Dogs are the greatest creatures on Earth. Here’s a sad example.
That’s loyalty.
Posts Tagged ‘dog’
Chinese Dog Guards Owner’s Grave
by Phantom Ace Comments Off on Chinese Dog Guards Owner’s GraveFiled under Headlines, LGF at November 24th, 2011 - 2:36 am
Non-Stop Streaming
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 74 Comments › )Filed under Art, Dog Day Afternoon, Evolution, Humor, Open thread at June 15th, 2011 - 11:00 pm
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Nature has been kind to humans, at least to human males, in that we are not compelled by instinct to perform this ritual of daily existance – at least not like this. It’s bad enough that we males are expected to put the toilet seat back up after we’re done pissing on it, but if that’s the worst of the ritual, we are fortunate indeed.
Moving on to other “business,” here’s The Overnight Open Thread.
Air Freshener
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 201 Comments › )Filed under Cars & Trucks, Humor, Open thread at May 21st, 2011 - 11:00 pm
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Here’s Reason Number 2 why not to leave your dog in the car unattended. Kind of self-explanatory, that. Now I like dogs, but they have no class.
On a somewhat related note, here’s a link to a song by Pinkard & Bowden, presented as an introduction to this episode of The Overnight Open Thread.
I Double Black Dog Dare You
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 191 Comments › )Filed under Humor, Open thread at April 30th, 2011 - 11:00 pm
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Is there anything more annoying than a picture of a dork on a step stool holding a Papier-mâché turtle? Yep. Just click on the image – I dare you. Actually, I was about to double dare you, but then I wondered about the origin of the phrase, and found this:
Chapman’s Dictionary of American Slang mentions it and dates it carefully as being current at least as far back as the 1940s. Many subscribers to this newsletter have long memories, so I’ve no doubt that they could take it back further without much effort. Jonathon Green, in the Cassell Dictionary of Slang, says it’s nineteenth century. He’s certainly right, since it’s listed in a book of 1896, The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought by Alexander F Chamberlain.
Mr Chamberlain also mentions several other forms. As well as the immemorial I dare you, he gives I dog dare you, I double dog dare you, I black dog dare you, and the ultimate challenge that must surely have been impossible to pass up without appearing totally chicken, I double black dog dare you.
And after reading that, I double black dog dare you to stick around, because it’s time for The Overnight Open Thread.
