This Hedge is for YOU

First, Happy Birthday Shakespeare, you lil' brisle brush o' love.

Second, Ziv S., the fabulous Stanford Daily columnist, this hedge is FOR YOU.

GO CARDINAL, ZIV and grat submission, Jenny C.!

A Mini Hairbrush snorgles a hand

Hee! You could totally pick up this mini hairbrush and place in your fro for the day.

Sender-Inner Karen is Imagining that teeny little schnozzle sniffing that finger [gracias for the call-out]

Tubes Anonymous

Everyone knows hedgehogs are prone to tubaholism. They can't help it. They get their little moist nosicles wedged into a toilet paper tube and they CAN'T STOP.

This one's a goner.

Quentin and Jessica D., you should really get some help. Just sayin'.

You have GOT to see these Hedgehog facial Expressions

My mouth was just ajar for 5 minutos. Is this REALLY what Hedgersons look like when they try to kronsche something!? OMG, it's so great. seriously, PRESS PLAY!

Um, Tina, 'Cute Hedge Action' is RIGHT! Really unbelievable.

Hedge'tock Warshe

I DON'T WANT TO WARSHE MY TOCKS! Get me OUT of HERE!

(Will you please check out the 'tock curvature action there. HA!)

Cocobuttr and Abigal the Hedge, What a fun, fun evening you had.

Too weak... must... hibernate!!!

The Daily Mail (I swear they have a Cuteologist working over there) came up with yet another Cute report. This time, it's pooooor little abandoned hedges who are too weak to hibernate AND have broken bones!

Ahnnnnngh, Brenda H., and I mean Ahhhnnnggg.

Dainty paws over on ICHC

Thank you for pointing this out, I Can Has Cheezburger. Hedgehog paws still defy the laws of physics and look like they're going to snap off at any moment...

Susan M., I thank you, Rule of Cuteness #19 thanks you.

Waaaay too many joke possibilities

Look, these Christmas hedges come in their own stockings. They're like, pre-packaged.

Apparently, that's Mom hedge on the left, and her daughter on the right. Dainty paw-inheriter!

Hedgehogs, originally uploaded by Penelope's Loom.

Shannon M., those hedges are redonk.

And now, a dainty-pawwed swimming hedge

Everyone knows that Rule #19 was created just for Hedges like "Kito" here. Please check out the teeny tailio action and the daintiest of swimming/kicking motorboat paws back there.

[motorboat sound] I love how hedges have the craziest mondo body size to small feet ratio.

It's amazing they can even walk, right Krisa B.? ;)

Nosevember: Hedgehog editshe

You first saw "Sule" the hedge giving the teeniest of massages to "Jack" the cat. Those were good, good times.

Well, look who's back at the spa, with his moist nosicle, blond quill, and waffle-towel action.

I think I see the smallest of smiles, too, Krisa B.... ;)

This hedge finished carving her pumpkin—have you!?

Only Three weeks left!

(OK, you have time)

Ellen A., I suggest toothpicks in your pumpkin to represent Hedgehog quills.

Operation HedgeBreak

Listen to me. [Shifty, beady eyes darting at wire walls]

When I say the word, RUN LIKE HELL!

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, Rebecca S.!

Baby hedges adopt hairbrush Mom

Poor baby hedges. Have a hairbrush for a Mom. Could be worse. Could be a Marlboro Light.

For more on this story, check out the Daily Mail UK.

Or a can of Diet Coke, right Bookish B.?

Goodbye, lil' buddy

I've just learned that the "Most Famous Moist Nosicle on the InterWebs", Numo the hedgehog, has passed away.

Baroooo! [Crying sound] His quills quivered for the last time on August 3, 2007. Read more about Numo's tube-chasing, wheel-turning, quilt snorgling life here, at LooseTooth.com. :(

Let's also not forget that Numo's owners also brought us the best photo of the hamster T evar. ;)

Our sincere condolences on your great loss, Brandy. Thank you for sending in the news, Amy N. and Kain E.

Crank this soundtrack

Good Lo' People.

You and your sound tracks. [shaking head]

OK, without further ado, please check out the anerable "Uni" the Hedge, with his moist nosicle, love of TP tubes, and hilarious leg kicks.

Yay!

Exxxxxcellent submishe, Michele F. ;)

// UPDATE -- video is from Kaija and Charlotte's YouTube page //

Can you find the moist nosicle?

Can you find the moist nosicle in this peekchur? Please check out the freshly showered albino hedge action below. Which end is UP, People!?

I'll give you a heent, look for the glint!:

Gracias, Hedgehog Hurley and sender-inner Stina R.

Ketch a falling hedge and put heem in your pockee

...save heem for a rainy daaaaaaaaaay (Especially if his name is "Tiddlywinkle"!)

