{"id":8202,"date":"2014-01-26T13:54:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T20:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/?p=8202"},"modified":"2016-02-05T20:25:53","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T01:25:53","slug":"say-no-to-catgraff-long-live-etti-the-courtesy-cat-pleasesorrythanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/say-no-to-catgraff-long-live-etti-the-courtesy-cat-pleasesorrythanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Say NO to #catgraff &#8211; Long Live Etti the Courtesy Cat | #PleaseSorryThanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Decades before the Dr. Zizmor <a href=\"http:\/\/observer.com\/2013\/01\/nick-kroll-on-dr-zizmor-parody-ads-padma-lakshmi-and-chris-kattan\/\">dog parody ads<\/a>, Etti the Courtesy Cat was an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=etti+cat&#038;espv=210&#038;es_sm=93&#038;tbm=isch&#038;tbo=u&#038;source=univ&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=y3XlUu2FO7XIsASBkIKIAw&#038;ved=0CCkQsAQ&#038;biw=1920&#038;bih=967\">actual public service rep<\/a> on NYC subways, and went so far as having a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0803818866\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0803818866&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=normalblog-20\">book published<\/a> (page scans available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urlesque.com\/2011\/02\/23\/etti-cat-1960s-lolcat\/\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8203\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/say-no-to-catgraff-long-live-etti-the-courtesy-cat-pleasesorrythanks\/mta1962\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/MTA1962.jpg?fit=576%2C458&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"576,458\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MTA1962\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/MTA1962.jpg?fit=500%2C398&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/MTA1962.jpg?fit=576%2C458&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/MTA1962.jpg?resize=576%2C458&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"MTA1962\" width=\"576\" height=\"458\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/MTA1962.jpg?w=576&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/MTA1962.jpg?resize=125%2C99&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/MTA1962.jpg?resize=500%2C398&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two things:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I like how Etti&#8217;s white whiskers become black when cast against a white background.<\/li>\n<li>When did &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thomashawk\/3597204913\/sizes\/l\/in\/photostream\/\">PLEASE<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.12ozprophet.com\/images\/uploads\/sub_03.jpg\">SORRY<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nycitycures.com\/2011\/03\/afternoon-mta-transit-museum.html\">THANKS<\/a>&#8221; go out of style?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Aside:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During my meta-hunt, it would appear <a href=\"http:\/\/dianamanueco.com\/2012\/01\/ted-baker-please-sorry-thanks\/\">this advertising copywriter<\/a> plagiarised the PST slogan for a <a href=\"http:\/\/tedbaker.com\">Ted Baker<\/a> campaign in Australia. (It&#8217;s also apparently the <a href=\"http:\/\/meetelugu.com\/movies\/movies\/card\/PLEASE%20SORRY%20THANKS%20Watch%20Movie%20Online.html\">name of a Telugu film<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decades before the Dr. Zizmor dog parody ads, Etti the Courtesy Cat was an actual public service rep on NYC subways, and went so far as having a book published (page scans available here). Two things: I like how Etti&#8217;s white whiskers become black when cast against a white background. 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