From commentor Moesha:
This is my poodle Bosco, highly offended after being forced to endure a summer haircut.
“Stupid groomer gave me the CAT version of the proper poodle LION CUT!
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What indignities, or otherwise, are on the agenda for the day?
Botsplainer
Poor dog. It must be humiliated.
Excited about the deep dive portion of my advanced scuba certification today. Eight am is the time. doing something below 100′. Did a wreck of a DC3 and navigation yesterday, passed through a really nice, tight canyon with lots of overhang as well. I think we do a drift dive a little later in the morning.
NotMax
Mean this in the nicest way, but looks like a Muppet reject.
PurpleGirl
Poor doggie. Cute doggie when he has all his hair.
raven
If my dog had a face like that I’d shave his ass and teach him to walk backwards.
amk
Guess the dog days have really arrived.
OzarkHillbilly
@raven: I thought you did.
BillinGlendaleCA
@OzarkHillbilly: No, it was Cole shaving his cat’s ass.
OzarkHillbilly
@BillinGlendaleCA: My bad.
raven
@OzarkHillbilly: My grooming of Lil Bit is spectacular!
BillinGlendaleCA
@raven: We take our girls to the Pet Pawlor. They do a really good job and the girls get bow ties, bandanas, etc.
Nicole
It looks like someone photoshopped one dog’s head onto another dog’s body. I love this picture!
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
@NotMax: Statler: He needs a haircut in the worst way.
Waldorf: Looks like he already got that!
I kid, of course.
BruceFromOhio
Indignities? Oh, hell, yeah.
From 50 Sheds of Grey:
‘You make my panties so wet!’ she squirmed. ‘Don’t blame me’ I said ‘You should’ve taken them off the line before I turned on the sprinkler’
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Frantically I tore off her dress, bra and knickers. My heart was racing but I just managed to close the wardrobe door before she got home.
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She stared up, bound and naked. ‘I think I’m ready for the ball gag’ she whimpered. ‘Alright’ I said ‘Why was Cinderella no good at soccer?’
Schlemizel
@BruceFromOhio:
Thanks for the link, it looks like a day brightener!
Mustang Bobby
Adorable doggie. And remember, the difference between a good haircut and a bad one is two weeks.
The first thing Sam would do after coming back from the groomers was roll in the yard.
Iowa Old Lady
Why are Bosco’s head and body different colors?
OzarkHillbilly
@Iowa Old Lady: Because he raids the cat’s litter box like it was Kibbles and Bits?
donnah
A friend of mine had her Old English sheepdog shaved for summer, but her usual groomer was on vacation and the substitute botched the job. She shaved him so closely that my friend couldn’t let him stay outside long for fear of sunburn. He was humiliated, too, and wouldn’t go for walks for a while. You could see his pink skin!
Aimai
College shopping for oldest daughter. Bittersweet. Feel lucky. Will miss her.
JPL
Poor pup. Hopefully, Bosco doesn’t have to show off his cut at the dog park.
Baud
Dogs are the least vain people in the world. If Bosco is upset, it’s probably because he doesn’t like the smell of the shampoo.
Betty Cracker
@Aimai: Right there with you! Looks like my newly 16-year-old will graduate a year early, so this coming school year will be her last in high school, if she completes all her online courses on time, which she seems highly motivated to do.
Also, I’m taking her to get her solo driver license Friday. Jesus! How did this happen? It seems like a year ago — three, tops! — when we escorted her to her first day of kindergarten!
Suffern ACE
Car juggling robots. Yet another sign that we are doomed as a species.
OzarkHillbilly
OT: I am shocked, shocked I tell you!
Hobby Lobby alleged to have fired pregnant employee who requested time off to give birth
I once told my boss (the owner) I was going to need some time off every now and again over the next few weeks to help take care of my Alzheimered father while my mother was recovering from open heart surgery. I got my layoff check the next day. As I was walking off the job site my foreman said, “Don’t worry, you’ll be back in a couple of weeks.”
“No, I won’t.” I replied. Most miserable fwck I ever worked for.
satby
Been wondering how Higgs has been; has anyone seen him in the comments lately?
Mudge
Reminds me of Chewbacca, although her undercoat should have been dyed.
MomSense
Some of the things the trainer put me through at the gym certainly felt like indignities.
Bosco, don’t listen to Raven. You are adorable.
Cervantes
@OzarkHillbilly:
See Mickey Z’s (Michael Zezima’s) The Murdering of My Years:
Betty Cracker
@Cervantes:
Lyrics from Big Rock Candy Mountain, American folk song
Elizabelle
Bosco, Bosco.
