# You're an WANKER if you buy a $150 BURBERRY DOG SWEATER **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 14, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-wanker-if-you-buy-a-150-burberry-dog-sweater/294422 "2005-03-14T05:26:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-wanker-if-you-buy-a-150-burberry-dog-sweater/294422/41 "2005-03-14T20:34:18Z")
And here I thought the OP said that people were making burbury sweaters _out_ of dogs. Would that be okay? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-wanker-if-you-buy-a-150-burberry-dog-sweater/294422/42 "2005-03-14T21:36:11Z")
Until it got wet. Then you’d smell like a wet dog, which is never a goal to which one should aspire. ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-wanker-if-you-buy-a-150-burberry-dog-sweater/294422/43 "2005-03-14T23:04:20Z")
Am I the only one who came in here and thought it was a sweater made from dogs? I had this whole thing planned out too about how I don’t see the moral difference between cow leather and dog fur etc. The sound of that wooooooshhhHHHH could have drowned out a 747. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-wanker-if-you-buy-a-150-burberry-dog-sweater/294422/44 "2005-03-15T00:10:49Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Wanker has a hard w. Anyone who says 'anker is doing it wrong. That’s not the only thing hard on a wanker. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-wanker-if-you-buy-a-150-burberry-dog-sweater/294422/45 "2005-03-15T07:00:06Z")
> [@TeaElle](#): > > If he doesn’t wear a coat or sweater, he gets cold and his joints get stiff and he doesn’t want to go outside, then he gets all agitated. I don’t need an old, agitated little dog on my hands, so, the dog gets dressed. > > He also has boots, because urban ice and ice-melting chemicals aren’t good for dog paws. Photographs, please… ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-wanker-if-you-buy-a-150-burberry-dog-sweater/294422/46 "2005-03-15T08:47:28Z")
You know, Merl (may I call you Merl?), if you really desperately want a sweater with that pattern, find a friend who knits and ask if s/he could make one for you. The pattern is made up of all straight lines and shouldn’t be terribly difficult to knit, it’s just a matter of counting. My question is why you would want a plaid sweater (plaid sweaters don’t flatter very many body types) in such a recognizable and, at the moment, trendy pattern? ---
**Author:** ![Merl\_Minnozza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@Merl\_Minnozza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merl_Minnozza)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-wanker-if-you-buy-a-150-burberry-dog-sweater/294422/47 "2005-03-15T10:16:04Z")
Burberry is only trashy if you wear it as part of the trend. I want to wear it because it’s an old and classy company with quality clothing, and I like the look of their pattern - dark yellow is my favorite color. I was insipred after seeing the raincoat of my 60-year old Italian literature teacher, not some ad in Teen People. I wear argyle sweater vests, dress shirts, knit cardigans and what have you almost every day - it’s not as if I’m a thug or a “chav,” I’m just well-dressed. Where I am, you only see Burberry on trendy girls’ scarves - never on real clothing. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-wanker-if-you-buy-a-150-burberry-dog-sweater/294422/48 "2005-03-15T11:36:37Z")
> [@Merl Minnozza](#): > > I wear argyle sweater vests, dress shirts, knit cardigans and what have you almost every day - it’s not as if I’m a thug or a “chav,” I’m just well-dressed. Where I am, you only see Burberry on trendy girls’ scarves - never on real clothing. Come to England and you will see more Burberry than you thought possible. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-wanker-if-you-buy-a-150-burberry-dog-sweater/294422/49 "2005-03-15T11:56:49Z")
How does little Snookims go piddle in that plaid number? Is there a little slot for his microscopic wang? Signed, Curious ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-wanker-if-you-buy-a-150-burberry-dog-sweater/294422/50 "2005-03-15T11:58:01Z")
If you dress your dog in Burberry, then you must dress like [this](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=910&item=6518873942&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW) It’s only fair. ---
**Author:** ![MaddyStrut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@MaddyStrut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaddyStrut)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-wanker-if-you-buy-a-150-burberry-dog-sweater/294422/51 "2005-03-15T12:07:56Z")
> [@TeaElle](#): > > My dog wears a coat or a sweater outside in the winter. (Not a $150 Burberry sweater, mind you, but something warm and practical.) He’s 9 pounds. He’s got short fur. This is the north. It gets cold here. (It’s 25 degrees here right now.) If he doesn’t wear a coat or sweater, he gets cold and his joints get stiff and he doesn’t want to go outside, then he gets all agitated. I don’t need an old, agitated little dog on my hands, so, the dog gets dressed. > > He also has boots, because urban ice and ice-melting chemicals aren’t good for dog paws. My mom’s dog wears a sweater too. It’s a small dog (Manchester Terrier) with very short fur. I think the dog look silly in her sweater (small black dog in a bright yellow sweater–looks like giant bee), but the dog really does get cold. Doesn’t wear boots though! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-wanker-if-you-buy-a-150-burberry-dog-sweater/294422/52 "2005-03-15T14:52:07Z")
> [@TeaElle](#): > > He also has boots, because urban ice and ice-melting chemicals aren’t good for dog paws. My dog had boots too - little nylon pouch-style things that velcroed around each foot. Every time she walked in them, she acted like she was trying to kick them off. ---
**Author:** ![Foible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Foible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foible)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-wanker-if-you-buy-a-150-burberry-dog-sweater/294422/53 "2005-03-15T15:33:34Z")
Such hostility is being shown toward people engaged in a harmless activity with their own money and pets! Shakes, when you publish your “How to Live Life According to Shakes” book let me know. I want to be the first to read it and call you a wanker. Merl, that goes for you too. (although you’d probably name your book “How to live life according to Merl” but you get my point.) ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-wanker-if-you-buy-a-150-burberry-dog-sweater/294422/54 "2005-03-15T15:51:37Z")
I was at our dog park once and I heard 2 people talking. The man’s dog was like 15 years old and had a hard time getting around, you know, because it was like 15 years old. Man: I’m thinking about taking it to someone to see if we can find out what’s wrong. Woman: Well, a vet’s just going to tell you he’s old. There are dog psychics that will tell you what the dog is telling them. Man: Oh, really, that sounds like something I should try. Woman: Yeah, they can even do it over the phone. This is when – in an effort to see just how stupid they are – you’re tempted to say, “oh, yeah, I happen to work for them. If you give me cash right now, I’ll have them send you a letter with your dog’s diagnosis.” Compared to something like this, that sweater sounds like a pretty heads-up deal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-wanker-if-you-buy-a-150-burberry-dog-sweater/294422.md?page=2)