It was early on Friday morning when the call came down from the Captain. Narcotics had just impounded a minivan belonging to the infamous drug lord known only as “El KaBong” and we had just 45 minutes to search for contraband before it had to be back on the street. When seconds count, it’s good to have a partner like Ketchum who thinks on your level and double-checks your work so we don’t miss a thing. We had the vehicle nearly dismantled and found nothing when the sarge yelled down “When you guys are done with the Lamborghini, Cap wants to know if you’d mind giving his minivan a quick vacuuming, thanks.”
Via Twitter.
Oopsy!
Seriously?? They did that?!
I’m assuming. However, this photo came with no backstory, so my assumption could be incorrect.
Just the facts Ma’am.
Holy Moley. I knew a dog that did that to his person’s mini van. The person left the dog in the van in a parking lot during a fireworks show. Dog was evidently not a fan of fireworks. When person returned, the dog had expressed a clear opinion on the upholstery and the rubberized steering wheel and the gas & brake pedals. Van was undriveable.
Serves ’em right! Dog must have been terrified!
Agreed – what a stupid thing to do! I hate it when people leave their dogs in a car under any circumstance. Even at cool temps the heat inside a car gets really high, and the poor animal doesn’t know someone is coming back or not! Cruel.
The dog we had when I was a kid was terrified of thunderstorms. We’d never be stupid enough to purposely leave her alone in a car during fireworks!
(She was very attached to my mom; the only time I remember her sleeping with me was during a thunderstorm when I was the only one home. As soon as my parents got home she deserted me.)
Agreed. The two dogs I grew up with were in absolute agony on fireworks-holidays and during thunderstorms. It was sad to behold. In contrast, nothing like that seems to upset my parrot. Yelling or raised voices inside the house might get a bad reaction from Merlin (thankfully there’s none of that at my house), and he’s no fan of my mobile phone (which he has come to view as a distraction from gazing upon his magnificence) – but fireworks, thunderstorms, power tools from contractors, etc. = no reaction.
Luckily they didn’t do fireworks close enough to our house that they would bother her too much (they did them at the racetrack in town and we could see them over the trees from our porch, but couldn’t really hear them). Nowadays some of the developments nearby do their own smaller displays so it’s good she’s not around for that.
Stars is a ‘fraidy cat; noise, sudden movements, plastic grocery bags (she got one caught around her neck once and freaked out; now you can’t get near her if you’re holding a bag), balloons (we think she can’t tell the difference between a balloon and a bag)…. My parents have a central vacuum system, and the canister is in the garage on the other side of the living room wall, so you can hear it no matter where you’re vacuuming. There’s a thing in the kitchen where you just kick the switch open and it turns on the vacuum and you can sweep stuff into it; my mom turned it on the other night and Stars bolted through the living room, behind the couch, through the kitchen and down the hall. I didn’t see her again for the rest of the evening.
Stripes, on the other hand, will look up if you yell and then go right back to whatever he was doing that got him yelled at. He will also let you vacuum him.
We had a kitty when I was very little who loved being vacuumed, too. Alas, no other cat (or dog) I’ve ever had would let me get near with that awful sucking beast. It’s a shame since it’s THE best way to keep the dust bunnies down.
Unfortunately, Stars is the one who could use a good vacuuming. She sheds a lot more than he does. She looooves to be rolled with the lint roller, though. If she hears you rolling your clothes she’ll come running and whine if you don’t roll her, too.
(She also likes to sit in the middle of the coiled vacuum hose when it gets left on the floor, like she’s killed a giant snake.)
My oldest boycat turns into a toddler when I get on the phone. He would understand Merlin.
Fireworks and thunderstorms don’t seem to affect our rabbits too much (they’re wary, but not freaked) but let me sing TWO NOTES and off they go to hide inside their tube.?
LOL!! El Kabong’s gonna be suspicious.
Ah! I haven’t thought about El Kabong in ages! I used to love Quickdraw and Baba Looey.
I love Quickdraw McGraw but I don’t remember much about it. Especially Baba Looey cause I love that little guy even more!
“But the good news is, we found the source of that rattling noise.” 😀 😀
I know a few K9’s .. (Not this one thou, but I’ll love too)
This is what happens when you get into your job a little too much.
I’m sorry boss, I can’t come in today, my dogs ate my car.
Never underestimate dogged determination!
*golf clap*
Revenge of being left alone. That’ll show ’em!! I do agree about not leaving a dog in a car no matter what the temperature is. I called the cops on a lady last year that left her dog in her car in a parking lot. You can see the police station from that parking lot. I stayed until they came and dealt with the situation. I was hoping they’d give her a ticket but maybe she just got a stern warning. I wanted to break a window and get the little guy out but knew better. She’s the one who needed arresting, not me!! It wasn’t horribly hot but that poor doggie was jumping back and forth from front to back and back again desperately trying to figure a way out.
In some places it wouldn’t be illegal to break the window..
Yes that is right…you sure can break a window to help an animal or child in an emergency.
Please, dear The Other Mike, could you install an extra ‘vote up’ button for your intros to the pictures? (It should allow me to press it mulllltiple times.) Thank you. 🙂
THIS ^^ !