Yep, we got that one, too. Not as common as “schmutz”, but I’ve heard it used.
Yeah, humans are weird. Most species that bleed do so in order to advertise their fertility. We do so when we’re least likely to be fertile (though, again, humans is weird, cycles can be erratic, and sperm can live a while; so no guarantees.)
And, again, a reason for parents and educators to make sure that children have accurate info, and have it well before the adults think they’re going to need it.
Which connects to the couple of recent threads about kids’ sexual knowledge wherein various folks of rural upbringing asserting that kids would learn much of what they needed from the animals around them.
They’d learn something all right. But something useful? Maybe not so much.
Yeah. I remember horror stories about people getting tied, as if they were dogs. (Right as they heard parents coming in the door, of course.)
I didn’t know at the time about dogs getting tied; but in retrospect I expect that’s where those stories came from.
This thread done got weird.
My apologies. The sign was funny, especially without context.
Gave me a new respect for the poet who came up with:
No shoes.
No shirt.
No service.
Lemme see.
No spay.
No panties.
No play.
Wait:
No neuter.
No knickers.
No entry.
I should be able to do this.
Hmm, the trouble here is that the “No panties” stipulation is not one of the conditions for service, i.e., entry to the venue. A bitch in season isn’t allowed in, with or without panties.
And neutering isn’t actually a requirement, either: a non-spayed bitch who’s not in heat is allowed to participate.
What you need is something more like:
Panties, shmanties.
Bitch in heat?
Hit the street.
Hmmm, that sounds maybe a little more brash than I intended.
(IIRC, it’s possible for a female dog, horse, whatever, to come into season somewhat unexpectedly; their cycles aren’t perfectly regular any more than ours are. I wonder what the protocol is when a female show dog who legitimately enters the venue without being in season suddenly comes into season. That must happen sometimes, right? I’m sure I’ve heard of horse races occasionally being disrupted when a stallion notices that one of his female competitors is suddenly irresistibly attractive.)
Wonderful! I’m impressed.
Also wonderful. I know that the typical American’s 5-7-5 idea doesn’t match what a Japanese haiku actually is. If I remember correctly, it’s also supposed to evoke a season.
Nice. Is that billboard poetry?
Probably not the same kind of season!
I did not think of that.
Thanks. It’s hilarious.
I cannot speak for a female dog, as I’ve never owned an un-spayed female.
But as a kid growing up on a farm, I can attest to the fact that a cow will come in heat on a very regular basis, about once every 21 days. (I believe the same is true for a horse.) We didn’t own a bull, so when a cow came into heat, we called the guy who owned the artificial insemination business. If we missed the signs of the cow being in heat, we would wait 3 weeks and watch for them. Never failed, as I recall.
Gone to the dogs, apparently.
No ooze.
No squirt.
We’re nervous.
Forget it, Gato. It’s Chinatown the Straight Dope.
I’ve never heard of a bitch suddenly coming into season after entering the venue but have heard of one doing so between entering the show, several weeks before the event, and the event itself. In that case it’s “Sux to be you – no refunds.”
I might be wrong (it’s been over 50 years since I lived with an intact adult female dog), but I don’t think it’s like having your period suddenly start unexpectedly (which can happen.) I think there are some early signs, if the humans are paying close attention, before the bleeding starts.
Although, come to think of it, if there are signs that humans can detect, I bet the dogs can detect them; and probably sooner.
Burma Shave.
I understand that the dogs get slightly moody, somewhat emotional and start requesting frequent bones.
(I have never owned a female dog and my ignorant comments are meant in fun.)
Touché.
Seen on the bottom of a coffee mug at our Encinitas rental: “For best results, use other side.” The mug was from the unemployed philosophers society…