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Nine Legged Race

as a kid I once saw two dogs stuck back to back ~ somehow connected >-< my mum said someone had tied their tails together ~ her tone affected

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Bill Baker

Date: 9/21/2023 5:00:00 PM

LOL right, I'm sure that was it. still laughing. Thanks for sharing, David. Bill

David Kavanagh
Date: 10/2/2023 12:09:00 PM

Thanks Bill, the things that go unexplained in childhood are very scary indeed lol, cheers David

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 9/19/2023 7:52:00 AM

LMAO. I’ve seen it happen once in the dog park, I couldn’t get away fast enough, the humans freaking out too much for me ;),

David Kavanagh
Date: 9/19/2023 4:15:00 PM

Haven’t seen it in a long time Mo, indeed for some reason humans tend to get freaked out by this phenomena, as a kid I was totally perplexed and bemused, cheers David

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 9/10/2023 8:35:00 AM

Hehe..This made me giggle-Smart Mum with a quick answer,smart kid with plenty of questions..I guess,lol.

Charmaine Chircop
Date: 9/10/2023 11:56:00 AM

Lol

David Kavanagh
Date: 9/10/2023 10:53:00 AM

A kid bewildered Charmaine, I simply couldn’t make sense of the grotesque situation, I guess my Mum only bought herself enough time to get me home lol, cheers David

Terry Flood

Date: 9/9/2023 4:49:00 PM

Yeah, and my mum said the kerb was God’s pavement so we shouldn’t walk on it. Amusing write… but I love the title too

David Kavanagh
Date: 9/10/2023 1:53:00 AM

Ha our mums said lots of crazy stuff to get us over the line Terry, some we believed but the word was always to be found on the street, cheers David

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 9/9/2023 3:36:00 AM

Good excuse to avoid explaining things.

David Kavanagh
Date: 9/9/2023 4:51:00 AM

The strange thing is Victor I probably wouldn’t have understood the truth, was way too young for the birds and bees when I first encountered this phenomenon lol, cheers David

Jan Allison

Date: 9/7/2023 2:40:00 PM

ha ha ha - dog gone lol:-)hugs jan xx

David Kavanagh
Date: 9/7/2023 3:01:00 PM

It was so weird looking at them trying to run stuck together, and people chasing after them with buckets of water and sticks, cheers David

Lin Lane

Date: 9/7/2023 2:38:00 PM

A biology lesson unfolding, but one you were yet too young to comprehend. Back to back… ummm

Lin Lane
Date: 9/7/2023 3:00:00 PM

Lol at your Dad's way of not dealing with the question.

David Kavanagh
Date: 9/7/2023 2:56:00 PM

Hadn’t got a clue what was going on Lin, but I definitely knew their tails weren’t tied together, I asked my Dad later when he got home from work, he just told me to shut up! Cheers David

Ilene Bauer

Date: 9/7/2023 1:42:00 PM

ha! your mom was very quick-thinking and clever, david!

David Kavanagh
Date: 9/7/2023 1:58:00 PM

I wanted to believe her I really did Ilene, but when neighbours came out with buckets of water and started throwing it over the hounds, I just knew something else was going on lol, cheers David