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Random Barking

by John Cole|  September 27, 20113:04 am| 26 Comments

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Was sound asleep and both girls went TOTALLY FUCKING NUTS barking. Checked the house, walked the perimeter, nothing. Tunch is on his chair unfazed. Immediately, I thought- “I should blog this.”

And so I did.

This is the message the girls gave me.

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  1. 1.

    JenJen

    September 27, 2011 at 3:07 am

    Go back to bed, Cole. Imma take my own advice on this one even.

  2. 2.

    Dustin

    September 27, 2011 at 3:10 am

    I’m guessing a neighborhood cat or nocturnal critter at the door. Now go to bed, you’re interrupting my double-brew day! ;-)

  3. 3.

    Chuck Butcher

    September 27, 2011 at 3:38 am

    You could have a 150# Pyrennese whose job is that nothing goes un-noticed. That, my friend, is a bark.

  4. 4.

    Jenny

    September 27, 2011 at 4:24 am

    UFO

  5. 5.

    THE

    September 27, 2011 at 4:26 am

    Helicopters flying over the house used to drive my parents’ dog nuts.

  6. 6.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    September 27, 2011 at 4:38 am

    John, it was an alien. They saved you from a probing, bet on it.

    Give them treats. They’ve earned it.

    @THE:

    Were they black and weeping? ;)

    @Chuck Butcher:

    Heya guy! How have you been? Well I hope.

  7. 7.

    piratedan

    September 27, 2011 at 4:38 am

    It was the ghost of David Broder after the broadcast of that insipid MSNBC ad that features Chuck Todd; that was somehow supposed to make me think that he’s a liberal……

    anyone taking bets on the number of the days before Maddow joins Olbermann on Current?

  8. 8.

    Chuck Butcher

    September 27, 2011 at 4:47 am

    @Odie Hugh Manatee:

    Well I hope.

    Once I get rid of most of my possessions I may be well. Need some?

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    catdevotee

    September 27, 2011 at 5:10 am

    I guess there are insomniacs everywhere… I should have been in bed hours ago, but instead I’ve been reading French history on Wikipedia. I already regret it, but I’ll regret it more in the morning.

    We have three cats, no dogs. So rather than being awakened by barking, we’re awakened by yowling, barfing, or more-or-less-polite paws to our noses for food.

  10. 10.

    Raven (formerly stuckinred)

    September 27, 2011 at 5:36 am

    @catdevotee: Some of us just get up very early. Flying to LA today will really screw up the clock!

  11. 11.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    September 27, 2011 at 5:55 am

    @Chuck Butcher:

    Curious question but no, I have too much stuff as it is. If anything, I need to get rid of some of my crap…lol!

    Most of your possessions? May I ask why? If not, no big deal it’s just that was a very unusual response.

  12. 12.

    Ben Cisco

    September 27, 2011 at 6:00 am

    Starting my shift; glad to see someone else is awake (relatively).

  13. 13.

    harlana

    September 27, 2011 at 6:33 am

    THANK YOU from some JB! You people are so white sometimes with your crazy, new fangled moosikal groups. ;-)

    Here is the best compilation of JB moves this white girl has ever seen or will see, I imagine. I can’t watch it without smiling.

  14. 14.

    JGabriel

    September 27, 2011 at 6:34 am

    Odie Hugh Manatee:

    John, it was an alien. They saved you from a probing, bet on it.

    Don’t be silly. Of course John was probed. The dogs weren’t barking at the aliens arrival; the dogs were barking at their departure.

    .

  15. 15.

    harlana

    September 27, 2011 at 6:38 am

    .

  16. 16.

    harlana

    September 27, 2011 at 6:53 am

    I love it when he travels across the stage on one foot and then brushes off his pants leg like no big deal.

  17. 17.

    JPL

    September 27, 2011 at 7:21 am

    @Raven (formerly stuckinred): Have a good trip and go braves.

  18. 18.

    Wilson Heath

    September 27, 2011 at 8:11 am

    Damned canine fire drills. Hate those.

  19. 19.

    Scott P.

    September 27, 2011 at 8:25 am

    A new tagline for the blog?

  20. 20.

    schrodinger's cat

    September 27, 2011 at 9:21 am

    The girls heard the signals Tunch is getting from his mother ship and were trying to warn you.

    SOON..

  21. 21.

    Ash Can

    September 27, 2011 at 10:05 am

    Tunch probably noticed them looking at him, and flipped them the bird and said something nasty to them.

    Or maybe he told them that if they woke up Monkey Boy and made him get all the way out of bed, he’d knock extra goodies down to them off the kitchen counter.

  22. 22.

    fasteddie9318

    September 27, 2011 at 11:19 am

    @piratedan:

    anyone taking bets on the number of the days before Maddow joins Olbermann on Current?

    I’d donate to a Free Rachel charity if one existed. Turning that channel on to watch her makes me feel like I need to shower.

  23. 23.

    Nevgu

    September 27, 2011 at 11:30 am

    That’s how it starts. Next thing you know we will be reading about the “Son of Tunch” murders in Coles neighbourhood.

    Wouldn’t be surprised if he already hears voices from his dog telling him what to blog based on the content of his drivel.

  24. 24.

    Julie Raffety

    September 27, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    I cannot see/hear James Brown without remembering watching the Watts “riots” on TV and James Brown on the record player.

  25. 25.

    LT

    September 27, 2011 at 3:26 pm

    I got up too early. I saw in a post above this James Brown in the still image of a YouTube video; say Chris Hedges in the still image of the video in this post (knowing that it had James Brown in it last night); entered this post, then saw James Brown here. Do YouTube stills usually bounce around like that?

  26. 26.

    Steeplejack

    September 27, 2011 at 3:55 pm

    @harlana:

    Thanks for posting that! That version of “There Was a Time” is from J.B.’s 1968 Dallas concert. Awesome stuff. I think it is my favorite live J.B. track of all time. The drummer kills it all the way. I don’t see how he didn’t stroke out halfway through.

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