lol. I love the response. Cindy --- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. 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: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:30 PM > > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How I read > > > > > > > > > > > > LOL!!! > > > > > > > > Jana > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Jamie Yates" <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 7:09 AM > > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How I read > > > > > > > > > > > > >I am certainly glad to know y'all are not > easy > > to > > > > > offend! > > > > > > > > > > I have found that in general people ARE > easily > > > > > offended by the least silly things and I for > > one > > > > tend > > > > > to say something first and think about it > > later > > > > (bad > > > > > habit!). > > > > > > > > > > And with email, once it's said, it's not > > easily > > > > taken > > > > > back. 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