Check out kitteh "Jameson" Yes, named for Jameson's Irish whiskey—isn't that obvy? His eyes are half-mast, aren't they?
Jameson is all "Whatevs—it's just a hedge. Where my boxes at?!")

And a close up of Tiddlywinkle, who is all balled up (to protect her moistest of nosicles)

Rockin', Laura H., and hilariously adorable.

This hedge photo goes out to Troy and pals ;)

Ladies, the secret to a moist, moist nosicle

Ladies, everyone knows us Hedgelettes have the moistest nosicles around. Our secret? Simple. Japanese Cherry Blossom creams. [waves dainty paw over bottle label] Springtime freshness. For your schnozzle, in a bottle™ [giggles]

Apply a hedge-paw-sized dollop every morning, and YOU TOO could appear on C.O.

Angela P.?, heck of a fashion shoot.

Jealous McHedgersons

You got ears, I got ears— you got beady eyes, I got beady eyes— I mean, why the special treatment today? I want IN on this action.

Happy Easter, Hedge "Glorificus Espinosa" (!?!?) and Angie!

Don't forget your greeeeen

Hedge-Patrick McHedgersons says: "Wear your green on this fiiiine St. Patty's day!"

"I'm Audi" [pivot turns on tiny back paw]

Andrea C.? I peeeench you!

Don't git farked again! [sing in Roger Daltrey voice]

Those clever, clever Farkers have FARKED US AGAIN!

Seems the Mr. Burns Hedgehog caught their eye for a Photoshop contest.

Check it out!

C.O. <3 Fark

Here is my Fark submission:

With apologies to Matt Groening, natch.  And, um, Roger Daltrey.

Exxxxxcellent! [Mr. Burns voice]

[prickly paws rubbing together in an evil way]

Exxxcellent.

As featured at the Hedgehog club! Photo by Bryan Smith. Thanks to pointer-outer John M.

Human Head Cloned From Hedgehogs!

OK, no.  Not really.  But I just spotted this story on the Christian Science Monitor yesterday, belatedly.  The dude's an Englishman by the name of Les Stocker, wildlife rehabilitator & photographer strawdinaire, and as you can see, he's made ENTIRELY OF HEDGEHOGS.  Not really.  Well actually, yes he is.  Because otherwise it'd be like cuddling sea urchins, eh?  So he must be.

From the article text:

"Inside row upon row of rolled-up pastel towels, small, thorny creatures are snoozing. It's mid-morning after all, and hedgehogs simply do not like to rise before dusk.              

"This isn't a hedgehog spa, nor a fantastical Beatrix Potter tale. This is St. Tiggywinkles – a wildlife hospital. It's where 500 hedgehogs are served meals in bed every day in the hope they'll put on enough weight to survive the winter.

"It is also a place with a royal stink."

Click the photos to visit!

Spiny Masseurs

Hedge: "Bonsoir—can I eentereste you in a sweess massage?" [dainty paws start workin']
Kitteh: [thinking] what the—are these guys acupunturists!?

Kitteh: [thinking] wayle, OK—maybe I'll try a few minutos—
Hedges: Try the lavender oil—all our clients love eet [More dainty paw massages]

Kitteh: Um, this is better than buttermilk, People
Hedges: Yais—I am sensing and snorting an essence of satisfactshons here... [continues with dainty paws]

HOLY INTER-SPECIES MASSAGES, Krisa B.!

Hedges 'n' Racks? Nah-ahn

Um, "Hedges 'n' Racks" is DEF a new category, People.

//Photos removed!//

The Peeps are always innovating, what can I say...

Reality-Casual Friday

Greets, Peeps.  Happy Friday!  Theo here, slapping up a quick mindbender in between Meg postingks.  It's been a long week.  I'm all done with facing stark tedious reality head-on.  Ees now tyme for... ze SURREAL.

I picked these two little lovelies out of the submissions to "What's Cuter?" ...the morphing is my own dastardly design.  It was a bit eerie how well they fit together.
;)

Pepp-ridge Fahhhm Remembehs!

Hey, Sir Quills-a-lot.

What's with the licking the Milano cookies?

You done yet? I was eating that.

Morabito N.? Your submission is like a satisfying combination of rich chocolate layered between two exquisite cookies made in nine totally tempting varieties.

Click here for more photos of Bam Bam the hedgie!

The snowcone is ready, your Highness

"Ah yes, thank you, thank you very moishe. [Touches snowcone with out-stretched leg] I DO prefer cherry, so you're lucky there."

Excellent work, "Prissy" and Kat T. ;)

 

Hedgehog Thursday: sleepy quillsville

Tiny ears embedded in quills alert!
Tiny ears embedded in quills alert!
Tiny ears embedded in quills alert!

