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As noted previously I’m hitting the road for the next few days with stops in glorious Phoenix, Las Vegas, and St George UT which is so boring it makes Phoenix look like Las Vegas. Originally I had planned on not taking the laptop along and taking a break from blogging but:
- It’s a hundred degrees everywhere I’m going and what else am I going to do.
- There would be no basset blogging.
- That might cause a revolt.
- Sarah Palin might actually speak off the cuff and wouldn’t that be thrilling! Garbo speaks!
So I’ll be back later. Here’s a dog to hold you til then.
One last thing- condolences to John Cole on the passing of Russell. Loved these lines:
When we got Russell, he was wild. He was the closest thing to feral that you can get with a domesticated breed of dog, but we have learned that Jack Russell terriers are only energetic for the first 14-15 years.
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Looks like Fenway has the drooling part down pretty well.
That’s a lotta grass in one place for Southern California. Mission Bay Park, perhaps?
My god, has he grown a prehensile tail? It looks like he’s trying to scratch his own butt.
…which wouldn’t be necessary if you people would lavish a proper amount of attention on the poor feller…
It’s okay to take a little vacation, obviously McCain isn’t going to announce anything important today…
You know your constituency well, TBogg. No Thursday bassets would bring us out onto the streets. We would hunt you down with torches and pitchforks, even in St. George, Utah.
Well, maybe not there. But we would be upset.
VonZeppelin:
Funny that people aren’t more upset over the bailout but would go nuts if TBogg didn’t post the normal Thursday stuff.
Has anyone crossed a Basset with a Jack Russell?
I know nothing about Bassetts except for what I have learned here thanks to TBogg and his boys….but I know a LOT about Jack Russells and I just read John Cole’s remarks about his family dog, Russell, passing on. We have had 4 of those terriers and they ARE the largest dogs you will ever meet. Our dog Smarty thinks she is a 180 pound rottweiler….she is completely fearless. Our puppy Jambon is even fiercer when it comes to skunks in the backyard. But, when they are not on the hunt for critters in the yard, they are the sweetest, most loving and friendly dogs I have ever had. They love people and are always glad to have visitors. And as John Cole said, they will chase a thrown ball for as long as your arm can go….and when we wear out, they will throw the ball for themselves. As Gene Hackman’s character in a movie I can’t remember the name of, said….”smartest god damn dog in the world.” I know we all love the kinds of dogs we have, but I cannot imagine having any other kind of dog than these.
105F in Phoenix today – you’ll like it – we have electricity and stuff here so you shouldn’t fall over. St. George, I can’t speak about.
And look! Fenway has his outside collar on! I -knew- the harness was disabille!
If you’re gonna go there, you gotta speak the lingo. To blend in, be sure and say “St. JAR-ge,” and if you drive over’ta Zion [National Park], you pass through the town of “HERK-inn,” which the uninformed might think is pronounced “Hurricane.” Be sure and stop in LaVerkin, right next’ta HERK-in, where, a few years ago the city council passed ordinances requiring that eveyrone own a gun, and banning the UN from the city limits. They even had a sign at the edge of town saying so. Also, if someone disagrees with you, say “F’r IG’nr’nt!” to register your disapproval.
In the Sprit of Love (what the locals say as they slide the knife into your ribs), rdale in Eu-Taw.
I’ll wave at you from over here down in Tucson.
Yes. Hold me, Fenway!