A pet coming back from the vet with a cone around its head can elicit very conflicted emotions in the owner. On the one hand, the pet is clearly uncomfortable and just wants to lick away whatever pain they’re in. But on the other, they look absolutely ridiculous and – pangs of guilt or not – you really want to laugh at them.
But now Japanese Twitter users have discovered that cleaned-out instant ramen bowls make for perfect pet cones, and they’re showing off their pictures online.
Pet cones, hilariously called “Elizabeth collars” in Japanese based on Queen Elizabeth I’s poofy neckwear, prevent pets from biting or licking wounds or injuries, allowing them to heal. They’re usually quite miserable for pets, and the owners would like nothing more than to take them off for them, but they can’t.
▼ They also make pets look like this, which may cause you to cry and/or laugh out loud.
But now it seems, people in Japan are fitting their pets with homemade pet cones by using washed-out instant noodle cups in place of those provided by their vet. We’re not entirely sure that’s the best idea, but here’s what’s happening online in Japan:
▼ “The Elizabeth collar we got at the vet was too heavy, so I made this instead.”
https://twitter.com/999cc/status/602813766439292929Hopefully the owner at least consulted the vet before making his own pet cone that actually needs to do its job. But either way, the trend immediately caught on online, and other people started temporarily coning their own pets to get some pitiful pictures:
▼ “So I heard people were coning their pets with used ramen bowls?”
https://twitter.com/yadamonchan/status/595039540777103360▼ This one looks regal enough to earn the term “Elizabeth collar.”
エリザベスカラー代わりにカップ麺のカップが良いと聞いて。しかしこの子は図体でかいので傷まで届いてしまってだめでした。 pic.twitter.com/FC2Ypu62Wc
— K96 ☔ (@R10_3) March 4, 2014
▼ “I come home late at night and this is what greeted me. It took everything I had not to burst out laughing.”
夜中に家帰ってこんなの(カップ麺の容器製エリザベスカラー猫)に出迎えられて笑い堪えるのに必死 pic.twitter.com/uNtOTaN6vs
— Non🐰🍾のん (@Noomin_) January 31, 2015
▼ This one looks like it’s getting sucked right into the bowl!
過剰グルーミングで猫の太腿が禿げたのでエリザベスカラーが必要になり「エリザベスカラー 自作」でググったらカップ麺の空き容器で作ってる人が結構いるようなのでやってみたが、カップが縦長過ぎて窮屈だし、見た目が異形の生物過ぎたのでやめました pic.twitter.com/OQIs4Cjh5f
— ペニー(故) (@doktor_schnabel) April 17, 2015
Some owners either didn’t quite understand what they were doing, or they just got too excited by the idea of putting ramen bowls on their pets and forgot to cut holes:
▼ So I heard we were putting ramen cups on cats. Am I doing it right?
https://twitter.com/happy__365/status/511523139868581888▼ This lucky dog got a bowl with Japanese construction worker’s “safety first” motto written on it.
ふろいまん(❁´ω`❁)
— 丸ボーロ/多忙 (@marubooro1031) February 4, 2015
からの暇を持て余した母の遊び……に巻き込まれた犬
カップ麺の容器に落書きしたらしい pic.twitter.com/Msow8ugj20
Others who didn’t have pets but were still anxious to use their leftover ramen cups for something came up with a bunch of different ideas:
▼ “I made udon but didn’t have a strainer, so I poked some holes in the bottom of a used ramen bowl.”
うどん煮て
— 馬場孝輔 (@babasuke506) April 19, 2015
でも、ザルなくて
けど、カップラーメンの容器あって
穴あけて
ザルにした pic.twitter.com/5IK4uU4beo
▼ “I used a ramen bowl as a mold for my pudding!”
ヒマだったからごつ盛りのカップ麺の容器で俺のプリンを超えるプリンを作って遊んでたww pic.twitter.com/boCtXjn9Gf
— araking (@araking_8729) April 2, 2015
▼ “I used a ramen bowl to cover up the stinky part of my sink.”
三角コーナーはくさいのでカップ麺の容器で蓋をしているぞ。とってもエコな工夫が光る斬新なアイディア『臭いものには蓋をしろ』だ。 pic.twitter.com/sEyKonCSLx
— だの (@Dhanow) February 28, 2015
▼ “I use a ramen bowl to rinse after brushing my teeth.”
歯磨いた後口ゆすぐのにカップ麺の容器使ってる pic.twitter.com/TPg8H8St2F
— もけ氏 (@r6x9) April 1, 2015
▼ “I made a snow pyramid with my used ramen bowl!”
https://twitter.com/0609_star/status/434199371484106753▼ “These swallows are using my ramen bowl to make a nest.”
“@jaytaro: ツバメがカップ麺の容器で巣を作っています
— Columbia (@whitesky60) June 28, 2013
Swallows are nesting in a container of cup noodles pic.twitter.com/OirASPzK8v” via @brx0
Never a dull day in Japan…
Source: Naver Matome
Featured/top image: Twitter (1, 2) (Edited by RocketNews24)
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