We had a poodle of kinda the same shade, and late in life, you would think Charlie was put together from vacuum bag lint. That is what his photos resemble.
Why not finish the cut, with Bosco’s head and face, and let him grow back for the fall?
My parents always kept their miniature poodles in puppy cuts. No topiary for us.
Smart, smart dogs, but the last one (the smartest) bit my nephews so frequently and enthusiastically that the word “poodle” brings a fear face.
Cervantes
@Betty Cracker: That’s a great song with excellent verses by nameless poets.
Betty Cracker
@Cervantes: It was one of the first tunes I learned to play (badly) on the ukulele. I can totally imagine paddling around lakes of whisky and stew in a big canoe!
WaterGirl
@satby: He was commenting at Booman Tribune last week. I haven’t spent much time at BooMan’s this week, so I don’t know if that’s still the case.
MomSense
@WaterGirl:
He commented there last night, too. I hope they are both ok. I’m rooting for them!!
WaterGirl
@MomSense: Glad to hear he’s still popping up somewhere. I hope he comes back here soon!
OzarkHillbilly
@Cervantes: Studs Terkel.
I haven’t yet read it all. It is one of those books I like to pick up and read little bits at a time.
Cervantes
@OzarkHillbilly: A classic, I agree. Thanks for the reminder.
AdamK
http://www.selfhelpforhappypeople.com/wp-content/uploads/MarsAttacks.jpg
I’m sorry but really.
rikyrah
Democrats ask: Where’s FLOTUS?
By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE | 7/29/14 6:56 PM EDT Updated: 7/30/14 8:03 AM EDT
First lady Michelle Obama is the most popular member of the Obama administration, and Democrats say she’s the one they want to see more of in the midterms.
She’s a woman and an African-American, with a direct appeal to two groups that the Democrats need to turn out in major numbers in November. She can bring the Obama brand without the baggage of President Barack Obama himself. She can go to states where he can’t. She’s a fresh draw for donors and voters.
So where is she? Democrats want an answer — they desperately need the help, and especially the cash.
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/2014-elections-democrats-michelle-obama-109518.html#ixzz38xk9NEzI
DanR2
@Elizabelle: Agree. I don’t really understand why a groomer would cut a dog like this unless it was full of mats and heading to the shelter.
Finish it up with a longer clip on Bosco’s head. Scissor shape the face and he’ll be cute and happy the entire time he grows back out.
Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism
No-kill cat shelter in Pittsboro NC in danger of closing.
They’re in a battle with a RWNJ neighbor and couldn’t do their annual spring fundraisers. The vet bills are piling up, and they are having trouble meeting payroll. They put out an urgent beg for donations on their FB page this morning. As usual, it wouldn’t take much from each person if we could get enough people donating. Any help, financial or publicity, would be appreciated.
Ruviana
My kitteh (aka Momcat, mom of other kittehs in my household) has a skin condition that makes her tend to chew and overgroom. She got a clip on the back end to relieve itching and remove a lot of matts and now goes by the moniker “Poodle-Butt.”
shelley
We’ve been having an unusually cool summer this year. (Late July in New Jersey is usually a hell-hole of heat and humidity.) But my dog will still wake up in the wee hours panting. I tell her ‘if you’re that hot, get out of your fluffy bean-bag bed and stretch out.” She looks at me like ‘lay on the floor? Are you mad?’ And curls back up in her bed.
Mnemosyne
I managed to catch my co-worker’s cold, but I can’t stay home because I’m getting a group of managers ready to go to China and there’s still a shitload to do. Ugh.
satby
@WaterGirl: @MomSense: Thanks guys. Glad to hear there’s been sightings.
Dog On Porch
Indignant? I doubt it. Leastwise my late, great, feral cat– never one to be trifled with– never squawked about being soaked down in cool water on scorching days.
You want to see an indignant dog? Give him a mohawk and a spiked collar.
rikyrah
Bosco should be mad…look at that picture
Bob In Portland
Four Tochka missiles were fired by the Ukies at Saur Moglia where a number of Ukrainian soldiers are trapped in the “Southern Cauldron”. A Tochka missile carries a payload of something like 500 kilos.
None of them hit their targets.
The war goes on.
By the way, has Ukraine revealed the air controller tapes or their radar yet? Has the US released its satellite pictures of the airliner getting shot down? Heck, what’s the hurry?
Does anyone not think that all the accusations against Russia is an orchestrated attempt by the US to demonize Russia and Putin?
Cervantes
@Bob In Portland:
Suppose both sides are engaged in propaganda campaigns … would that surprise you?