# Chihuahuas. I know it and you know it. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chihuahuas-i-know-it-and-you-know-it/268703 "2004-10-11T20:38:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chihuahuas-i-know-it-and-you-know-it/268703/1 "2004-10-11T20:38:54Z")
[They’re really and truly _are_ glorified rodents.](http://www.watleyreview.com/2004/052504-3.html) Not that there’s anything wrong with that. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chihuahuas-i-know-it-and-you-know-it/268703/2 "2004-10-11T21:27:58Z")
_from the “About the Watley Review” section_ > [@](#): > > I leave the technical Details, day-to-day Management, and Reporting to Ephram and his stalwart Drinking fellows, but rest assured that my steady Hand is at the Helm of this, the Third and Greatest Incarnation of the Watley Review. Our staff is inspired by none but the Finest single-malt Scotch, and we shall provide you, the Reader, with stories that you won’t find in any other Daily. Let us know what you think via the Electro-Mail. We shall be most Appreciative. > > Ezekiel Franklin Watley, Esq. > Founder and Editor After poking around, I’d say “inpired by a great quantity of none but the Finest single-malt Scotch”. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chihuahuas-i-know-it-and-you-know-it/268703/3 "2004-10-11T21:30:04Z")
> [@](#): > > The study found that several diminutive breeds had been independently created around the world from a variety of other animals, including the Lhasa apso (Tibetan snow rabbit), Pekingese (Chinese water rat), Shih Tzu (stoat), and Yorkshire Terrier ( **pigeon** ). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chihuahuas-i-know-it-and-you-know-it/268703/4 "2004-10-11T22:38:59Z")
No problem gov. We stick a few wires through his cheeks, take his snout out, saw off the legs, there you are, lovely terrier. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chihuahuas-i-know-it-and-you-know-it/268703/5 "2004-10-12T01:09:53Z")
“Speedy Gonzales gets all the pretty girls. All the rest are Chihuahuas…” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chihuahuas-i-know-it-and-you-know-it/268703/6 "2004-10-12T01:29:42Z")
That’s just crazy talk. Rats are much nicer. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chihuahuas-i-know-it-and-you-know-it/268703/7 "2004-10-12T01:49:28Z")
:dubious: