"This is for your own good, you know ..."
Pookie gets fitted and checked out in preparation for the approaching cold wave. (The Alberta Clipper, Arctic Express, etc / etc / etc)
"The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals. ...
"The effect upon the dog of his life with Man is discernible in his eyes, which frequently are capable of a greater range of expression than Man's."
-- James Thurber, "An Introduction," in Thurber's Dogs
"This is for your own good, you know ..."
Pookie gets fitted and checked out in preparation for the approaching cold wave. (The Alberta Clipper, Arctic Express, etc / etc / etc)
"The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals. ...
"The effect upon the dog of his life with Man is discernible in his eyes, which frequently are capable of a greater range of expression than Man's."
-- James Thurber, "An Introduction," in Thurber's Dogs