Today’s classic A&J is brought to you in black and white and in between. Looks pretty cool, doesn’t it? All right, bear with me, please. I know you’re fed up with it by now. I’m not even going to post a link, because the video has become ubiquitous. However, I did want to say something about the “cat saves little boy from dog attack” incident. I just want to say, this was not overly dramatized or made to be something more than it was. If you saw images of the lad’s stitched up bites, you know the attack was in earnest. Living in a part of the country where dog attacks, even fatal dog attacks, are not exactly rare, I can say the boy was in mortal danger. His mother arrived not long after the cat; it is possible she could have saved her son’s life, but the cat did get there firstest with the mostest, and by fending off the dog there is no doubt he saved the boy from further serious injury. Way to go, cat!
48 responses to “Blarney Google”
I hate to see a dog put down, but the fact this one left his own “territory” to attack the child shows me he clearly violated the human-canine social contract and deserves to be, if he hasn’t been already.
Just a reminder to Jimmy that I’m still hoping June will be “The Swimsuit Edition” here at A&J.
http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2009/04/10#.U3TNbvldWa8
When I see an attractive lady in a minimal bikini, my mind doesn’t work in terms of square inches; it operates in terms of percentages. As in, “OMG! She’s 97% naked!”
I always do the math. 😉
Then when you saw me, you would think I was no more than 40% naked. Not that I swim all that much
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http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/05/19/steinhafel-to-get-16-million-in-severance
Some might add a 4-letter comment, all caps, = 4 words. Peace, emb
Yeah, think about the little dog–when the rabies quarantine runs out he will be killed. And the major reason he will be killed is that his humans did not care enough to train him properly and to supervise him.
The clip does not provide any history to speculate on provocation but it is possible that the kid could have provoked the attack by past unsupervised behavior as well–we do not know. That would amount to contributory negligence that would make the story even sadder.
There is one thing about the clip that intrigues me–the cat attacks and sends the dog packing. The cat stops about halfway down the driveway an looks back at the kid, as if to say “What is my priority here. Oh, OK, the kids mom is on the case, she will take care of him.” and renews the chase of the dog behind the car.
I sometimes don’t get back to these comments, if somebody want to be sure I see something, I get mail at my name, less spaces on Cox’s network.
Ellen – LOVE the Joe Gray series.
What surprised me was that the cat chased the dog behind the (parked) car, then seems to realize she needs to stay out of the street and doubles back.
I have no trouble at all believing that this is real and unstaged.
When my daughter was a toddler she had a cat that would come to her any time she was upset. I’ve no doubt that it would have attacked an animal that threatened her.
She was perhaps over-vigilant: if the blanket covering the sleeping child moved, it was liable to to be pounced upon, just in case.
Debbe, please don’t let the guys burn the Hammond organ! They can advertise it on Craigslist and make a little money; or failing that could even give it away. (Free to a good home … references required.)
Fingers crossed that you will continue to see Brooklynne Rose. (Thank you for your explanation of how she got her lovely name.)
@ GR6 – ain’t math wonderful!
Eek, math
Actually Lilly, based on the picture you posted, you would be 53% naked in your swimsuit…and perhaps a bit more so, depending on how much back coverage the suit has. (Or doesn’t have.) I did the math. 😉
Some interesting facts about women’s swimwear (as found on the InterWebNet, so they must be true):
1. When the first bikini was introduced in 1946, it was marketed as a two-piece swimming suit that revealed “everything about a girl except her mother’s maiden name.”
2. In the 1950s, swimsuits with pointed breasts, known jokingly as “high beams,” were popular. Some suits even offered inflatable bras that could be blown up to the wearer’s desired size.
3. Surviving Minoan paintings from 1600 B.C. show women wearing two-piece suits similar to the 1960 bikini.”
So the term “high beams”, to describe a feature of the female breast, has obliviously been around for a while.
Debbe 😉 Not really a classic (and the video…well, it was the 80’s), but not a bad tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLhYxLE8uCA
The back is very modest 😛
The front is very modest, too. The suit’s front, I mean, not yours. 😉
Debbe, I’ll see your cat picture and raise you a cat video. Meet Oskar, the blind kitty (battling a hair dryer) Warning: high cuteness levels ahead.
http://youtu.be/ElzPZNSdd5w
Debbe, here is a cut from another album I really enjoy. Bonus point for identifying the narrator!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4K6j0m2mxE
Ghost, “very modest” is putting it kindly
Here’s what you can do with a Hammond organ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMuePyV1nr8
Keith Emerson wears it out in this one.
@Mark in TTown,
Symply think it is the sled by any other name’s Fargone owner…
Symply my favorite recording I’ve ever heard, Fargone love it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3cAy87Sw7Q
And, just to throw in another fictional reference, I’m sure that the cat Bastet would have done the same for Ramses, although I’m sure that he’d have known how to defend himself even at a tender age.
Good morning Villagers….
Ahhh, Indy Mindy….now there’s a kitty that’ll melt ye heart…cute, when I don’t work on Caterdays, there’s a show on Animal Planet called Too Cute, and shows kitties and puppies from birth to going to their “foreber” home 😉
Miss Charlotte, as I type, Andrew is back…on the couch in our other ‘living room’…and my other newphew-in-law has listed on Craigs I believe. He has started his own ‘restoration and roofing business, and is doing rather well. The church they worked on just gave them the piano and organ.
GR 😉 never heard of that group or song…sorry, but that was 1985 and I was WOT then 🙂
Mark….Orsen Wells…..honestly, I had to Wiki it…knew the voice but could not put a name to it…and yes, Keith Emerson can play one mean keyboard…thanks.
ya’ll have a blessed Tuesday….
Speaking of bikinis
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