# Who wants to be the one to break it to Eve? (RIP 'Ugly dog' Sam) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256 "2005-11-22T15:53:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/1 "2005-11-22T15:53:39Z")
**Eve’s** favorite dog, [Sam](http://www.turnto10.com/family/5381228/detail.html) has died. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/2 "2005-11-22T16:03:17Z")
And the world is a more beautiful place because of it. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/3 "2005-11-22T16:06:31Z")
…and we retire the Ugly Stick, nevermore to swing it at a dog… ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/4 "2005-11-22T16:10:41Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > …and we retire the Ugly Stick, nevermore to swing it at a dog… careful, did you see Tater-tot? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/5 "2005-11-22T16:14:26Z")
That’s sad. Nothing funny about puppies dying. And I’m sure he was a very sweet dog. Which makes me feel guilty, because if I ever saw that thing in the flesh, I’d swat it with a broomstick until it no longer moved. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/6 "2005-11-22T16:14:28Z")
> [@whole bean](#): > > careful, did you see Tater-tot? Tater-tot is hideous, I’ll give you that, but still not in Sam’s league, bless his heart. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/7 "2005-11-22T16:22:04Z")
The real Sam died years ago. He was interred at an Old Indian Burial Ground where the carcass was possessed and reainmated by demonic spirits. Sam’s soul had been fighting ever since to regain control of the body. He was temporarily himself again for the first time since his death (while the demon was distracted by an [unintentional nipple](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/366383p-311885c.html) in this week’s _The O.C_.) and promptly drove himself upon a conveniently-placed crucifix, expelling both his soul and the demon from his body. The demon now watches reruns of _Raymond_ in Hell, and Sam has gone on to [a better place](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=345849). ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/8 "2005-11-22T18:15:14Z")
I edited your thread title, **Caricci** , to help make it more descriptive. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/9 "2005-11-22T18:19:20Z")
Thank you, **SkipMagic**. I guess I assumed that **Eve’s** affection for Sam was so well-know that the title said it all. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/10 "2005-11-22T18:55:41Z")
That dog went to hell and fought his way back. Rest in peace, fella. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/11 "2005-11-22T23:46:10Z")
_sniff_ I have a picture of Sam taped to my locker at work. Now I’ll have to find some black crepe to drape around it. I’ll also need to put a wee tiny black armband on the Happy Meal sized Ken doll I’ve got lynched from the locker handle. RIP, Sam. And stay down. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/12 "2005-11-23T00:21:34Z")
_Noooooooooo!!!_ Not Sam! He’s crouched under the Rainbow Bridge, scaring the holy crap out of the other dead doggies . . . ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/13 "2005-11-23T00:23:19Z")
That was one ugly dog. I saw a picture of him and thought “This is a dog who’s been through hell and back.” Robin ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/14 "2005-11-23T00:26:57Z")
That dog needs to be cloned immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/15 "2005-11-23T02:55:40Z")
> [@Marlitharn](#): > > _sniff_ I have a picture of Sam taped to my locker at work. I’m glad I’m not the only one with a shrine to l’il Sam. I have his photo in a gold frame on my bookshelf. Also hung with crepe, now . . . ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/16 "2005-11-23T03:05:30Z")
There’s a little “enlarge” link next to the picture, but I don’t have the nerve to click it. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/17 "2005-11-23T03:32:58Z")
Aw, it’s such a shame he died. Seeing an image of that dog could always make me grin no matter how bad my mood. I was reading through the updates page, and the post by Sam’s owner’s neighbor struck me. He said he hoped Sam’s publicity had encouraged other people to adopt ugly dogs-- the ones who sit in the pound with no one to love them because they’re not cute and cuddly. I hope he’s right. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/18 "2005-11-23T04:12:48Z")
But why is Sam…so unappealing? Was he injuried in an accident or abused or something? ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/19 "2005-11-23T17:11:38Z")
Well, Sam was a [hairless Chinese Crested](http://www.akc.org/breeds/chinese_crested/index.cfm), a rather, um, unique looking breed. I surmise that with age and the resulting eye/skin/teeth problems, he became less than appealing. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256/20 "2005-11-23T17:21:32Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > He’s crouched under the Rainbow Bridge, scaring the holy crap out of the other dead doggies . . . BWAHAHAHAHAHHA! –whew– [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-the-one-to-break-it-to-eve-rip-ugly-dog-sam/332256.md?page=2)