# Thank you, Captain Obvious ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-captain-obvious/520012 "2009-12-04T18:10:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-captain-obvious/520012/21 "2009-12-07T17:34:36Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > I owe my life to Sausage and Kneebiter. Shouldn’t that be Sausage and Anklebiter ? ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-captain-obvious/520012/22 "2009-12-07T17:42:02Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Ha, you may laugh, but there was a story not long ago about someone who found that their three Chihuahuas had cornered a mountain lion in the garage. > > Yes, it’s a pain in the ass to have to adopt three little yappers, but a single Chow probably poops more, plus driving up your insurance rate. Why does a Chow drive up one’s insurance rate. Are they known pyromaniacs? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-captain-obvious/520012/23 "2009-12-07T17:57:08Z")
_“The Chow, pyromaniacs of the dog world…”_ ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-captain-obvious/520012/24 "2009-12-07T18:12:52Z")
You guys mock, but think of all the dogs every day who are specifically chosen because they’ll one day save the owner’s life. Do they ever get in the news? No. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-captain-obvious/520012/25 "2009-12-07T18:38:35Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Why does a Chow drive up one’s insurance rate. Are they known pyromaniacs? What he was doing in my insurance rate, I’ll never know! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-captain-obvious/520012/26 "2009-12-07T19:47:58Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > _“The Chow, pyromaniacs of the dog world…”_ They only light fires so they can “rescue” their owners and get treated like a hero. Don’t give them the attention. ---
**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-captain-obvious/520012/27 "2009-12-07T20:44:19Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > A little known fact is that you can tie two chihuahuas together and swing them around like nunchukas. > [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Wow. That could totally save your life. Well, yeah. _That too_ I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-captain-obvious/520012/28 "2009-12-08T00:07:14Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > I dunno…if he ever comes across an electrified rabbit, he’ll wish he’d have gone with the greyhound. They are also helpful in situations like this: [Python takes on Bunny](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxKIJTb3Hg) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-captain-obvious/520012/29 "2009-12-08T21:37:16Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > I picked out a car with the stupidest name because I figured by changing his name, he’d be forever grateful and one day save my life. Unfortunately, he could not spell and one day saved my wife. Stupid fucking cat. What is your automobile’s name? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-captain-obvious/520012/30 "2009-12-08T22:11:03Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > What is your automobile’s name? 😃 **Cat**. I named the cat **Car** just to confuse them both. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-captain-obvious/520012/31 "2009-12-09T21:36:18Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > When I think of collies, I think of them going to get help, and somehow being able to communicate with humans just what kind of trouble little Timmy is in THIS time. I swear, that family needed to keep a leash on TIMMY, not on Lassie. Dave Barry wrote an article on Lassie, and wondered how that family actually managed to \*farm \*anything, since they were constantly falling down wells, or getting pinned under their own tractors. He concluded that they must live on farm subsidies, that Lassie filled out the paperwork for…😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-captain-obvious/520012.md?page=1)