Dog Lies! (sometimes)
We’ve all read about dogs in books and seen them in movies. They chew slippers and fetch newspapers and even do stuff like chase squirrels and then jump up trees trying to get at them. But, anyone who’s ever owned a dog knows that most of the time, those are just stereo-types. Or “dog lies”. Dogs normally just chew toys and clothing and the occasional shoe. Never a slipper. Well, not usually anyway. They are normally sleeping through the paper delivery. If there is one. Lately, people just read it online or ignore it completely and just text, Facebook, or Tweet to their buddies.
Dogs sometimes just don’t see squirrels, or if they do, chase them and lose their trail. Sometimes dogs can find them all the way to a tree, and when they do, they jump stubbornly at the trunk, barking like their tail is on fire. But usually, they just lose the critters halfway through the chase.
Dog Lies are normally harmless, but I find them 10% annoying, 20% confusing, 10% plain stupid, and 60% amusing.
