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Not Fair

by John Cole|  June 15, 20107:48 pm| 57 Comments

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Get a new bed, new bedding, new pillows, sheets, and comforter, and you don’t even get to be the first one to use it:

One of these days I will figure out how Lily manages to tuck herself in. I guess this is the price I pay for bringing strange knocked up bitches home.

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  1. 1.

    General Egali Tarian Stuck

    June 15, 2010 at 7:50 pm

    Sweet pic Mr Cole.

  2. 2.

    bobbo

    June 15, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    Precious!

  3. 3.

    slag

    June 15, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    I guess this is the price I pay for bringing strange knocked up bitches home.

    But if you stop, who will tuck Lily in?

  4. 4.

    jl

    June 15, 2010 at 7:53 pm

    For some reason, I assumed that all the new stuff was for Lily and Tunch anyway.

    Lily looks so comfy and snug, I cannot imagine what kind of heartless brute would ever kick her out of bed.

    I suggest the ‘you snooze, you get the bed’ rule be invoked.

  5. 5.

    trollhattan

    June 15, 2010 at 7:55 pm

    Hah, puppehs can sniff fresh bedding faster than they can a pound of fresh puppeh snacks. I do no know how this is the case. Does Lily also engagage in much twirling before landing on her napspot? Mine does, and always lands with a grunt and a thud, as though her legs retracted while her body remained momentarily airborne.

    I think they all watch Looney Tunes for animal tips.

  6. 6.

    Violet

    June 15, 2010 at 7:55 pm

    So cozy! Poor thing is probably exhausted after the day she’s had. A pregnant JRT in the house? Terrifying!

  7. 7.

    Short Bus Bully

    June 15, 2010 at 7:55 pm

    Bringing strange knocked up bitches home? Shit, story of my life.

  8. 8.

    danimal

    June 15, 2010 at 7:55 pm

    I guess this is the price I pay for bringing strange knocked up bitches home.

    Are you trolling your own website again? That’s a set-up line for the ages.

  9. 9.

    fucen tarmal

    June 15, 2010 at 7:56 pm

    mrs. santorum knows how lily feels.

  10. 10.

    The Dangerman

    June 15, 2010 at 7:57 pm

    Get a new bed, new bedding, new pillows, sheets, and comforter, and you don’t even get to be the first one to use it.

    Same process as a bird crapping on a freshly washed car; “we” are there just to amuse “them”.

  11. 11.

    slag

    June 15, 2010 at 7:57 pm

    I’m curious. Is there anyone who hasn’t ceded at least half of their bed to their pets at some point?

  12. 12.

    Violet

    June 15, 2010 at 7:58 pm

    I like your new bedding. Did the previous mocking of your old stuff finally get to you?

  13. 13.

    John Cole

    June 15, 2010 at 7:59 pm

    @Violet: yes.

  14. 14.

    demkat620

    June 15, 2010 at 8:00 pm

    Very nice. She is definitely not the same dog you brought home.

    That trust is amazing isn’t it?

  15. 15.

    Mike Kay

    June 15, 2010 at 8:00 pm

    Let me be the first to denounce Obama’s speech for not going far enough, for not being angry enough, for not showing enough emotion, for not pounding the bully pulpit, for not pounding his desk, for not crying, for forgetting to mention the “public option”, for not nationalizing BP, for not waterboarding Tony Heyward, and for being a giveaway to Wall Street and corporations.

  16. 16.

    Violet

    June 15, 2010 at 8:00 pm

    @John Cole:
    Lolz. Your commenters have such power.

  17. 17.

    mr. whipple

    June 15, 2010 at 8:01 pm

    Speech prediction:

    RW: FAIL!

    LW: FAIL!

  18. 18.

    demkat620

    June 15, 2010 at 8:01 pm

    Barry’s coming on my TV.

  19. 19.

    Mike Kay

    June 15, 2010 at 8:02 pm

    If he doesn’t declare war on England than he’s a corportist sell out.

  20. 20.

    FlipYrWhig

    June 15, 2010 at 8:03 pm

    @Mike Kay: Pshaw. _I’m_ already disappointed in the _next_ prime-time address to the nation.

  21. 21.

    Comrade Mary

    June 15, 2010 at 8:04 pm

    That is not the look of love. That is the cold shoulder. If you had a doghouse, Mr. Cole, you would be in it right now.

  22. 22.

    lamh32

    June 15, 2010 at 8:05 pm

    @mr. whipple:

    you can bet on it. over at DKOS, the speech wasn’t even released yet, and they are already shitting on it.

