Laugh! I thought I'd never stop. Tears were streaming down my gorgeous furry cheeks and I physically shook with wave after wave of merriment. I refer of course to the time last year when the lummox fell into the canal. Made a complete wassock of himself in front of all and sundry on the towpath he did, splashing about like a lame hippo. Berk! I loved it of course.
However, he didn't go in on his own accord. It was an accident. His lumbering great feet slipped on the gunwales and down he went. If he wasn't such an ox of a man and if he had the choice then it just wouldn't have happened (and I wouldn't have had such a laugh). The same can't be said for dogs though. You know, it never ceases to amaze me when I sit on the roof and time and time again I see a dog go hurtling head long into the canal and start swimming around in there. And they do it for fun. FUN!!! What on earth is the matter with them?
Let's consider the main drawbacks of such behaviour shall we?
1. It's wet
2. It's dirty water
3. It's wet
Then they'll go home with their masters (or servants as we cats call them) and make a bloody great mess everywhere. The dog here does it all the time. You couldn't keep her out of that filthy water if you tried and then she'll come lolling about on the furniture and leave damp patches all over it like the big galoot that she is.
Dogs? I'll never understand them!
P x
