Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, and if you’re a guy you’re just hoping for a day where you don’t disappoint your honey and wind up in the dog house. On the flip side, ladies get to sit in judgement all day of whether or not their guys deserve to sleep with the dogs. What fun!
So it really shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that a fifth of adults polled say they’d rather spend the day with their pet than with their partner.
Presumably that’s because pets have the whole unconditional love thing down to a science. It’s the ultimate no-effort relationship. As long as you remember to feed them, they’ll be there for you. (And should you have trouble with that, have you considered a Dog-e-Minder?)
Fortunately for me, Kim has no pets. In some ways, perhaps I am the pet. She feeds me well, and isn’t above giving me a scruff or a scratch under my chin. In turn, I get furrier by the year and more and more of my day is consumed by eating, napping, and other essential bodily functions. It’s a nice gig.
As the Toby Keith song says:
They say that an old dog, can’t learn a new trick
Well she taught me to stay the first day and I learned real quick
There’s a doghouse, a fence and a gate latch
I keep my tail waggin’ and I don’t mind beggin for a good scratch
I used to howl at the moon, yeah I’ve been known to roam
Then I met this girl one day that brought this old stray home
I ain’t the same, she knows how to pull my chain
Woof!
OMG – this is killing me. I’m laughing so hard. Pets, food, sleep, aging (I think that goes w/sleep) and the like. Love your blog. I contacted CBS (thru Emily’s List) and asked them not to air that ad. As I say to anyone who will listen, anti abortion groups are not pro life. They are pro judgement. If they are so goddamned concerned abt life, start w/providing health care here and now to all the ALIVE human beings on the planet.
My kids fill their fb comments w/profound lyrics from songs. The only lyrics I can recall now are “you can’t get off with your shoes on friend. so you kick ’em in the corner & do it all again” Barefoot Jerry. Guess that gives away my age, not that I care.
Sarah Palin can go fuck herself. I hate her. Oh gosh, I hope the f word doesn’t ban me from your blog. Is there a profound set of song lyrics I can post to my FB page that tells Sarah and her crowd to F off? Bet not too many from WBEE!!!
Off to shower, bank, grocery & then to see Avitar at Imax. Good to hear from you. I contacted Kim today too. I have a feeling that I’m gonnna be laughing a lot reading FB. Take care.