  23. 23.

    Carrie

    June 15, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    Aww, i hope Lily isn’t sulking.

  24. 24.

    CaseyL

    June 15, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    Obama says they’ve approved the creation of new barrier islands – anyone know what that means? How do you create an island? This isn’t the massive redirection of the Mississippi he was rumored to be considering.

  25. 25.

    Mike Kay

    June 15, 2010 at 8:07 pm

    This Obama guy on my tee vee — which team does he play for the Celtics or the Lakers?

  26. 26.

    lamh32

    June 15, 2010 at 8:07 pm

    Everyone was talking about that Louisiana poll today, and I just wanted to say that I spoke to my family this weekend, specifically my aunts. Asked them how they felt about the oil spill and the President’s response. They were not suprisingly upset about the spill and the affect on NOLA, but she did not blame President Obama nor did she say the oil spill was just like Katrina all over again.

    I didn’t’ have the heart to tell her that based on what I’m reading on the blogosphere, she is obviously misinformed, cause this oil spill is soooo “Obama’s Katrina”.

  27. 27.

    TuiMel

    June 15, 2010 at 8:07 pm

    Nothing says “Hey, Rosie, Rita, Aggie (whatever your name is), this house, this human, is mine, mine, all mine!” like being first to get snuggled into then new bedding.

  28. 28.

    demkat620

    June 15, 2010 at 8:07 pm

    If he really wanted to sell this he should have had a box of kleenex and a baseball bat.

    Crying and kicking ass, that’s what the pundits wanted right?

  29. 29.

    lamh32

    June 15, 2010 at 8:08 pm

    Also, over 1000 people (mostly Afr American) die cause of Bush handling of Katrina, including my grandmother, but yeah this oil spill is soo like that. I would love someone to poll the ACTUAL katrina residents and victims, the majority of which was Afr American, I bet the poll results would be way different.

    But who cares right, Afr Americans are O-bots anyway, so their opinions don’t really amount to much.

    BTW, it’s Louisiana, and Dems keep voting for conservaDem Mary Landrieu, so there is nothing so shocking about this pol.

  30. 30.

    stuckinred

    June 15, 2010 at 8:08 pm

    @Mike Kay: No one here cares about that “hip hop” league.

  31. 31.

    Steller

    June 15, 2010 at 8:09 pm

    There is nothin cuter than sleeping puppehs! Especially with the little soft pinned-back eaws that I just want to nom on.

  32. 32.

    abo gato

    June 15, 2010 at 8:09 pm

    Ahhhh, so comfy! Our two JRT’s do what we call “tunneling”. We ask her, do you want to tunnel? And the big one starts nosing her way under the covers. She can stay under there for a long, long time. I don’t know how she breathes. Our smaller one will get under for a short time and then come up for air.

    I am sorta hoping that the new pup gets to stay with you. We only had one JRT and I told my husband that our pet needed a pet. He was resistant for a while as he thought it would hurt her feelings to have another dog in the house. Once we got our second dog he realized how important it was for them to have each other. They need companionship just like we do.

    Tunch is nice, (but he’s a CAT, fer christsakes) and he’s not a dog companion for Lily, she needs another dog to play and run with. Our two chase squirrels, doves, deer all the time in the back yard and also get into tussles with raccoons and have killed at least 10 skunks. They tag team the skunks. The cleanup on that is a whole new post.

    But, I have found something that actually works for skunk smell.

    You need this dog and she needs you and Lily.

  33. 33.

    Mike Kay

    June 15, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    He’s stabbing the netroots in the back by not listening to Robert Reich’s plan to round up all the Brits and placing them in FEMA detention camps.

  34. 34.

    demkat620

    June 15, 2010 at 8:11 pm

    Uh oh, regulation. You done it now Barry. John Boehner is gonna cry.

  35. 35.

    beltane

    June 15, 2010 at 8:11 pm

    Is the new dog definitely pregnant? I wonder who the father is.

  36. 36.

    CaseyL

    June 15, 2010 at 8:14 pm

    Please don’t call on Congress to do anything. Congress won’t. Please, for the love of god, commit the nation to conversion to sustainable energy within a decade. Make it the new Manhattan Project. Please be bold.

  37. 37.

    beltane

    June 15, 2010 at 8:14 pm

    @Mike Kay: You missed out on being the first to criticize the president’s address. Over at GOS they are all heartsick and stomach sick and head sick that he has not put an end to global warming.

  38. 38.