Hedgealarms are going off all over the place, Kayte R.!

Let's check in on Numo the SuperHedge

Look People, when you go on a Hedgehog Binge (it happens—try H.A. if it gets really bad) then you have one place to go, and that is Loosetooth.com, the home of NUMO the Hedgehog.

Let's check in and see how Numo, the most famous moist nosicle on the InterWebs, is doing in his exer-ball.

He is looking pretty good there, rolling around the room, teeny paws going at faster than Roomba speed...

He's a pretty small Dewd, only the length of a toilet paper tube. Hmm—I see he is giving us a GLIMPSE OF HIS MOIST NOSICLE OMG YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Brandy A., you and Numo are redonk.

Moist nosicle and tube action

Reggie, the one-year-old Hedge is throwing a super moist nosicle and knowing glance your way. Like most Hedges, he's hanging out in a tube-shaped item. What is it with Hedges and tubes!? Will some brilliant hedgehog owner please explain? Is it akin to the Cats-in-Boxes phenom!?

Tubular submishe, Julie F.!

Hedgehog Thursday: A dainty centerpiece

First, Hedges have the most anerable dainty paws. As if they could not get any daintier, this one is sporting some flower hat action. AND she's an albino. HELLO!

SUPER HEDGE THURSDAY comin' atcha, People. Thanks Lily L., and Ikegami for the great pic.

Pan-go-wha!?

Apparently, there is a NEW ANIMAL we never even heard of until sender-inner Amanda J. alerted us. The Chinese "Pangolin"! I mean, what the heck, People!? He's like a scaley hedgehog.

Weeth a soft underbelly... nahm nahm nahm

Can't come to work today, I'm quilling

At first, "Monty" the hedger wasn't so photogenic, he was "really grumpy from quilling." However, he soon began exhibiting typical behedgevior shown below, namely hanging in a toilet paper tube, (the natural habitat for all hedgehogs.)

Next stop, it's Curled Pawsville! [train whistle]

"Hularious", I'm gonna call in sick with that one to the office...

Let's check in on Numo...

Hey! It's our FAVE moist nosicle 'Numo' admiring himself on the InterWebs (as he should!)

At least that's what he's up to when he's not "tubing".

Many thanks to the find folks over at Loosetooth, Numo's site. And thanks for the reminder, E2C!

Mo' hedges, mo' problems

Ruhmember when the world ignited on fire after we posted the Hedgehog swimming in the bathtub photo? I do—it was a powerful, powerful moment. Well, I thought it was time to check in on lil' Bam-Bam the Hedge and see what was happeningk.

All I can say is, Bam-Bam is still swimmin', and Christopher Guest, I give you your next mockumentary topic:

The Hedge Party. ABSOLUTE GENIUS, Amy at Deepcity.

Thanks, Frank!

TO:

The Washington Post, Web Watch Dept.
FROM: Meg

Dear Mr. Frank Ahrens,
A thousand thanks for your glowing review of Cute Overload in today's Washington Post. What a nice surprise. Since your favorite part of the site is the Hedgehog category, I post thees Hedgehog in your honor. And he's not just any Hedger—it's Numo, perhaps the most famous moist nosicle on the InterWebs.

Sincerely Yours,
Meg

"A Hedgehog Wearing a Flower."

That's the name of this submission. Of course it is. Perfect!

Moist nosicle thanks to Mike G.!

Iraqi Hedge

Cuteness is worldwide, as you know, and here's proof. "Specialist C." writes:

"While I was overseas in Iraq, my commander Captain H. found a wild hedgehog being threatened by a python of some sort. Being the kind-hearted man he was, he rescued the poor little bugger, and
brought him to my office so we could release him into our marginally safer area of post (we had a strict policy against snakes in that AO).

Enjoy! I love your site. When the days in the Army get too dark, I open up Cute Overload and get my leavening of sweetness. Thanks!"

No, thank you, Specialist C.!

HedgeSpa

Dahlings, There is no better way to start the week than with a few spa treatments. First, get your quills moisturized. Twice. They bring out your beady eyes.

Second, your dainty paws could use an apricot scrub and peppermint oil massage. Those paws are tiny, and you carry the weight of the Cute World on them. They must be refreshed!

Lastly, and most importantly, I recommend BeautyHedge nose cream, for a supple, come-hither schnozzle. Try it, Dahlings!

Hari the Hedge is featured in the CuteTracker!

L.B.N.

"Tommy, say hello to Winston. Let's be nice. Winston's a prickly fellow at first, but his beady eyes are just the same as yours."

[My friend's Dad used to hiss "LBN!!!" to his fighting daughters growing up. They did not have beady eyes, BTW.]

Shout out to Cliff H. and Wesleyan-attending photo submitter Lynn. ;)