nor having a party from the rear of one
I think this is the one I'm inferring from the Puppy Bowl watch-n-post.
Wesley: And how does your kind define love? Demon: Same as all bodies. Same as everywheres. Love is sacrifice.
'The Girl in Question'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Feb 05, 2007 8:56:33 am PST #8302 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Nutty - Feb 05, 2007 9:00:11 am PST #8303 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
why is it jarring to see an animal when you look at a dog?
I think the idea is that people tend to melt in the face of doggy grovelment, and tend to think of dogs as permanent children rather than as animals. It's all well and good to talk scientifically about breeding cattle or sheep; but when you start talking in the same manner about Fluffy and Bobo -- it gets a little weird, for most people.
§ ita § - Feb 05, 2007 9:05:03 am PST #8304 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
it gets a little weird, for most people.
I'm sure most here refers to most Americans--does that sentimentality extend to the rest of the First World?
sumi - Feb 05, 2007 9:05:56 am PST #8305 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Yeah, the stuff about dogs getting into trouble for exhibiting basic dog behavior (barking at strangers) is not good.
sumi - Feb 05, 2007 9:13:07 am PST #8306 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Whoo hoo -- it's zero!
Our expected high today is 3.
Nutty - Feb 05, 2007 9:13:25 am PST #8307 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I'm sure most here refers to most Americans--does that sentimentality extend to the rest of the First World?
I don't know. Probably any country where animals are kept inside rather than outside as a matter of course, I should think. Just interacting with the animal more intimately would tend to push the relationship in that direction; household cats were much less pet-like when they mostly spent their time outside (before the invention of cat litter); now that cats can be entirely indoors-only, I know I tend to think of them differently. I saw a cat outside on a cold night and wondered to myself, "How will that cat survive??" --When of course it had fur and cats have been surviving outdoors in the New World for 300+ years.
I cannot say whether, in France, people dress up their doggies in matchy-matchy outfits. I would hope the French would have more taste than that; but who knows.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 05, 2007 9:15:09 am PST #8308 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I would hope the French would have more taste than that; but who knows.
The whole Jerry Lewis thing kinda contradicts that theory, IMO.
Cashmere - Feb 05, 2007 9:19:27 am PST #8309 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Our favorite pub burned down last night. *sigh* Good fish & chips, great burgers, Stella Artois on tap. I'm bereft (in First World terms).
Steph L. - Feb 05, 2007 9:29:05 am PST #8310 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm bereft (in First World terms).
I WISH I had a pub and some root!
Scrappy - Feb 05, 2007 9:30:18 am PST #8311 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
The French may not dress up their dogs, but they certainly have a lot of them and bring them everywhere, like into restaurants. Every dog we saw in France was clean, well-cared-for and amazingly well-trained.