Can I borrow your gun for a minute, Sky?  The neighbour's dog has been barking MONOTONOUSLY for the past three hours, and I'm just about to go beserk.  

In the old days on the farm, my dad would fire his double-barrelled shotgun into the air and shout "Sit down, you bastards!"
And the dogs did, usually by cowering in their kennels. They knew that when dad aimed his gun at anything running past and shot, that thing would stop running and drop.  Or in the case of birds, explode in a puff of feathers.

I wish the neighbour would take his damn dog for a walk, but he bought this big dog, housed it in his tiny yard, and leaves it there.  And the damn thing is going as Troppo as everybody else in this street who hears it.  

Alison

This post was last modified: 02-17-2012 12:22 PM by Alison.