Hidden talents
It’s a while since I mentioned Penny.
Some of you may not have been wondering how she is coming along, so I’ll tell you.
To recap, Penny is a dog of extremes – she is extremely lazy, extremely affectionate, extremely fast and extremely thick. She is so thick she redefines the concept of two short planks. I don’t hold that against her though as the other extremes make up for her failings in the grey matter department.
I tried teaching her to drive and that was a fiasco. She did get as far as learning to switch on the hazard lights but the rest is, alack beyond her. She has a bit of an obsession with flies and one day we were barrelling along a back road in Wicklow at forty miles an hour when she suddenly decided to chase a fly around the back seat. I just managed to grab the wheel in time. That was the moment I decided that for all her talents, car driving wasn’t for her.
As you may imagine, narrowly missing hurling off a cliff at forty miles an hour can be a little frazzling on the nerves so I stopped off for a coffee at the next village. It was during that visit I discovered her real talent, and her real place in my life and scheme of things in the years to come.
She is quite exceptional at quietly lifting things.
I left that coffee shop with three extra wallets and a handbag.
Good dog!
Now, if you could teach her to run down to the village, pinch a pint or two of ale, and return without spilling a drop-that would be a "good dog!"
That indeed would be very nice. She would even get back long before the pint had fully settled. What happens though if she sees a fly on her journey back?
Dunk the damn fly into the pint. Most likely, her owner won't know the difference.
That's the point – she only does chasing, not dunking.
And of course I would notice. No flies on me.
Ah, but you still love her though, eh?
Of course I do. What's not to love?
That's a great pic! Is 40mph considered "barrelling" in Ireland?
On a narrow twisting mountain road, yes!
Sorry GD, completely O/T here, but I haven't been able to get to your home page since you changed things the other day. I got here via twatter, but even if I click "home" on your header, I get taken to a page that tells me:
Domain Default page
If you see this page it means that Apache Domain Service for this domain is locked, or there's no such Apache Domain Service registered in Parallels Operations Automation.
For more information please contact your service provider.
WTF? Am I being stupid and missing something here?
Damn! Mail sent..
Is anyone else having problems with the site or with comments? I'm tempted to say leave a comment that that wouldn't work!
Just drop me a mail – grandad@ the usual address…….
Got it. Sorted. Cheers GD.
Nae problem. Just glad it wasn't the site!
not having a problem here just a read and a giggle, nice pic of penny
She is the only dog I know that can sleep upright. She compensates by lying down to eat!
It's the poor mutt, ( a Jack Russell I think you said) that I wonder about GD. You wrote about him on the post about Sandy.. the poor aul scapegoat of the family who was like the worst dog ever. How's that little fella doing? Penny looks like she's the life of riley there. Same as yourself I suppose. 🙂
Poor old Zoe? She passed on many years ago, only a few months after Sandy arrived on the scene. She wasn't the worst – just an ankle-biter!
Has Penny a past life in gubmint? That could explain her larcenous expertise.
Heh! Good point. But she's too affectionate to have been one of that shower.
GD. Is that a mug shot of the dog your posting? Is there a reward for its capture? Well done for the warning, we'll watch our wallets in future.
"Is there a reward for its capture?" You would never catch her. Too bloody fast!
Well Gandad, she seems to have you quite firmly wrapped around her little paw so I’d say she is, as most dogs I have ever known,quite smart indeed.
Love the picture.
I am sorry to say that indeed I am somewhat finger-wrapped. She's damned smart when it comes to getting her way all right!
Are you sure you were not looking in the mirror while writing that??……..Anyway .I am glad that you got a good replacement for poor Sandy……………a long life to both of you (and Herself,of course)..
Replacement? Nah! No dog could replace Sandy. Substitute, maybe………