PUNCHING KITTY: 2009 - 2013

Punching Kitty was a writing project for the city of St. Louis to have a little fun and try to get everyone to stop taking themselves so seriously…and hopefully highlight some critical issues along the way. Not everyone liked it (it turns out people don’t love being made fun of) but we converted a lot of people and I take pride that the site was truly well read. From the local media, to area police departments, Punching Kitty truly became a source for news and entertainment for St. Louis.

We had a lot of fun, but all good things need an ending and ours was on March 13th, 2013. When we closed up shop the news made local radio, TV, and even the front page of STLToday (The St. Louis Post Dispatch’s website) where we were the top story over a new pope being named. Wild stuff.

While we will no longer actively write, the site will stay up as an archive for St. Louis.

- The Editor

Fairview Heights Aldermen Could Use a Good Spanking

 Posted on March 28, 2011  |  The Editor

A week ago an exclusive convention was held in the Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Fairview Heights and despite the fact the event took place quietly, and with no problems, the Fairview Heights aldermen decided it was worth everyone’s time to bitch about it anyway. Yes, the convention was sexual in nature…”Beat Me in St. Louis”…seriously…and at least one Alderwoman is saying that this type of event shouldn’t be held in her community: [Read More]
beat me in st. louis  fairview heights  politics 

August Busch IV to Leave AB InBev’s Board

 Posted on March 28, 2011  |  The Editor

According to Bloomberg, August Busch IV, the former CEO of Anheuser-Busch and current media-dodging playboy of a recently deceased girlfriend, will join the ranks of the unemployed after he leaves his seat on the AB InBev board of directors after a April 26th shareholder vote to bring in two new members. The news is not surprising, but it’s gotta be tough to give up that sweet gig, but it’s not clear if this means he will also be losing his 100k+/month salary from AB Inbev as a special consultant, product taster and official “makes sure the couch doesn’t float away” guy, which was negotiated during the buyout. [Read More]
august busch IV  celebrity 

Whatever the Hell This Thing Is Kills Dogs

 Posted on March 28, 2011  |  The Editor

You’re not reading this and that’s ok. We know your gaze is locked directly on to the lone open eye on that monkey’s butt that guy calls a face, which also just happens to be the single grossest and creepiest eye ever. There’s no use trying to figure out what this guy could have possibly done to a witch doctor to deserve that kind of a ugly spell, so we’ll keep going anyway with telling you about this guy’s story. [Read More]
animal cruelty  dogs 

The Old Rock House’s New Website Has Already Been Hacked

 Posted on March 25, 2011  |  The Editor

Update: The site has now been restored! Take that Hacker Group Yemen! Original story follows… St. Louis concert venue The Old Rock House launched their new website today (www.oldrockhouse.com) with a certain amount of fanfare and…well…it’s an interesting take. Anyone else see the link to their concert schedule? Maybe it’s behind the creepy girl face with her mouth taped shut? Apparently the new site, within hours of launching, got hacked and hacked good especially since at the time of this writing it was still this way and phone calls to the venue returned an eta of “Um…I’m not sure…” followed by direction to go to their Facebook page that appeared to be wildly out of date. [Read More]
hacking  old rock house  sighting 

Drunken St. Louis Lipdub: Bohemian Rhapsody

 Posted on March 25, 2011  |  The Editor

For your Friday enjoyment, we present a YouTube find of a bunch of St. Louis kids lip syncing to Bohemian Rhapsody…really really poorly. See! We don’t always post about crime, sometimes we post videos of (hopefully) drunk kids rocking out who eventually get around to pretending a bat is a large stroke-able penis, and finally finding a chance to rock that weed hat they’ve had lying around this whole time. [Read More]
lipdup  weird 

Random Bones Found Near Lambert Airport

 Posted on March 25, 2011  |  The Editor

Police are investigating a pair of bones that were discovered on land owned by Lambert Airport, it is not known if the bones are human or just, boringly, animal. The bones were found in a vacant field near Scudder and Mable Avenue. The property is in Kinloch but is owned by Lambert Airport. A St. Louis City official said the airport hired a contractor to clean up the lot because it had been used as an illegal dumping ground. [Read More]
bones  kinloch  lambert airport  weird 

St. Louis Police Try to Squash Scrap Metal Theft

 Posted on March 25, 2011  |  The Editor

Since the beginning of 2010 there has been 3,485 incidents, totaling over $4.6 million dollars, of scrap metal theft in the St. Louis area, with the most common form being the theft of copper tubing from homes. When asked for a response, the Mayor’s office (probably) offered: “What do you want from us? Geez. It’s better than getting knife-raped.” Well, that’s a good point, but this still seems like a pretty big problem, so the police are looking in to the matter by rounding up the area scrap metal dealers and asking them to please stop facilitating this whole shady industry since we’re all pretty sure there isn’t an underground penny counterfeiting copper press somewhere all the copper thieves have access too. [Read More]
copper  scrap metal  theft 

University City Wants to Ruin Everything By Charging People to Park

 Posted on March 24, 2011  |  The Editor

You know what the best thing to do when you’re in charge of one of the few good, consistently busy areas of St. Louis? Make it so it’s more annoying to go there. City Manager Lehman Walker has proposed charging $1 for parking in the evenings — possibly starting as early as 4 p.m. — on two city-owned parking lots north of Delmar Boulevard; those lots are now free. The revenue is reflected in his proposal for the budget beginning July 1 but has not yet been considered by the council. [Read More]
parking  the loop  university city 

Hazelwood Hates the Girl Scouts

 Posted on March 24, 2011  |  The Editor

“We don’t want to give the impression we’re cracking down on Girl Scouts selling their cookies,” — Tim Davidson, a Hazelwood city spokesman Ok, but it does actually seem like you are trying to give the impression you’re cracking down on Girl Scouts selling their cookies, Mr. Davidson. You see…and maybe when we highlight this you’ll see our side…see it really started to feel like you were cracking down on Girl Scouts selling their cookies…when you started to crack down on a couple of Girl Scouts selling their cookies. [Read More]
girl scouts  hazelwood  politics  zoning