I still like the one my friends came up with when we would go to the mall. It was a response to the comment "Oh, look its a dog!" usually said by a snotty teenager or preteen to their friends to make themselves look cool. Our response was "Dog, what dog, you mean this, wait, I could have swore they gave me a lion, Oh, my gosh, they lied to me." Smile. Usually worked quite effectively, smile. Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Alumni Association Board www.guidedogs.com Dog ownership is like a rainbow. Puppies are the joy at one end. Old dogs are the treasure at the other. Carolyn Alexander ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 5:05 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Is that dog real? lol. I don't think you should be more civil. I can't believe people can be so stupid. What are they thinking? I dodn't know if I'd be able to thiunk fast enough to come up with some remark, like "oh, no...however did I get here? I thought I was flying to California. Yes, you all definitely should get together and compile all your stories into a book. Cindy --- Elizabeth and Burton <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > How about the person who tapped me on the shoulder > while I was sitting on a > train and said "Do you know you are on a train?" to > which I said "yes" > saying it really slowly and grinning. I then added > "are you kidding?" and > the person walked away without answering. I > sometimes think folks talk to > us and say strange things because they have noone > else to talk to and know > we won't hit them or stab them or anything. On the > other hand, what kind > of lives to they have to say things like that? I > have also had people ask > me "Do you know where you are going?" to which I > reply "Oh yes? Do you?" > > I know perhaps I ought to be more civil in some of > my replies but if you > walk up to me, say, on a train where I am clearly > sitting down and reading > (for bookshare or something) on my braillenote and > say strange things I > just cann't help myself and I say weird things. The > stranger my day has > been the weirder the things I say are. > > E. > > > >Well, smile Cindy, this was in the middle of > Walmart, with Judson and > >Walker, my friend's dog in complete harness and > being held by us on leashes, > >and definitely moving. > > > >That is why it was so um strange. > > > >Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI > >and Judson, guiding golden > >juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. > >Graduate Alumni Association Board > >www.guidedogs.com > > > >Dog ownership is like a rainbow. > > Puppies are the joy at one end. > > Old dogs are the treasure at the other. > >Carolyn Alexander > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 2:34 AM > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: Is that dog real? > > > > > >Shelley, > > > >I l aughed out loud at that question, and the > >next--although sometimes, if a dog is sitting still > >(and not connected to you, smile) it's hard to > tell. > >In front of a house we drive past frequently, a > medium > >size dog sits on a step very quietly and still, not > >even moving its head. It sort of looked like the > >Victrola dog, only smaller. We didn't know if it > was > >real or not until one day when it finally did turn > its > >head. > > > >Cindy > > > > > > > > I still love the one someone asked me one day. > > > > > > "So, the sign says I am not supposed to pet him, > is > > > that true?" > > > > > > And > > > > > > "Is that a real dog?" Which my friend and I > were so > > > dumb founded we didn't > > > know what to respond to that one, smile. > > > > > > Though he is an awful bad toy dog, smile, very > > > messsy, and eats a lot, > > > smile, was all I could think of, smile. > > > > > > > > > > > > Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. 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