mwine122: that’s my fantasy dog breed.
mwine122: http://www.maursett.co.uk/pups.jpg
bullmurph: oh my god those faces
bullmurph: they are like butter in the shape of dogs
mwine122: YES! that’s exactly it
mwine122: they’re clumber spaniels.
bullmurph: what are they awake, like 3 minutes of each day?
mwine122: I’ve wanted one forever– but they’re pricey… and, you know,… spending a lot of money on a fancy dog…
mwine122: actually, they’re still spaniels, so they’re pretty active.
bullmurph: i love em
mwine122: I met one on the sidewalk in G’town once a few months ago– he was about 7 months old…
mwine122: all mushy and floppy and clumsy … hey kinda barrelled himself into my lap..
mwine122: which I was squatting, so he knocked me over.
mwine122: yeah, butter in dog form– that’s about the most accurate description ever.
bullmurph: love at first bump
mwine122: hey, you know that scene in Moby Dick (oh, I know you do— you love this don’t you?) where they’re squishing lumps of whale fat?
mwine122: those dogs are like that.
bullmurph: ambergris!
mwine122: right— I was gonna say that, but I wasn’t sure I was remembering correctly.
bullmurph: actually, i think blubber is more accurate, but how often can you throw out the word ambergris?
mwine122: well, if you’re into perfume, pretty often.
bullmurph: i guess my straight-street cred is intact, then
mwine122: your average whale makes very little of it, so it’s rare… and very precious. So, now they have a lot of artificial ambergris-like scents that they add to all kinds of perfume.
bullmurph: “I catch the scent of ambergris”
bullmurph: a line from a very obscure Rush song
bullmurph: i have no idea what it smells like….musky, i’d imagine?
mwine122: sweet, kind of dessert-like, really.
mwine122: in case the cuteness gets too much: http://fuckyoupenguin.blogspot.com/
mwine122: oh, my god. there’s a wombat.
mwine122: have I explained my adoration of wombats?
bullmurph: there is no way that panda picture is real. is there?
mwine122: I don’t know– didja get to the wombat? I want to marry the wombat. How is it that insulting cute animals makes them cuter?
bullmurph: i love it. this person is a genius
bullmurph: oh my god hedgehog baby
mwine122: haven’t gotten there yet
mwine122: wait– can’t find it…
bullmurph: keep going
mwine122: oh, god…I’m dying
bullmurph: i am so at one with these animals i just became dr. doolittle
bullmurph: (not the eddie murphy version)
mwine122: see, I think the clumber spaniel puppies totally merit a post on this blog.
bullmurph: i wholeheartedly concur
Question: What do clumber spaniels, pandas and Rush’s third album, Caress of Steel have in common?
Answer: Exactly.
