March 3, 2009 12:07 AM

Man Arrested For Putting Cat In Bong

(AP)  A man who tried to cool out his hyper cat by stuffing her into a boxlike homemade bong faces cruelty charges - and catcalls from animal lovers.

Lancaster County sheriff's deputies responding to a domestic disturbance call Sunday alleged they saw 20-year-old Acea Schomaker smoking marijuana through a piece of garden hose attached to a duct-taped, plastic glass box in which the cat had been stuffed.

"This cat was just dazed," Sgt. Andy Stebbing said. "She was on the front seat of the cop car, wrapped in a blanket, and never moved all the way to the humane society."

Schomaker told deputies 6-month-old Shadow was hyper and he was trying to calm her down. The contraption she had been stuffed inside was 12 inches by 6 inches. Shadow was timid but in good condition Monday at the Capital Humane Society, executive director Bob Downey said.

"What the human mind doesn't invent, huh?" Downey said.

Schomaker, who was released from jail after paying a $400 fine on the arrest warrant, faces drug and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges. He did not immediately respond to phone messages left Monday seeking comment.

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by ge556 March 3, 2009 10:10 PM EST
It's legal to give cats catnip, and that's probably much more potent to them.
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by mdalerwill March 3, 2009 5:50 PM EST
Are you sure he wasn`t training another guy to train the train trainers?
. . . or maybe he was just as high as a bong cat?
Posted by davicar2 at 2:42 PM : Mar 3, 2009

Third base.

Actually, I should have said the conductor high on marijuana wasn't driving THE train, but I'm on drugs....cold meds. They aren't working. I'm going to try catnip next.
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by indeptex March 3, 2009 5:37 PM EST
Just for the record, as it has already been pointed out to you on the other thread, the guy who tested postive for marijuana was on the freight train, not the commuter train, and he wasn't driving to train.
Posted by mdalerwill

There were two trains?

Shadow the Bong Cat
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by mdalerwill March 3, 2009 5:31 PM EST
Posted by davicar2 at 2:28 PM : Mar 3, 2009

Nite-nite, Vic. Don't use too much catnip or you won't be able to sleep.
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by mdalerwill March 3, 2009 5:24 PM EST
go read the article on the commuter train wreck.."conducter" tested positive for pot...25 killed....
Posted by rudedogrulz at 12:57 PM : Mar 3, 2009

Just for the record, as it has already been pointed out to you on the other thread, the guy who tested postive for marijuana was on the freight train, not the commuter train, and he wasn't driving to train.
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by mdalerwill March 3, 2009 5:15 PM EST
So much anger!
Might we suggest a common, readily available herbal remedy for all that angst?
It`ll work on your cat, too.
Posted by davicar2 at 2:12 PM : Mar 3, 2009

Catnip?
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by indeptex March 3, 2009 5:03 PM EST
Give Bong Cats the Vote. If they're old enough to get high, they're old enough to vote!
Posted by mdalerwill

Next thing you know Bill the Cat is president.................Aaaaaaaackk.
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by mdalerwill March 3, 2009 5:01 PM EST
the rath of god.
Posted by catlover09 at 1:56 PM : Mar 3, 2009

0_o god has an old Celtic round fort? Does he keep bong cats there?
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by mdalerwill March 3, 2009 5:00 PM EST
Don`t be silly...bong cats can`t vote! Didn`t that pamphlet ACORN gave you teach you anything?
Posted by davicar2 at 1:45 PM : Mar 3, 2009

Uh-oh, I can see another cause and another tee shirt-for-donations campaign. Save the SGBWs, buy the Christians some more gods, save the abused cockatoo...and now...Give Bong Cats the Vote. If they're old enough to get high, they're old enough to vote!
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by catlover09 March 3, 2009 4:56 PM EST
I want to beat this MF over his MF'IN HEAAD!!!

what the hell!

The only justic in a case like this is the rath of god.

May be be merciful on this FOOL!
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