Sunday, January 16, 2005
Marmaduke
is one of my most hated comics. I mean really. Can you imagine living in a neighborhood with a huge dog running loose? Are kids really going to be happy with a dog bigger than them comes bounding up barking and slobbering and slavering all over the yard?I know people look at their own pets as nice a friendly animals who wouldn't hurt a flea - but... The last dog who bit me was a dog "who wouldn't hurt anyone." And of course, "we don't understand why it went after you." And naturally behind one's back they figure you must have been teasing or otherwise bothering the dog. Well, you know? I didn't do crap except walk to our car when the mongrel decided that my thigh looked his lunch.
So don't give me that he won't hurt a flea crap. No matter how much you like it and kiss it and pet it and buy it funny clothes, it is still an animal. And animals don't always act like you'd expect them to. So please keep your dog under control. While it may not attack you (unfortunately) it may well attack me. And even if it doesn't I don't need the aggravation of wondering if the stupid animal is going to decide once again that my thigh makes a nice appetizer.
"It has been estimated that about 4.5 million people (nearly 2% of the U.S. population) are bitten by dogs each year."
2fers: Michigan Dog Bite Center and Real Dog Control
