Dog saves owner, dies trying to save cat

Associated Press ^ | 10/17/06

[Salamander]

Y'all know, of course, that the "cat people" will be along shortly and a great cyber-conflagration will commence.....:)

[xJones]

Your #14 is beautiful, except that I hate to get tears in my eyes this early in the morning.:)

[Mr. Brightside]

Did you see the movie Joe Dirt?

A man (played by Joe Don Baker) got his foot stuck in the RR tracks. He sent his dog home to get help.

The faithful dog started for home, running like lightning to save his owner...

... until the canine saw this beautiful Golden Retriever. Next thing you know, the pup has completely forgotten his owner and is humping the dog like crazy.

In the next scene, Joe Don Baker has a prosthetic leg.

[Old_Mil]

Y'all know, of course, that the "cat people" will be along shortly and a great cyber-conflagration will commence.....:)

Only if there are cat people who are shameless enough to admit to their perversion in public.

[the OlLine Rebel]

LOL, that would be the truth of most dogs, despite all the sentiment here. Dogs like all beings are basically selfish unless disciplined. And even then it depends on the basic personality - which varies.

[Churchillspirit]

This whole story seems very doubtful to me.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I'm not a "cat person", I'm an "animal person". I love cats as I do dogs.

Frankly, I get sick of the "evil cat" nonsense!

If anything, this is a story of "stupid cat"!

[the OlLine Rebel]

No, dogs tend to be the liberals - they not only demand but actually need someone to care for them!

Cats are independent - which meshes better with conservatism. ;-)

[presidio9]

[Salamander]

Then you'll really get choked up over this.

At the foot of a man's grave in a local cemetery lies "Rollo".

Supposedly, the dog laid in that spot until his own death and somebody had the sculpture made to honor him.

The man has been dead well over a century and is presumably forgotten by the living yet people still bring Rollo flowers.

I can't look at it without crying.

[Salamander]

Remind me to hide behind you when they come.

You are very, *very* brave.....;D

[the OlLine Rebel]

Rose Hill Cem. in Hagerstown!

Saw that when we had a cemetery tour during my gravesite group's "annual meeting".

Very touching.

[Salamander]

"they not only demand but actually need someone to care for them!"

Ha.
Get a pack of Ibizan Hounds.
You'll never feel more 'unnecessary' in your life.
The only reason they "depend" on me to feed them is because I won't let them out to run down prey for themselves...;D

[Salamander]

That was a disturbing movie.
[but then, *any* movie with McDowell is usually disturbing]...;D

[presidio9]

I saw "Cat People" at way too early an age. My town had just gotten cable, and my parents did not yet know they had to monitor HBO. The image of McDowell's (I think) arm getting ripped off by the panther stayed with me for a long time. It was extremely graphically done.

[Salamander]

You got it....:)

I go there at different times of the year to capture the magnificent statuary as the seasons, lighting and mood change.

[Impending thunderstorms are great].....:))

Would you, by chance, know of any other cemeteries with similar large statuary?

[as in *not* the usual run-of-the-mill flat tombstones]

[Salamander]

Even at 21, I saw it "too young". too.....;-D

The underlying current of incestuous psycho-sexuality [pun intended...LOL] was as subliminally horrible as the gore.

[presidio9]

I guess, those themes were there, but I was only twelve or thirteen at the time, and the fact that Nastassia Kinski was probably the first woman I ever saw nekkid left a bigger impression on me. I didn't pay a lot of attention to the plot.

[Salamander]

Ah-ha.
If you'd said you were a teenaged guy back then, I wouldn't have bothered with plot analysis....LOL!


[it's amazing how Klaus Kinski could somehow be involved in producing somebody pretty as Nastassia, isn't it?]

[presidio9]

BTW, if I saw that movie today, I probably still wouldn't bother with plot analysis. I'd just fast-forward to the good parts.