life, but then John Mayer had to go and be all mean to me first thing in the morning.

Comments

[iambellaluna]

I'm pretty sure John Mayer should just give up. I'm surprised his penis hasn't fallen off yet. He shoud give up now before it does.

[Sweetney]

Oh the lolz.

[srah]

I wish there was someone translating John Cusack's tweets into English.

[Mrs. Wilson]

John Mayer is the only celebrity that I follow - only because when I used to work graveyard shifts, he'd be tweeting long into the night and I needed SOMETHING to keep me occupied. But, now he keeps me entertained - usually with my eyes rolling. I do kind of like his new single though. Don't hate me!

[Sils]

I am quietly hoping he dates Miley Cyrus. I just want to see the press go batshit.

[DianaCLT]

I think Obama should sue Scott Baio and his wife for defamation

[Accidental Housewife]

Do we know for a fact that his penis HASN'T fallen off? Would that be the line he finally wouldn't cross? Or would his new eunuch status just be Twitter fodder?

[Laurie]

Oh, there's so much more to the Scott Baio story:
http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/teachable-moment-someones-new-twitter-addiction-is-running-amok/

Not to mention the new chach bag thang:
http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/chach-bag-chachbag/

Tho... in light of the Mayer, we may need a maybag? ;)

[Jill]

I wish John Mayer would give it up already!
Tired of his phony garbage. He turned into a
real douche bag.
That video is also douche-garbage.

[[mark]]

@ Jill - was that a "john mayer dissing haiku"?