[lit-ideas] Re: Where politics hits the grass
- From: Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 16:51:37 -0800 (PST)
Wrong. All my sentiments are from the heart...
--- On Sat, 11/8/08, Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Where politics hits the grass
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 12:33 AM
Irene likes to play devil's advocate to see what she can stir up ... a worthy
goal, because of its potential to sift the wheat from the chaff. Sometimes it
works well. Sometimes not so much so.
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
David Ritchie wrote
I once helped break up a fight between a Weimar Reiner and a Doberman. The
Doberman had had the early going, but the Weimar Reiner, with advantages of
mass, power and guile, seized the Doberman by the throat and began to work its
jaws. For the Doberman to have any chance at life, intervention would be
necessary, so on the count of three, a friend and I each grabbed a set of back
legs, and lifted. The improvised trick worked fine. I have since wondered if
the principle could not be extended, but with people unfortunately, once they
get up on their hinds legs, it's really quite a problem knowing where to grab
hold.
This is apparently an approved method and is suggested whenever one of the dog
lists I'm on cycles back to How to Stop a Dog Fight. (I'm on Terrier-L,
Wheaten-L, and KerryBlue-L.) The thumb in the butt method is sometimes
mentioned also.
The current topics on both the Wheaten and the Kerry Blue lists are Barney's
biting the reporter (reporter should have known better, never approach a dog
with your hand above its head, etc.), and whether the Obamas should get a
Wheaten/Kerry Blue (both are hyopoallergenic dogs) or something else: the
Wheaten people are almost all opposed to their getting a Wheaten; the breed
would instantly become popular if they did, which would lead to puppy-millers'
starting to breed Wheatens; the KBT folks are divided, but more tolerant.
What is a Weimar Reiner? (I suspect there's some German pun I'm not getting
here.)
Robert Paul
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