You first.
OOPS, now I`ve done it too.~!! Shit.
Clever. Very clever.
:rolleyes:
Stellar post, Mr. Sense. I like how you succinctly revealed the hypocrisy inherent in Airman’s posts admonishing others of Junior Modding. Congratulations on your perspicacity and wisdo—
Wait, the judges are signalling me…
Ah, well it seems they’ve reviewed the videotape. Turns out your post was pointless, stupid, childish and about a day and a page late. Thanks for playing the New Match Game, and here’s your home version of the game to practice on.
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You are absolutely correct. I completely withdraw this statement of mine:
Thanks everbody. All this snarking has me literally laughing out loud.
But hey we do assign emotions to animals and instinct and whether we be right to do so or not is debatable ( so maybe this thread should be in GD :)).
My cat was sitting on my lap (of which she does not sat upon often) and watching a baseball game. The commentator–in the bottom of the 9th, our team trailing, our batter has 2 strikes on him with 2 outs and 2 on–made a statement about what pitch the pitcher would throw to get our guy out. My cat put her ears back and twitched her tail. Pitcher threw the ball our guy hit a home run, we win! My cat perked her ears up and flounced out. I am sure my cat knew what a stupid person (ok it was Rex Hudler) the commentator was.
So the only way we can know if Tucker is political savvy is to analyze his response to Kerry, Edwards, et.al…
In the same spirit*, I report that my goldfish do backflips whenever a Clinton is on the tee-vee.
*the spirit of clinical insanity, apparently
There are actually 2 real possibilities here. One of them may indicate the beginning of what could be a very serious problem.
The most likely possibility is coincidence. The dog reacted to a stimulous which Stoid was unaware of, which disturbed it, and the timing with Bush was pure coincidence. For example, there might have been a fire engine in the distance, and while Stoid couldn’t here it, the dog could. That high frequency is pretty distressing to a dog. Similarly, there may have been a different camera on Bush with bad sound that was also producing a tone that disturbed the dog.
The less likely but more alarming possibility is that the dog picked up on Stoid’s reaction. If Stoid dislikes and hates Bush, the dog may have sensed this, and reacted. Dogs can be quite good at this.
I’d be curious to know whether the dog is a working breed, Collie, terrier, shepherd or something of that nature. Secondly, I’d like to know if the dog was adopted particularly young. Third, I’d like to know if Stoid enjoys a particularly close relationship with the animal.
This kind of thing tends to happen sometimes with very loving owners.
If you think this second explanation fits and is likely, I would caution you to take it pretty seriously. It can be a real problem for you, and potentially for the safety of yourself and those around you.
Typically this means that the dog has assigned itself a pretty high rank in the family pack. It feels like it is your right hand, and justified in playing off your emotions. It is just barely conceivable that the dog may eventually challenge you down the road in an aggressive fashion, though this is very unlikely.
The real danger is to others. If the dog feels like it has a very high rank, just beneath you, than it is naturally above anybody else. The dog may seek to control the interraction of others with you. The beginnings of this behavior are very innocuous, and you may tend to encourage them, as they are flattering.
The dog becomes protective and seeks to put itself between you and strangers, and even yourself and familiar people. All dogs tend to do this to some degree with their owners, it is natural, particularly with strangers. You will need to judge whether it is overly conspicuous or aggressive.
If the dog is playing off of your emotions this can be a very bad thing, as you will not always be able to control them, and it’s hard to hide them from a dog. For example, if you are having an argument with someone, and the dog begins to bark and become aggressive towards the person you are arguing with, you may have a problem.
These things tend to develop subtly and slowly over weeks months and years. The end results can result in your having to put the dog down.
There are cases where people have been attacked and severely injured because the dog mistook an argument for a threat to it’s master, cases where play wrestling between two adults has led to an attack, or even when a dog attacks somebody simply because it senses you don’t like him or her. Even worse, the dog may not require your emotions to engage in aggressive behavior. Because of the role it has appointed itself, it may attack simply to defend it’s place, or because it feels protocol has been violated as it controls access to you. Children can be particularly at risk.
In the early stages you may tend to encourage this behavior because you feel it is flattering to you, and a protective dog is a good one. Be aware that this behavior comes with a lot of nasty baggage that you probably don’t want.
As I said, probably no such thing is going on and the dog was reacting to some outside stimulous, but if you truly feel that the dog was playing off of you, be sure and watch for similar behavior and discourage it.
Don’t think that you can control it, or stop it in an innocuous stage. You probably can’t. There is grave danger even with professionally trained guard dogs, and having one means constant retraining and monitoring.
Just a heads up.
There’s actually a third and fourth possibility here, both of which indicate looming --dare I say imminent– threats to your health & wellbeing.
Third, and most likely, is that the dog was merely reacting viscerally to the demonic presences in possession of President Bush’ soul (which, while invisible to Stoid, would be apparent to any observant canine, even over broadcast television). Similarly, it might’ve been the confusing tone changes emanating from Mr. Bush during the interview (confusion --> evasion --> dissembly --> etc.), all quite confounding to doggy sensibilities.
The fourth and less likely but paralyzingly frightening possibility is that Tucker has actually become a psychic conduit for the global gestalt. --Now, I’m assuming two conditions in this line of thought; first, that Tucker is an “alpha male” type; second, that (being Stoid’s) Tucker has been raised to appreciate the Buddhist ideal of “oneness” in Being, and that he is therefore capable of achieving doggie enlightenment.-- Dogs are quite sensitive to pack dynamics, and their place within the pack command structure. Such a dog as Tucker undoubtedly is may have become One with the contemporary mise en scene; become the Canus Ubiquitus or Doggy Spirit of the Times, if you will.
At first glance, this might appear to be of little consequence, except to animal pollsters (who would find Tucker invalvuable in their work for veterinary supply house advertisers); however, I must caution you. To have become such a conduit, such a spirit, such a… a compass for the moral indignation carried on world opinion, Tucker would have to have gained access to arcane and eldritch powers, not by any stretch of the imagination appropriate for exercise by the canine brain.
-Did you ever see Ghostbusters? Remember the “Old Testament” destruction predicted by Ackroyd, the “shit that’ll turn you white” described by Ernie Hudson, and the dire warnings of “dogs and cats living together” intoned by Murray?
'Nuff said about that. The end results of such pet possession may be that you’ll have to put the entire state of California down. (Remember, if push comes to shove cross the streams.)
Probably though, it’s just presidential demons.
** xeno, ** you have revealed the secret! Prepare to suffer for your insolence!
What’s that you you say, Tuck? Oh, I’m so glad. You’re off the hook, bubelah. Tucker decided to give you a break…this time.
Spectacular send-up there, xenophon41. Brilliant.