“We’re not going to make it, are we?” asked Jane as she slid into the passenger seat. “Course we are,” I scolded back, but even I wasn’t really sure. Outside the garage, the beasts were waiting, their gruesome fangs hungry for just a taste of us. We couldn’t hold out here forever. We had to make a break. I checked the gas. Half a tank. If we could find the expressway, we’d be home free. If not…
“Strap in,” I told her. “We’re busting out of here.”
I didn’t realize dogs had to be taught to chase cars! I thought they came by it naturally!
Great exercise idea!
Release the Fox!
And that’s how we exercise dogs down in the South, y’all.
Hee, Hee! That’s great! And that woman has good skills with that little car – I’m amazed it stayed upright, I expected to see a crash and burn.
Dogtona 500.
Win!!
NOICE!!! 😀 😀 😀
First thought: the neighbors must hate this. Second thought: Can you buy a radio-powered Oscar Meyer Wiener Wagon?
http://gizmodo.com/oscar-mayer-now-sells-an-rc-weinermobile-so-you-can-be-1744336069
Allein, you continue to be a marvel, thanks for that, it’s a hoot. Or a hot. Dog.
lol
Will wonders never cease? Man, this is a crazy world.
What will they do when they CATCH the car?
This made me so happy.
I don’t know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t this.
Good luck, Jane and Nameless Driver!
Oh my dog, how beautiful these dogs are, especially the ones with the very light brown pattern.
Today was so seriously bad, a series of disasters, really. 🙁
Ooh EMS that doesn’t sound good. Sending you positive vibes for whatever you’re dealing with! And take this tiny octopus ? for luck!
Thank you, N Fritz 🙂
In the morning I narrowly escaped an accident. The lorry in front of me was delivering huge logs of wood, which were not properly fastened. So a big log fell of the lorry and I had to drive off the road to avoid a crash with it. Thankfully there was enough space for my tiny car along the road but I got very frightened. I was sitting in my car totally shocked, people stopped to check if I was OK. I needed a good 15 minutes to be able to continue driving. I am a beginner driver, absolutely unprepared for such incidents. Then I arrived at work and everything possible went wrong. System breakdown etc. Now I have learnt what SAP really stands for: Schrecke, Angst und Panik 🙂
WOW!!! I’m so glad you weren’t hurt, but being shaken up like that is bad all by itself! And then to have all that other stuff dumped on top of it — I hope things calm down for you real soon.
Thank you, I am OK now, still a bit high on adrenaline, but safely at home. ( it is already evening here)
Ems, so very sorry about your terrible, awful, no-good, very bad day. Those near-miss accidents can be devastating. My 7 cats send calming purrs (and they’re champion purrers).
Thank you, DebG. This was my own great escape.
Not only are you speaking my language (sprechen Sie Deutsch?!) but you’re also living my nightmare. We’ve got lots of lorries here that transport logs and I’m always afraid of what you just described, EMS. I am really happy you were able to react quickly and appropriately, even if you were shaken. How kind of the people who stopped to check on you!
I understand German, I can read newspapers, but unfortunately only my receptive skills are good, productive skills would need a lot more practice. German is my second foreign language and even the first one needs to be improved.
Wow, EMS, how scary–I daresay that would have been nerve-wracking for ANY driver, regardless of experience level! Even those of us who have been doing it for a while don’t have huge logs just fall onto the road right in front of us every day, after all, so I would say to give yourself a nice pat on the back for reacting quickly and well enough that there was no harm done to either you OR your car, apart from the obvious adrenaline surge. (A little “thank you” to your guardian angel might not be a bad idea, either; he/she was obviously working overtime on your behalf, and maybe all the frustrations at work afterward were just because you’d already used up your entire “good luck allowance” for the day! LOL)
Yes, poor Guardian Angel is on her back, fast asleep. 🙂
EMS, so glad you’re Ok! Nobody’s prepared for a scare like that, no matter how long they’ve been driving. You handled it really well.
Thank you, Smartypants. I wish I was a good driver, stress brings out skills I have never had 🙂
Wow, Ems, bless your heart, that was terrifying and I’m so happy you survived unharmed, at least physically – an occurrence like that can trigger a crisis of confidence. Sending calming vibes.
Thank you, Murray. Iam already on purr therapy 🙂
Do you work at SAP or with SAP products?
Asking for a friend…
Sorry to hear about the scary morning drive. I’m glad to hear that you were able to avoid a crash. I often think I need to take some defensive driving classes so that I can deal with scary situations.
with SAP products. What I wrote was misleading, it was meant to be a joke to N. Fritz. It is not SAP I meant to criticise, but how people reacted when things did not work. People kept calling me as if the world had just ended. Iam not their manager and a total IT anti-talent so I kept asking myself : why me? 🙂 Later when the IT guys called me, one of them told me that my coworkers could not even tell exactly what the problem was, no screenshots, no trying to think what could have lead to this issue etc 🙂 This is what I meant by Schrecke, Angst und Panik. 🙂
I like the new meaning of SAP. I’ll have to remember that for the future. I had to look up “Schrecke”, but if I think of it as “shriek” instead, it fits just as well. 🙂
Oh my gosh, Ems, I’m so glad you were able to avoid that log! I’ve always been afraid of driving behind log trucks, and now I know why. Your guardian angel did a heroic job — but so did you!! You have every right to pull over and have a post-panic reaction afterwards — only a crazy person wouldn’t!
Obviously your defensive driving skills are good, though. You may be only a novice driver, but having good reaction responses to dangerous situations is so incredibly important when driving. You done good!!
Thank you, Laura. Somehow I have always been lucky in dangerous situations. When Guardian Angels were distributed, the Great Distributor thought this poor human looks so clumsy, she needs a really good angel, so I got one 🙂
EMS – so thankful you are okay. I was in an extremely minor fender bender about 2 years ago and when the 911 operator asked where I was, I couldn’t give an answer for several minutes. So I understand the state of shock. 🙁
Thank you, Julie. Oh did you get hurt 2 years ago? 🙁
Hi Ems – no, I wasn’t hurt at all. It was just a little bit of damage on the back bumper. But it was a shock ?. Thanks for asking.
Emsthemonster, I’m glad you are here and checking into the cute. Stress relief!
Thank heavens you are ok. Also glad that you had that safety buffer between you and the lorry.
Thank you, Kar.
EMS, I am so glad that you are all right. It does sound like a miserable day, but …
You are here to tell the tale! (And the tail.) So I say Yay for that part.
EMS, so sorry about your bad day. Glad you are home now, safe and sound. Tomorrow will surely be better, especially if you check into cutetropolis!
Adding my best wishes for a calming evening and a wonderfully boring (in a good way) tomorrow! I’m so glad that you are OK!
Thank you, Haha, Ricky’s Mom, Amyliz and Maia.
Today is a lot better already as it is a national holiday in my country 🙂
I can practically hear Jane screaming “Where’s the expressway!? WHERE’S THE EXPRESSWAY!?”
1. That’s a pretty cool rc car
2. That’s a pretty good rc car driver
3. That’s a lot of beagles.
HA HA HA HA!!!
Do us all a favor guys, don’t take these guys to Talladega.