    CaseyL

    June 15, 2010 at 8:19 pm

    Shit. Prayers? Prayers? Shit.

    Not good. I’m sorry, but he did not grasp that nettle at all.

  39. 39.

    FlipYrWhig

    June 15, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    Waah! He didn’t do or say [THING I FIND NECESSARY]! I am very disillusioned! Again!

  40. 40.

    Lesley

    June 15, 2010 at 8:29 pm

    That is the funniest damn photo I’ve seen today. Where’s Tunch or is he camouflaged?

  41. 41.

    Lesley

    June 15, 2010 at 8:33 pm

    You know what’s funniest about that photo? Not just that she’s tucked in, but that she’s picked the MIDDLE of the bed to lie on.

    Dogs aren’t dummies.

  42. 42.

    Linda Featheringill

    June 15, 2010 at 8:43 pm

    @lamh32:

    I am sorry to hear about the loss of your grandmother. I know you probably miss her.

  43. 43.

    TaMara (formerly Bad Horse's Filly)

    June 15, 2010 at 8:49 pm

    @Comrade Mary: I’m with you on this. I’m thinking that is a sulking dog who is pretty much saying, this is my damn bed.

  44. 44.

    Joseph Nobles

    June 15, 2010 at 8:54 pm

    BTW, Lily noses under the comforter, turns around under it, and then noses out. Voila, a tucked-in dog.

  45. 45.

    burnspbesq

    June 15, 2010 at 9:16 pm

    @Mike Kay:

    This Obama guy on my tee vee—which team does he play for the Celtics or the Lakers?

    Since you’re a Noo Yawka, you probably think he’s going to sign with Cleveland after LeBron signs with the Knicks. To which I can only say “BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.”

  46. 46.

    JR

    June 15, 2010 at 9:22 pm

    She goes in head-first, turns around, and sticks her head back out. My dog does it to.

    /mystery

  47. 47.

    Alice Blue

    June 15, 2010 at 9:23 pm

    ‘Night, Lily.

  48. 48.

    khead

    June 15, 2010 at 9:27 pm

    That pic is awesome. At least our cat stays on top of the covers.

  49. 49.

    CB

    June 15, 2010 at 9:30 pm

    I guess this is the price I pay for bringing strange knocked up bitches home.

    best quote in blogosphere history

    john cole, for the win, forever

  50. 50.

    RedKitten

    June 15, 2010 at 9:36 pm

    Awww…I want to hop in there with her and snorgle.

    Mind you, it would be rather difficult to explain to my husband that I traveled all the way to WV to climb into another man’s bed, simply to snuggle with his dog…

  51. 51.

    arguingwithsignposts

    June 15, 2010 at 9:52 pm

    Cole, I bought some new sheets and pillow cases the other day as well. Feels good. But I do not let Lady Smudge under the covers this time. I learned my shedding lesson well.

    But Lady Smudge will enjoy the hardwood floors in the new apartment, I’m sure.

  52. 52.

    fucen tarmal

    June 15, 2010 at 10:03 pm

    @FlipYrWhig:

    hipster kitteh thinks he is being mocked, but then realizes, he doesn’t care.

  53. 53.

    bystander

    June 15, 2010 at 10:30 pm

    Mr. Cole you should be grateful for small mercies. I note she hasn’t planted her ass on your pillow.

  54. 54.

    JCT

    June 15, 2010 at 10:50 pm

    That is an awesome pic — doggie heaven. Boy, has Lily’s life changed….

    I go to bed later than my “gang” — husband + 2 beagles. With some frequency I walk in the room to find the younger beagle under the covers with her head neatly on my pillow. Her older sister stretched out along my side of the bed — both snoring like trains. This is endearing, until I have to start moving everyone. The best part is when the little beagle starts to make baby noises when I move her. Sigh.

  55. 55.

    asiangrrlMN

    June 15, 2010 at 11:47 pm

    Cole, you are in trouble for sure. By the way, I liked your own bedroom decor. I think I was one of three. Alas. Give Lily some extra attention, and I am sure she will be fine.

    @arguingwithsignposts: She’s demanding, but rightly so as she is a lady. So gorgeous!

  56. 56.

    Jay in Oregon

    June 16, 2010 at 12:32 am

    You bring some pregnant floozy home for the night and are surprised that your lady friend is giving you the cold shoulder in bed?

  57. 57.

    fordpowers

    June 16, 2010 at 12:38 am

    I guess this is the price I pay for bringing strange knocked up bitches home.

    wait.. there’s gonna be babies? i demand puppy cam.

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