“Are you using the whole fist, doc?”

That’s Fletch F. Fletch, Nancy T

“Cute Overload is the bestest site on the whole Intertubes EVER!”  Brwaaaaaaaawk!

Ooh, you’re gonna have some dead pixels on that screen, Susan R.

When our ani-pal friends get an owie, Cuteologists respond with an outpouring of concern, which sometimes takes the form of uncontrollable giggling.  Below, a sampling of Cute or Sad? moments for 2009 (click pictures to see original posts).

One of the most popular new drinks that the beautiful people enjoyed over the holidays is called the “Scotch Surprise.” It’s very simple, really — see recipe below:

	2 jiggers Smirnoff vodka
	Dash of Macallan Scotch whisky
	Shake well and strain into glass
	Garnish with herbs
	Enjoy while kitteh pounces on you from top of cupboard.

Will you be my designated driver, Heather H.?

We’ll be sproinging at an altitude of approximately three feet. Please fasten your seatbelts, and note that the captain has turned on the “no bleating” sign.

And if you look over to your right, you may be able to see a C.O.X.C.U…

Buh-bye now, Melissa W.

But he just doesn’t feel like a Gilbert.

He seems more like a Colonel.

No? Fine, we aim to please. He does have a heavy authoritative quality to him, so might we suggest Taft?

If Gilbert wants fame, he needs to piggyback onto a bigger name, Jake Z.

See more Gilbert here, here, here, here, and oh yes, here.

We continue our look back at 2009 fondly—make that fondlingly—with a salute to snorgling:  Interspecies, intraspecies and intra-whatever. (Click pictures to view original posts. Parental guidance suggested.)

Wookiee brings Snookie the Bear everywhere with her, and she keeps him protected in of her “love bites”. And while sitting in the garden is fine, car rides are a bit more complicated seeing as the bear is about 9 feet tall.

Hope the parents are pleased, DNA.
[Yep, this is an Encore! - Ed.]

And from the “Where Are They Now” file:  Internet trendsetter Happycat has revealed that he is hooked on grass.  The cheeseburger-craving feline, credited with touching off the LOLcat craze, made the revelation on a recent episode of “Oprah.”

LOL @ yr cat Purry, Shellie A.

In 2009, our animal friends didn’t just disapprove — they sneered, snarled, grimaced, glowered, harrumphed and hachhkkthhed.  Behold, a sampling of this year’s charm school dropouts. (Click picture to view original post.)

Garfi-I Said “NO!!!”, by E.L.A.

According to Sender Inner Douglas W., Jones the kitteh had emergency surgery, hence the collar. Bishop the kitteh had never been apart from Jones, and when Jones got home Bishop followed him around for about an hour, and then grappled him for a kees:

You thought it could only happen in your dreams.

Mary G. sent over this slice ‘n’ diced mashup video by Happy Toaster.