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[petesbrew]

So today started with a phonecall telling me my grandparents' dog has died. Their Great Dane. I guess I had better start digging a hole then. So I go around to do that - I look at the dog to work out what size hole I'll need...ok, about 600 wide, 1.5 long and if I dig it 1.2 deep I'll be able to fold his legs down and he'll be covered by about at least 600. I dig the hole, do the bloody awful job of putting him in the hole...and he's as stiff as a board - his toes are pointing out of the top of the hole still!

Shit.

Take him back out, and turn him round so you can bury him standing up. That way you only have to dig 4 small holes for his feet.
Oh, and please pass on my sincere condolences, Bum.

 

[Katherine]

Take him back out, and turn him round so you can bury him standing up. That way you only have to dig 4 small holes for his feet.
Oh, and please pass on my sincere condolences, Bum.

thats a good idea... sorry it made me giggle... sorry Bum..

 

[bum]

Nah, no need for apologies. I got a chortle out of it too.

But I'm not at all happy with the small amount of flex I did manage to get out of his legs so I'm going to have to go around tomorrow and dig him up a bit when he should be a bit more pliable. Shit will be grim (as will explaining to my grandfather why I'm digging his dog up). Spent the afternoon with them and they're a mess and their other Great Dane (same litter) isn't looking too well...I hope she gets through until at least the middle of next year.

 

[earle]

What about a lovely memorial cairn of rocks?

 

[Pollux]

Jesus, I'm not sure if my thoughts show a person who grew up on a farm and has become desensitised to death, or just pure evil......I'd just chop the legs off.......That said, I grew up in an environment where if an animal died it was taken to the nearest woodheap and given a cremation...

 

[bum]

I'm happy to admit that I'm a bit sensitive with this stuff but I reckon that's a bit harsh for a pet.

 

[schooey]

Can't have been much of a farm if you didn't have a dozer or a backhoe or at least a post hole digger to make the necessary return to earth...

You're a good Grandson, bum, I hope your grandparents get some respite from their loss soon.

 

[Fourstar]

i so would have coughed up for the cremation costs. at least then you dont have to deal with the sub-par burial hole and the imminent explosion as micro-organisims begin their natural process of decomposition. just hope the weather stays cool over the next week or so.

 

[Pollux]

schooey, why dig a hole when you can make fire???

 

[bum]

i so would have coughed up for the cremation costs. at least then you dont have to deal with the sub-par burial hole and the imminent explosion as micro-organisims begin their natural process of decomposition. just hope the weather stays cool over the next week or so.

I'll have you know the hole was excellent it is the dog that was sub-par.

The bulk of the dog is 1m deep. I don't think that any unlikely explosions or high temps are going to be much of an issue.

 

[bum]

Oh, holy shit! I totally forgot to tell you dudes something else that happened today! Are you guys ready? Cool.

I went with my cousin to pick up a ute-tub trailer he bought on eBay. Late in the transaction he mentions to the old German bloke he bought it from that he intends to use it to transport his dogs in. So the bloke looks at the exhaust position on my cousin's car and takes him to the side window on the ute-tub canopy and say "Make sure you keep this closed or your exhaust will kill your dogs. Like the Jews in the camps."

I had to play the comment back in my head to make sure that was what he actually said.

 

[schooey]

Pollux; Why waste good fire if you can dig a hole?

 

[Fourstar]

Pollux; Why waste good fire if you can dig a hole?

Like the Jews in the camps.

Ohhhhh! So thats what was coming from those smoke stacks!

 

[schooey]

:blink: eh?

methinks you've been smoking too many stacks, young foreskin...

 

[Fourstar]

eh?
methinks you've been smoking too many stacks, young foreskin...

see it. nope, its not clothes they are burning.

not that you need to watch a hollywood blockbuster to learn about the holocaust.

 

[petesbrew]

Nah, no need for apologies. I got a chortle out of it too.

But I'm not at all happy with the small amount of flex I did manage to get out of his legs so I'm going to have to go around tomorrow and dig him up a bit when he should be a bit more pliable. Shit will be grim (as will explaining to my grandfather why I'm digging his dog up). Spent the afternoon with them and they're a mess and their other Great Dane (same litter) isn't looking too well...I hope she gets through until at least the middle of next year.

Sorry Bum, the black humour was just too good to believe it to be true.
Good luck with the second burial. Maybe even plant a small tree or shrub over the great dane? Awesome dogs.

The front yard of my parent's place is also a resting place for a cat, 2 birds, 2 rabbits, a guinea pig, and a spot's reserved for a very old Cattle Dog X.

 

[bum]

Sorry Bum, the black humour was just too good to believe it to be true.

Nah, I say I'm sensitive about it but I mean the body disposal stuff. The joke was pretty funny. I also like the way earle thinks - lazy and respectful, I think it could work.

Fixed his legs up this morning and while it was no fun at all it went about as well as can be expected and everything is at least 500 deep now so I'm happier about it all.

 

[argon]

Just got called into a small room at work and had my annual salary reduced by 5K.
That, with an 18month old boy, a second on the way, and on a single income = super duper :angry:

 

[earle]

Sounds like they're very focussed on motivating their employees.
Merry f'ing christmas.

 

[argon]

Sounds like they're very focussed on motivating their employees.
Merry f'ing christmas.

Yeah not totally unexpected... construction industry gets tough around Christmas. Not much coming in at the moment. Still it's a bit of a kick in the teeth.