Comments on: I have to buy WHAT? http://www.astraean.com/borderwars/2008/02/i-have-to-buy-what.html A Border Collie Manifesto Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:21:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.astraean.com/borderwars/2008/02/i-have-to-buy-what.html#comment-3276 Anonymous Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:51:00 +0000 http://astraean.com/borderwars/2008/02/i-have-to-buy-what.html#comment-3276 Loved the dog stories, but I'm shocked that while you were in college, all you "Italian" speakers were eating junk food.<br/><br/>Gosh, the benefit of my French club in college was that we ate real food in ordinary time and fine French food for holidays.<br/><br/>Dorene Loved the dog stories, but I’m shocked that while you were in college, all you “Italian” speakers were eating junk food.

Gosh, the benefit of my French club in college was that we ate real food in ordinary time and fine French food for holidays.

Dorene

]]> By: Johann The Dog http://www.astraean.com/borderwars/2008/02/i-have-to-buy-what.html#comment-3275 Johann The Dog Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:52:00 +0000 http://astraean.com/borderwars/2008/02/i-have-to-buy-what.html#comment-3275 Thanks for the great giggles this morning, Chris! <br/><br/>Glad the lube I needed the other day came in my first aid kit, that would just be too much fur me!<br/><br/>We go through lots for our pups, don't we? And we'd do it, over, and over, and over again! :) Thanks for the great giggles this morning, Chris!

Glad the lube I needed the other day came in my first aid kit, that would just be too much fur me!

We go through lots for our pups, don’t we? And we’d do it, over, and over, and over again! :)

]]> By: Cardimom http://www.astraean.com/borderwars/2008/02/i-have-to-buy-what.html#comment-3274 Cardimom Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:54:00 +0000 http://astraean.com/borderwars/2008/02/i-have-to-buy-what.html#comment-3274 I don't have any comparable dog related stories off the top of my head, but this reminds me of a yearly gag in college. I taught biology labs through my last years and the biology lab for non majors included sex ed, with all the assorted 'show and tell' (why they thought people majoring in biology DIDN'T need sex ed escapes me). So once a year the lab coordinator and I would go to Walmart in this small, college town and FILL a shopping cart with condoms (male and female) and just about every other reproductive related product sold at Walmart. The looks we got at check out were priceless! I don’t have any comparable dog related stories off the top of my head, but this reminds me of a yearly gag in college. I taught biology labs through my last years and the biology lab for non majors included sex ed, with all the assorted ‘show and tell’ (why they thought people majoring in biology DIDN’T need sex ed escapes me). So once a year the lab coordinator and I would go to Walmart in this small, college town and FILL a shopping cart with condoms (male and female) and just about every other reproductive related product sold at Walmart. The looks we got at check out were priceless!

]]> By: Nightmare http://www.astraean.com/borderwars/2008/02/i-have-to-buy-what.html#comment-3273 Nightmare Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:54:00 +0000 http://astraean.com/borderwars/2008/02/i-have-to-buy-what.html#comment-3273 NEVER EXPLAIN DOG STUFF TO THE NON-DOGGY. JUST DON'T.<br/><br/>"That's an awful lot of chicken quarters, you havin' a bar-b-q?"<br/><br/>"Yes."<br/><br/>"What do y'all do with turkey necks?"<br/><br/>"We make soup."<br/><br/>"You gonna eat alla this liver?"<br/><br/>"I'm anemic."<br/><br/>Just for future reference, in practically every store, the lube will be next to the condoms ;) Usually somewhere near the maxi pads. And I keep them in my first aid kit; the ones with the stay dry surface work great for stopping bleeding. NEVER EXPLAIN DOG STUFF TO THE NON-DOGGY. JUST DON’T.

“That’s an awful lot of chicken quarters, you havin’ a bar-b-q?”

“Yes.”

“What do y’all do with turkey necks?”

“We make soup.”

“You gonna eat alla this liver?”

“I’m anemic.”

Just for future reference, in practically every store, the lube will be next to the condoms ;) Usually somewhere near the maxi pads. And I keep them in my first aid kit; the ones with the stay dry surface work great for stopping bleeding.

]]> By: Susan Fox http://www.astraean.com/borderwars/2008/02/i-have-to-buy-what.html#comment-3272 Susan Fox Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:42:00 +0000 http://astraean.com/borderwars/2008/02/i-have-to-buy-what.html#comment-3272 I was fine until I hit "the chocolate syrup". Nearby cat should be glad I didn't have any liquids in my mouth. Great post! Congrats on the puppies! I was fine until I hit “the chocolate syrup”. Nearby cat should be glad I didn’t have any liquids in my mouth. Great post! Congrats on the puppies!

]]> By: Christopher http://www.astraean.com/borderwars/2008/02/i-have-to-buy-what.html#comment-3271 Christopher Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:40:00 +0000 http://astraean.com/borderwars/2008/02/i-have-to-buy-what.html#comment-3271 HAHAHAH YES! Since I wrote this, the puppies were born and RiteAid had a half off sale on their adult sized "pee pads" which are thicker, more absorbent, and fit the whelping box much better than trying to use the ones designed for a single puppy.<br/><br/>So yes, I had several another moments with a shopping cart filled with human incontinence pads, since I went to every RiteAid in a 10 mile radius, took their entire quantity and got rain checks at every store. <br/><br/>I'm sure at the next local managers meeting they'll all be talking about that kid in his twenties who bought two cart loads full of pee pads and wanted a rain check for more!<br/><br/>"He said he had a litter of puppies at home, but come on, that's what they ALL say." HAHAHAH YES! Since I wrote this, the puppies were born and RiteAid had a half off sale on their adult sized “pee pads” which are thicker, more absorbent, and fit the whelping box much better than trying to use the ones designed for a single puppy.

So yes, I had several another moments with a shopping cart filled with human incontinence pads, since I went to every RiteAid in a 10 mile radius, took their entire quantity and got rain checks at every store.

I’m sure at the next local managers meeting they’ll all be talking about that kid in his twenties who bought two cart loads full of pee pads and wanted a rain check for more!

“He said he had a litter of puppies at home, but come on, that’s what they ALL say.”

]]> By: Katie http://www.astraean.com/borderwars/2008/02/i-have-to-buy-what.html#comment-3270 Katie Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:17:00 +0000 http://astraean.com/borderwars/2008/02/i-have-to-buy-what.html#comment-3270 I'm buying "bladder control pads" for my old dog. They're for the dog! I swear it! I’m buying “bladder control pads” for my old dog. They’re for the dog! I swear it!

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