So, the other day, I'm at the dog park, one of the few sane people there, according to Jacy. And who walks up but a big strapping guy with a faint German accent, carrying a large cardboard box and trailed by four husky dogs including a grandmother, mother, father and baby. (The family tree was a little hard to figure out in the this-man's-father-is-my-father's-son way, but once I did get things straight it all seemed genetically responsible.)
But I digress. The point is that the large aryan young guy tossed the box on the ground, opened it up and proceeded to hand out bloody organic bison bones to anyone who wanted one. After a brave woman stepped up and took some, I decided to try them as well. The two gay guys, on the other hand, high-tailed it right out of there with no bones while a vegetarian practically passed out. Alas, my favourite dog walker was on vacation so I didn't have the benefit of her insights.
I left the park at the same time as Bison Bones, who hadn't managed to get rid of his stash so he just plopped the box on top of a garbage can, which I thought was rather out of line, but I didn't have the energy to tell him.
Yesterday I recounted this part of the story to the gay guys and they said, " Oh my gawd. We saw a big bloody bone here on the weekend. And at first we thought it was a person and then we remembered."
So please, Jacy, it aen't just crazy cat and dog women out there. There are some seriously weird dog men as well and some of them are German.
4 comments:
You are right. It should have been crazy cat people versus crazy dog people. Because, indeed, I think I have known men who are crazier about their dogs than any crazy cat or dog lady. I erred in just following the Gawker theme.
And believe me, Tearfree, I know you're no crazy dog lady.
But please come back home. We miss you!
that is FABULOUSLY surreal. i think i'd DIE if i was hanging out in a park and a hot young child of the 3rd Reich was handing out BLOODY bones to the dog-people.
One of the many benefits of having a dog. You meet all sorts of weird people and see all sorts of surreal things. Dogs get you out there, which is why people put up with all the work they cause.
I used to work in veterinary clinics, and I saw some seriously crazy dog and cat men. My favourite was the flaming gay fellow who insisted that his cat only drink bottled water from a footed crystal bowl, and actually bought his cat a seat on the plane when he moved from Toronto to Edmonton. He also dropped over $3000 to have all his cats teeth pulled due to feline gingivitis.
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