An encore photo presentation, in honor of “Talk Like a Pirate” Day
When I went to pick up LG from the Girl Scout meeting at a house in the neighborhood, I was mightily impressed by the family mutt there in the doorway. She lay right in front of the open door, facing out, as tweens ran and walked and zipped all around her. She “said” nothing, and barely moved, just occasionally cocked her head to one side, then the other, in a most adorable fashion. While marvelling at this dog’s composure, I thought of my own Very Bad Dog back home. If this had been at our house? Puh-leese. He would have been scratching and sniffing, barking and licking, head-butting and butt-heading, bouncing and pouncing. I wanted the Mom at this house to come over and Super Nanny the VBD for us. Now this, this is the kind of dog we needed.
While the Mom of the house and I chatted on the porch, waiting for the girls to get their cookie sales stuff in order, I said, “That is absolutely the most well-behaved dog I have ever seen.”
“Oh, thank you,” said the Mom of the house. “She’s blind and deaf.”
What Was I Thinking? 
Bwahahahaha!!
I mean… it’s not funny that the dog is blind and deaf… but… well, you know.
Oh what a cute dog!
Biscuit looks very dashing as a pirate. And only a little bit confused. Mostly vengeful….. (You didn’t give him a pirate’s sword, did you…..) 🙂
That’s a wonderful story, Susie.
Hee!
This reminds me of a lunch from a couple of years ago. We were talking about music and my buddy commented that it was a shame that “yeah, ole Sinatra sure doesn’t sing like he used to.”
*blink blink*
I said, “You mean, now that he’s DEAD?!!”
15 minutes of solid giggles went by before we got to eat.
Laughing at the story, not at Biscuit, since he make a dashing pirate.
That’s too funny! Biscuit is just high-energy. Right? High-strung? He’s on alert! He’s coralling the kids. How can you be mad at that face? At least he’s not biting them. 🙂
How do I get one of those Blind and deaf breeds?
Aye, Matey–that be a right funny tale!
I was cringing just reading this, thinking about what my dog would have done in a similar situation.
Pretty much the only way my dog wouldn’t be chasing, nipping, hopping on his back legs & barking would be if he was blind, deaf AND unable to use his legs.
What? NO EYE PATCH??? See, if he wore two of those, you’d be halfway to well-behaved.
ck, I know? I know you laugh at handicapped animals, that’s what I know.
M & Co., thanks. He’s very bad, though.
lawyerchik, he IS vengeful. The dog we had before him was a Christian. Biscuit, not so much.
ssnick, thanks 🙂
ladybug, good to see you 🙂
mrB, I hear he has a frog in his throat, now. (Ba dum BUM!)
nina, oh, he’s definitely dashing.
ern, he’s absolutely on alert. He apparently has a direct line to the office of Homeland Security and is usually at threat level . . . magenta.
william, you can’t. You have to get a regular dog and . . . uh . . . modify it, if you know what I’m sayin’.
(Oh, hush, PETA! I KID. I’m a KIDDER.)
shawkey, you make a good pirate, and your shark avatar is very appropos.
soozieq, I hear ya. Why do people bother with dogs that are SO bad?
shari, OK, I’ve got him set. Two eye-patches and two earplugs. I told him I was just following your instructions.
OMG! I had to cover my doggie’s ears I was laughing so hard! Of course, then he wanted to know what I was laughing about and I had to tell him…does your dog walk off as he’s shaking his head in disbelief too??? 🙂
heeheehee
Aaargh–I forgot about talk like a pirate day! Katrina didn’t though–she’s been saying Aaaaah, aaarrrrrr, etc alllllllllll day long!
That is laugh out loud funny. OMG
Austin
Hi-larious!
The good dog is deaf and blind. Puts it all in perspective.
Arrrrhhhh, matey, VBD makes a great pirate. 🙂
traci, my dog never tells me what he’s laughing at, so I don’t tell him either.
effie, katrina is a lovely little wench 🙂
austin, welcome, glad you enjoyed 🙂
kalki, yea, very slice of life-y around here.
squirl, your comment should be made into some kind of platitude . . . in a country full of blind dogs, the one-eyed dog is no one’s bitch . . . or something like that. Aaaarrrggghh!
Oh, you think that’s funny, do you? Well, “deaf and blind” doesn’t mean “toothless and forgiving” if you catch my drift.
(Wow, I type awfully well for a deaf and blind dog, don’t I? Good dog! If I do say so myself.)
Johnny Depp ain’t got nothin’ on Biscuit!
dawg, I have Snausages!
katy, I was going to say I’d trade Biscuit for Johnny in a heartbeat, but Jif lets Biscuit sleep on the bed with us, and I’m thinking with Johnny, maybe not so much.
Why did I know who Deaf and blind dog was. hee hee
Last evening Rob and I were reading each other the funny little snippets in Reader’s Digest, because we’re 80 years old. And I pulled this up on my laptop and read it to him – WAY funnier than most of the stuff in RD.
Oh my gawsh, your response to Circus Kelli’s comment? As funny as the post!
Well, now you know what you’ve gotta do – earplugs and a blindfold.
Nah, just put headphones on him and play something from Pink Floyd. He’ll mellow, man.
😉
Hahahahaha! Well hells bells! No wonder why the dog was so well behaved. Thank the big guy for that rowdy pooch of yours.
Have a great weekend!
Poor dog. She can bark, but she can’t hear it.
ortizzle, that just leads to the age old conundrum…if a tree falls in the forest and no one’s around to hear it…
ha!
That explains A LOT!
xx
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