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 (or even infuriating  ) and often comical comments/questions from those people we meet. Just for giggles, lets use this thread to post some of the strangest comments/questions we've gotten. I'll start. "How did you get your dog that color?"  (Yeah, I know, grey and white aren't usually found in nature.  ) |
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| Nonc is a puppy; the craziest question/comment I've gotten is - Is he a real dog? He looks like a teddy bear! I have also gotten the - Did you dye him to look like a panda? |
| I always get "can they see through all that hair?" and then have to point out how I trim it away from their eyes. |
| The topic of weird/stupid questions about our dogs has come up many times in the past. And every time it does, I can't help but be reminded of the comedian Bill Engvall's routine, "Here's Your Sign". Here's some samples from that bit: - I just hate stupid people. They should have to wear signs that just say I'm stupid. That way you wouldn't rely on them, would you? You wouldn't ask them anything. It would be like, "Excuse me...oops, never mind" "I didn't see your sign." - It's like before my wife and I moved from Texas to California our house was full of boxes and there was a u-Haul truck in our driveway. My friend comes over and says, "Hey, You moving?" "Nope." "We just pack our stuff up once or twice a week. Just to see how many boxes it takes." "Here's your sign." - A couple of months ago I went fishing with a buddy of mine, we pulled his boat into the dock, I lifted up this big 'ol stringer of bass and this idiot on the dock goes, "Hey, yall catch all them fish?" Nope. "Talked 'em into giving up." "Here's your sign." - Last time I was home I was driving around I had a flat tire, I pulled my truck into one of these side-of-the-road gas statioons, the attendant walks out, looks at my truck, looks at me, I swear to GOD he went, "Tire go flat?" I couldn't resist. I said "Nope". "No I was driving around and those other three just SWELLED right up on me." "Here's your sign." - A friend of mine came over to my place from church one day, well cause church was cancelled which I already knew that. Anyway, he was over at my house playing basketball. All of a sudden this guy he knew came walking along the side of the road. He looks over and he says "Why back so early, church got cancelled?" And my buddy said "Nope Jesus was out on lunch break." Here's Your Sign - My sister and one of her friends were talking; and she told him that I was 21, and he goes 'wow...Has he always been older than you?' And she reckoned 'Nope, he just skipped a few years in the middle. Here's your sign' - I got me a nice one, and I hung it on the den wall in my house. My neighbor comes over and he says, "Did you shoot that thing?" I said, "Nope. He ran through the wall and got stuck. Here's your sign." - My grandma just recently passed away. Ninety nine years old. Anyway, I go to the flow'r feller, and get her flow'rs, and a card. And he asks me what this is for. And I tell him my grandma just passed away, ninety nine years old. And he says, "Ooh, ninety nine? How'd she die?" "She wrecked her Harley up there at BikeWeek! Here's your sign!" - The best one I've seen yet happened in Los Angeles, California. I got stuck behind a big rig that wedged his trailer up underneath an overpass and me and the trucker are waiting on the side of the road on the tow truck driver. Well, the highway patrolman pulls up and looks at the guy's rig and he looks at the trucker and I'm thinking, "Oh, Dear God, he can't say it," 'cause I'll start laughing. Sure enough, he goes, "You get your truck stuck?" And God bless this trucker, without missing a beat, he goes: "Nope. I was delivering that overpass and I ran out of gas. Here's your sign." So the next time someone asks us a stupid question about our dogs, just channel Bill Engvall and give 'em a snappy retort.  |
| One of my running jokes is that Benson isn't a real dog, just a guy in a dog suit. I said that to a teenager at the Farmer's market a couple of weeks ago, and she stopped dead in her tracks -- and started looking for the zipper. |
| Mark, I had never heard those "here's you sign" jokes but they are great. |
| Ilene, There's a ton of stuff out there related to this bit. Just type "Bill Engvall Here's Your Sign" (without the quotes) into either Google or YouTube search and you can watch the actual videos. It's even funnier when you see & hear him tell the jokes. We ought to give Bill the questions we get about our dogs and ask him to give us good "Here's Your Sign" responses to them.  |
