Mrs. Wierwille's Poodle

[ChasUFarley]

Poodles were actually a rifle dog - used in hunting like a retriever. A standard poodle can get quite big and would about be 30+" at the hip/back - not a wimpy dog at all. They became wimpy when they were bred down for size to meet the toy standards - and then given the sissy haircuts. The vet practice I worked at had a gentleman who used to bring in his standard poodle for grooming - it was very smart and well trained. The dog never had a poof cut - but more of a cut that looked like this:

They're actually very fun and love water - they're related to the Porteguese Water Dogs - same family.

[JavaJane]

They're actually very fun and love water - they're related to the Porteguese Water Dogs - same family.

Is it just me, or do these dogs have mullets? Because that would be a manly haircut, now wouldn't it?

[GrouchoMarxJr]

...manly haircut?...absolutely! Poodles are very macho...Java Jane...You're allright... :)

[JavaJane]

...manly haircut?...absolutely! Poodles are very macho...Java Jane...You're allright... :)

Thanks, Groucho!

[dmiller]

Is it just me, or do these dogs have mullets? Because that would be a manly haircut, now wouldn't it?

A *manly mullet*???

I always thought that to be a contradiction of terms!

An oxymoron -- if you will.

;)

[doojable]

Mullets:

The haircut favored by those guys that end up breaking the family jewels on an outdoor handrail during a poorly executed skateboard stunt......

Hubba hubba

[JavaJane]

I was amazed at the huge variations in the mullet I have seen during my stint in the Styx. I saw even more last time I was in Ohio - this is the place to mullet-gaze... any Wal-Mart around the New Knoxville area will give you a good cross section.

Here is a website you can check for all mullets.

http://www.mulletsgalore.com/

[dmiller]

I was amazed at the huge variations in the mullet I have seen during my stint in the Styx.

What (or maybe I should rather ask where) is *the Styx* you're referring to??

You've got me curious.

:)

Edited May 26, 2007 by dmiller

[JavaJane]

Somewhere in the bowels of the Midwest... In a small town... On the banks of a big river that starts with Miss and ends in "i"... Where they still fly Rebel flags and hate people who speak proper English (many think it should be called "Amercan" - not A-mer-i-can, they shorten the syllables up around here.)

A place where 95% of the population is white, 2% Hispanic, and 2% black and 1% are a mix... Where inbreeding is so common, that people around here have to get their geneology checked before they get married (seriously. I'm not joking about this.) In this town there are only about 7 last names, ours included...

It's a scary place. I've lived in smaller towns that were more metropolitan than this one.

*edited to correct math and paranoia

Edited May 26, 2007 by JavaJane

[doojable]

Be afraid - be very afraid.....

[JavaJane]

Be afraid - be very afraid.....

especially when you represent one percent of the 5% minority.

yikes.

*edited to correct math because 4 is less than 5 if you take out the 1... nevermind, it's late.

Edited May 26, 2007 by JavaJane

[ChasUFarley]

Do you hear the dueling banjos in the background???

[JavaJane]

Do you hear the dueling banjos in the background???

When that happens we run for the panic room.

[dmiller]

Do you hear the dueling banjos in the background???

Hey!!! I like the banjo!!

Kinda purty at

[doojable]

Jane -Do they sing "I"m My Own Grandpa" in your town? ;)

[dmiller]

Jane -Do they sing "I"m My Own Grandpa" in your town? ;)

Ever listened to the lyrics closely??

It's all about *in-laws*, and not incest.

But you probably knew that.

;)

[doojable]

Ever listened to the lyrics closely??

It's all about *in-laws*, and not incest.

But you probably knew that.

;)

I actually only heard that song once - in TWI - and they tried to include it in a joke about the trinity. I just wanted to use it to make Jane laugh.

Now I have to put my party hat and big funny shoes on.....

