When visiting Pismo Beach, be sure to visit Mt. Ruffmore, a monument to America’s great dog leaders: George Washingbone, the father of our country and four litters of puppies; Thomas Wooferson, author of the Declaration of Dependency; Theodore Nosevelt, who barked softly and fetched a very big stick; and Abraham Sausage Lincoln, who freed the shelter dogs.
I can’t get over the grandeur of it, muppet2171.
Assuming they go left-right, I want Theodore Nosevelt, please.
Abraham Sausage Lincoln!!! Mike, you astound.
Uhhmm Mike…Abe has no middle name apparently. But sausage is the greatest fill in ever!!
I think he was running with the “sausage link” concept.
Yes. Got it. Clever!
Hovertext ????
But seriously, how did they get the pups to not only burry them up to their necks but stand still long enough to take the photo?
Right?! I’m dying over here..
If they’re really “standing on an obnoxious dog with fake orange fur”, they would have gladly stood still for as long as necessary.
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Heck, I’d stand still as long as necessary on top of said obnoxious dog. And I have trouble standing.
So much more I’d like to say.
Long time no comment Birdcage; good to see you! Does anybody else go to ‘Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence’ whenever you see people buried in sand? I know, I know, grim but it has stuck with me.
Oh, crap, FKAWALDENPOND, I’m not getting the reference. WAH! I’m so ill-read.
LOVE the doggies, tho’ I’m not sure I could bury them like that – I know they’re fine but all that sand in their fur. What a job to get THAT out, even after taking a dip – more work for mother. But, Mike, you’ve done it yet again – hysterically funny!!!! And just that bubble off plumb that makes your commentary so unpredictable.
In the movie, David Bowie’s characters fate had this result. (Yes, grim)
Movie. And the movie was??????? I rarely see movies, I’m afraid. ?
Oh, that is the movie, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence. 🙂 Here, you may recognize the music. https://youtu.be/LGs_vGt0MY8
I am so out of the loop where popular culture is concerned, but I very much appreciate your patience. I have the added quirk that I have no ability to remember instrumental music – it goes through one ear and out the other. I’m a singer, for heaven’s sake, but I only remember tunes if they have words connected to them. And most of what I sing is from about 1860 to 1940/5 – that’s where I live.?So I imagine I’ll have to ask again when something is outside my realm!
Aw, thanks for noticing me (or my absence of late, or, rather, my lack of commenting) – feels like I’m coming out of the other side of a sort of family “valley of darkness”. I’ve been here, smiling at the qte, but not feeling witty enough to comment. Mind elsewhere, tired, weighted down by a hippo-sized to-do list. Coming back into myself now, tho. (Can I also say: weight goes on a heck of a lot faster than it comes off. A girl has a bag or two of feeling-sorry-for-myself potato chips, maybe a too-tired-to-cook pizza, and VOILA, fiona butt.) . This week I’m kicking my fiona self back into gear with a lot of raw, vegan food and liver-cleansing tea.
Keep on, keeping on Birdcage; family landmarks are big stuff. I know it sounds trite but please get out and go for a walk. I know when I am full of blues and anxiety I just want to stay in and fret. I push myself to take a good sound walk which always clears my angsty stomach and mind. Heck, it may even help with the weight gain- two! in! one! 🙂
Yes, and bring music and earphones. My go-to song list for coping starts with “Get On Your Feet”. Once you’re standing, the next step isn’t so hard. And a bonus to walking: you get away, even briefly, from your troubles.
Speechless.
Wonderfully done, Mike! The Declaration of Dependency–no cat would ever sign that!
Surely Washingbone would be a raccoon.
HAH!
Damn .. I must have fell asleep in class when they were teaching that history lesson
You probably didn’t go to Obedience School.
I flunked Obedience School ?
The hover text kilt me ded! ????
But Washington didn’t have any kids…
That he KNEW about!?
lol…I’m listening to an episode of a podcast (called “Backstory”) about the 4th of July and they mentioned that Washington didn’t have kids
I’m guessing the dogs aren’t actually completely buried up to their necks – they are WAY too calm for that. I’m thinking they are sitting or lying in a really deep hole or trench such that we can’t see the rest of them due to the perspective. Great shot, though!