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Cat For Sale: Still In Original Packaging

This humorous wholesome meme features a chonky orange tabby cat sleeping curled perfectly inside the molded pulp packaging insert of a cardboard shipping box. The cat's body fits exactly into the contours of the packaging, as if the packaging was custom made for it. The overlaid text jokes that the cat is for sale, noting it is 'still in it's original packaging' and in 'mint condition', playing on the terminology sellers use to describe unopened, like-new items for resale.
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Cat for sale. Still in it's original packaging. Mint condition.

Overview

This humorous wholesome meme features a chonky orange tabby cat sleeping curled perfectly inside the molded pulp packaging insert of a cardboard shipping box. The cat's body fits exactly into the contours of the packaging, as if the packaging was custom made for it. The overlaid text jokes that the cat is for sale, noting it is 'still in it's original packaging' and in 'mint condition', playing on the terminology sellers use to describe unopened, like-new items for resale.

Origin notes

This viral cat meme originates from social media, and is sourced here from the X (formerly Twitter) account WholesomeMeme, as noted in the additional source information. It is a popular real-life cat photograph that has circulated widely across platforms as a lighthearted funny meme.

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