[dmiller]

I'm My Own Grandpa

( Lonzo & Oscar )

It sounds funny, I know,

But it really is so,

Oh, I'm my own grandpa.

I'm my own grandpa.

I'm my own grandpa.

It sounds funny, I know,

But it really is so,

Oh, I'm my own grandpa.

Now many, many years ago, when I was twenty-three,

I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be.

This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red.

My father fell in love with her, and soon they, too, were wed.

This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life,

My daughter was my mother, cause she was my father's wife.

To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy,

I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.

My little baby then became a brother-in-law to Dad,

And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad.

For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother

Of the widow's grown-up daughter, who, of course, was my stepmother.

Father's wife then had a son who kept him on the run,

And he became my grandchild, for he was my daughter's son.

My wife is now my mother's mother, and it makes me blue,

Because, although she is my wife, she's my grandmother, too.

Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild,

And everytime I think of it, it nearly drives me wild,

For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw

As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa!

I'm my own grandpa.

I'm my own grandpa.

It sounds funny, I know, but it really is so,

Oh, I'm my own grandpa.

[dmiller]

I actually only heard that song once - in TWI - and they tried to include it in a joke about the trinity. I just wanted to use it to make Jane laugh.

Trust twi to fruckk up the intentions of a good tune (with a bit of levity about it),

to further the agen -- duhhhhhhh they had in mind.

They did the same thing with a Bluegrass group that was formed, back in the 70's.

The group didn't pay *bluegrass* --- it was *truegrass*.

Couldn't recognize a thing by it's proper name, if it slapped them in the face.

The top helm (and probably others as well) of twi --

could screw up a wet dream.

They are that talented.

[doojable]

Trust twi to fruckk up the intentions of a good tune (with a bit of levity about it),

to further the agen -- duhhhhhhh they had in mind.

They did the same thing with a Bluegrass group that was formed, back in the 70's.

The group didn't pay *bluegrass* --- it was *truegrass*.

Couldn't recognize a thing by it's proper name, if it slapped them in the face.

The top helm (and probably others as well) of twi --

could screw up a wet dream.

They are that talented.

Come on Dmiller - don't hold back - tell us what you REALLY feel.... :biglaugh:

[Bluzeman]

Somewhere in the bowels of the Midwest... In a small town... On the banks of a big river that starts with Miss and ends in "i"... Where they still fly Rebel flags and hate people who speak proper English (many think it should be called "Amercan" - not A-mer-i-can, they shorten the syllables up around here.)

A place where 95% of the population is white, 2% Hispanic, and 2% black and 1% are a mix... Where inbreeding is so common, that people around here have to get their geneology checked before they get married (seriously. I'm not joking about this.) In this town there are only about 7 last names, ours included...

It's a scary place. I've lived in smaller towns that were more metropolitan than this one.

*edited to correct math and paranoia

So do all those inbred white neighbors of yours know what a bigot you are?

Rick

[dmiller]

"A big river that starts with Miss, and ends in "i" --- "

It's not so *big* up here. ;)

[JavaJane]

So do all those inbred white neighbors of yours know what a bigot you are?

Rick

Nah, I look pretty white.

[Bluzeman]

So you don't think you sounded like a bigot?

You griped about the way they talk, the way they look, said they are all inbred (the entire town...WOW!). What if I made some similar comments about Mexicans or Blacks? You would say I was a bigot.

Just something to think about.

***Edited to add...and what does the fact that you "look pretty white" have to do with wheather or not you are a bigot?

Rick

Edited May 27, 2007 by Bluzeman

[ChasUFarley]

chill bluzman...

with all due respect...

this is pretty tongue-in-cheek and has been a pretty light-hearted thread...

i hear this kinda stuff about the area where i live - and i'm in new england - but i really don't care - it doesn't bother me one bit...

you gotta laugh at your surroundings sometimes and see the humor in it - i don't think any harm in meant in it...

and what do you do when the people who live there say the same thing??