I had to go play with my dog for a while, because he was upset with me for dallying with tall Pennsylvanians in cowboy hats for too long!
The thing that I love about dogs and that drives me crazy is their loyalty. You can leave a dog alone cooped up in a garage or chained to a leash for hours and hours, but who is the first, and often the only creature to welcome you when you get home from work? The dog. A dog will lick your hand even while you are using it to beat him. (not that I know, but it does happen when I brush his coat, which can get quite painful.) A dog will not even take food from you when you hold it out if he thinks he might hurt you doing it. A dog will lick your chin gratefully even if you give him leftover Thanksgiving stuffing consisting mostly of celery to eat.
You're making me want a dog, little darlin'. OK, I've been wanting a dog, now you're just making me want a dog even more. But I wasn't raised with dogs (cats, either, for that matter--my father HATES cats) because in the early 1960s doctors (stupidly if well-meaningly) thought pets would make a small boy's allergies worse.
But a one-bedroom high-rise home is no place for even a small dog, I know that. It wouldn't be fair to the dog. And since I wasn't raised with dogs and have no experience caring for them, I'll just have to stand it, and content myself with being friends with my friend John's Dalmatian, Amadeus, and my cousin's Brittany spaniel Holly. (Holly likes me because I scratch her ears by the hour. ...
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How OT can a topic get? I want to talk about Pennsylvanians some more. We should have a contest for the most OT thread. Tall Pennsylvanians in cowboy hats keep coming into my life. First, there was my FRiend Ennis, who in RL goes by Adam. Then there was Owen Wister, who wrote The Virginian. There is also Amanda, I don't know if she is tall but I imagine her being tall and willowy. Now I have this nice virtual houseguest Jeff who is helping me stave off cabin fever. Thanks, Jeff!! Another FRiend John Beene (who's from Texas and doesn't drink coffee far as I can tell) was kidding Adam because of the way he says "Gary." I say Gary the same way...can I be an honorary Pennsylvanian? I would be happy to as long as it's where I'm from, not where I am! I have only been to Pennsylvania once. I flew into Harrisburg and then stayed in Lancaster. I got stuck behind an Amish buggy when going to tour a sewage plant. I also visited an ice cream store with a dairy next door, and the freezers ran on methane energy from the cows. There, I am on topic again!! Ta-da!!
Glad to help fight off that cabin fever.
Do I really want to know what you were doing visiting a sewage plant in my home (as in birthplace, not current residence) county of Lancaster, Pennsylvania? Probably not. ...
How does John Beene pronounce "Gary"? Wish I could figger out a way to spell how we pronounce "Gary." We pronounce it to rhyme with "Cary" (as in "Grant"), but I suppose that's no help if you pronounce "Cary Grant" as "Kerry (as in the senator from Massachusetts) Grant," now does it? Anyway, somebody who hails from a state where they say "kiow" and "waff" instead of "cow" and "wife" (according to Annie Proulx) ain't got no business makin' fun of how native Pennsylvanians say "Cary."
I'm really a short Pennsylvanian with a tall cowboy hat, but you can think of me as tall if you like, I won't complain.
(I downloaded those pi'tures of Adam on Brokenback Mountain. ...
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