wide eyed and legless
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My youngest daughter who only started school this year came home and asked me why dogs sniffed each others bum, now last year she spent almost the whole time with me in the garden or fishing and Dad was King, whatever Dad said was true even the story of the passage monster both girls used to believe, our house is old with 13 foot ceilings and a long dark passage from the kitchen to the bedrooms and lounge room and when the girls had to go from one end of the house to the other it was always at full pelt.
Anyway I told her that the reason dogs smell each others bum (and it is what my father told me and his father told him) is because many years ago before there were men the dogs were a lot different, they were clever, read newspapers and smoked pipes, but most of all they loved to dance and it was decided that they would build a huge ballroom with crystal chandeliers so all the dogs could attend a huge ball. When the ballroom was finished invitations went out and all the dogs attended,as they did so they hung their tails on coat pegs, about half way through the night the ballroom caught fire and the dogs ran for the exit grabbing any tail on the way out, they all ended up with the wrong tail so from that day to this the dogs go around sniffing each others bums to see if they can find their own tail.
My daughters response,"Yeah, right". How quickly things change, just last year she hung on to everything I told her, I suppose it is just part of growing up so in a way she's not my little girl anymore.
By the way has anyone else heard this story, I would be interested to know as my father says that his father, who was Irish had a story for everything.
Anyway I told her that the reason dogs smell each others bum (and it is what my father told me and his father told him) is because many years ago before there were men the dogs were a lot different, they were clever, read newspapers and smoked pipes, but most of all they loved to dance and it was decided that they would build a huge ballroom with crystal chandeliers so all the dogs could attend a huge ball. When the ballroom was finished invitations went out and all the dogs attended,as they did so they hung their tails on coat pegs, about half way through the night the ballroom caught fire and the dogs ran for the exit grabbing any tail on the way out, they all ended up with the wrong tail so from that day to this the dogs go around sniffing each others bums to see if they can find their own tail.
My daughters response,"Yeah, right". How quickly things change, just last year she hung on to everything I told her, I suppose it is just part of growing up so in a way she's not my little girl anymore.
By the way has anyone else heard this story, I would be interested to know as my father says that his father, who was Irish had a story for everything.
"no it isn't Uncle Liam, you're just tricking!" Takes one to know one though, she's a little schemer, makes shit up all the time to manipulate people into doing what she wants.
