My friend just bought this condo that is made fabulous primarily by its fabulous view of Cincinnati. It’s made even more fabulous, though, by the fact that its one story off the ground and his indoor / outdoor pet cat desperately wants to explore the surrounding woods. And so my friend created the Kittyvator.

This Kittyvator is one fancy contraption made with a picnic basket and a sturdy rope. The cat gets put into the basket head first and my friend lowers him to the ground using the rope. It’s awesome. I might have to get a cat now just to try it.

After the cat has caught his prey and made out with some fine Kentucky lady cats, he climbs the ladder back up to my friend’s balcony and come back inside. The problem is that all the little feral cats in town have discovered the ladder too. (There is free, delicious cat food sitting on the balcony.) So I am watching a (HORRIBLE) movie last night with my friend (The Pirate Movie — rent it, watch it, be drunk to enjoy it) and sure enough, there is a little Kentucky ghetto kitty out on the balcony.

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