| Charm has little pigment around her eyes, so the skin is vivid pink and visible. It never fails when working around kids "does she have pink eye"??? |
| I received numerous text messages, phone calls and visits after I messaged this photo to friends to say that I had been forgiven for buying a puppy while my DH was overseas for work or at least he wasn't holding it against the puppy. They all asked is that a real dog or a stuffed toy. Mind you I kinda understood why. Click through for fullsize image:   |
| I always walk my yorkie behind my hubby and Summer when we walk the streets. Mums usually say look at that big dog (Summer is not a big dog she is a small sheepie) they then say look at that tiny one! Fancy having a big dog and a little one......duh! Not even going to mention the "why has she got her hair in a bobble?" |
| Mark, loved hearing Mark Engvall's lines again. Loved him and the other two in the Red Neck Tours. Lordy Mim, That pix is worthy of a poster--it is so wonderful  to Charm.........MO had a "pig eye." |
| A nice man wanted to know if Willow's batteries were in her tusch... His comment was..... """"She CAN"T be REAL!!!"""" |
| We don't get any stupid questions unfortunately as the ones mentioned here are hilarious but quite often we get grown men laughing out loud at Monty's pig tail, what boys can't have their hair tied back? Love the pink eye comment lol |
| Would look sillier on Buster! |
| I don't remember what dh and I were talking about but I said at the end "Here's your sign". I love the comments we get about what kind of dogs are those...its interesting to know that so many people have no idea what kinds of dogs they are looking at. Is that a poodle...Irish wolfhound...St. Bernard...a doodle? What big dogs you have...uh not really. This is the standard. "oh, I thought they were wearing sweaters" What everyone seems to agree on is that they are cute. |
When we got our first OES we were warned to keep her close, "She looks like a bear, someone may shoot her."  When I gave a quizzical look the person responded, "You know, those black and white stuffed bears." Pandas? Not many in Colorado. |
| "How do you tell them apart?" We get that one a lot. Sometimes I just say by the color of their eyes (when the dogs are in long coat and eyes are hidden behind the bangs. Sherman has blue eyes and Sophie has one brown,one blue. Once, I asked if the guy's mother could tell him from his siblings. He said: Of course. I asked: "How?" He looked displeased. But usually I just point out the more obvious difference in size. Sherman has several inches and 30 lbs on Sophie. Their markings are different as well but suggesting that these could be noticed and remembered and recognized just makes people's eyes grow large and then glaze over. |
| Someone asked me yesterday if my dog had sheep in her... really? |
LeslieR wrote: Someone asked me yesterday if my dog had sheep in her... really? Lol I like that one! |
MontyQs wrote: LeslieR wrote: Someone asked me yesterday if my dog had sheep in her... really? Lol I like that one! Me too! It's a newie to me. |
LOL Stella is still a puppy and we have gotten a range of questions from "What is she?" or "Is she real?" (Like dah do you want to clean up the yard after her to find out?) How much does she weigh under all that fur? She's beautiful (mommie here loves that one) and one man stopped his car and said "Please don't eat the Daisies" in reference to the TV show many moons ago that had an OES on it. Again huges smiles from mom. The most rude comment though was from a lady who was petting her while I had her in the shopping cart at the pet supply store who had pushed back the hair over her eyes only to remark that Stella has "albino eyes."  I replied "No, her eyes themselves have pigment, not all of the pigment has developed around them yet." (Whether all of it does or not time will only tell, bottom line she is our baby and that all that matters.) |
| There is nothing wrong with albino eyes, if she has them or keeps them it will make her even more special |
| I took Tilly to a dogs show of all the places and a guy come running and screaming at me," that is the best looking "Schnauzer" I had ever seen" . the worst part is that he was dead serious about it ! |
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