Apparently, you *can* tape a bacon to a cat. As to why - that's question for another day. Link - via J-Walk
Putting scotch tape (or cello tape) on a cat is a piece of fun from my childhood. It always makes them walk funny without doing harm. A piece of tape on a kitten's tail will cause them to chase their tail.
Can't get enough? Try www.stuffonmycat.com. Or if it's the concept more than the species you're after, Oolong, the pancake bunny should do it for ya: http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/3695/
As for the bacon, the guy's previous day's post had a to do list, which included taping bacon to the cat. http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004456.html I believe he was trying to find out if readers got that far. They did, and expressed doubt whether he would do it, so he had to. http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004457.html