A Day Without Cat Videos?

September 3, 2009 at 10:43 am PT

Can you imagine the Web without cats LOLing, eating spaghetti or playing the keyboard? The day (just a day!) is coming.

Sept. 9 will mark Urlesque’s 24-hour feline-content blackout, also known as “Day Without Cats on the Internet,” and as a lead-up to the event, the site will spend the next few days focused on kitty memes.

The idea came from the AOL-owned property’s sister site, Asylum, whose writers realized that they were constantly blogging about Megan Fox. They agreed that Aug. 4 would be a day-long break from the “Transformers” actress and instead celebrated “Golden Girls” star Betty White.

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