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You know your pets really want to get married, right?
Chicago Tribune ^ | June 18, 2008 | John Kass

Posted on 06/18/2008 7:34:08 PM PDT by MoochPooch

My brother has selected a puppy for his family's pet—a Parson Russell terrier pup he'll call Wrigley (he's a Cubs fan)—but even before all the kids play with it I'm wondering how I'll feel the day Wrigley gets married.

Will the "bride" wear white? Will I begin to cry, like a big fat baby?

When the "reverend" performing the pet marriage says, "By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you dog and . . ."—is that when Satan pops out of the wedding cake and takes us all straight to hell?

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: dogs; puppylove
Another sign of the overfeminization of our society.
1 posted on 06/18/2008 7:35:04 PM PDT by MoochPooch
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"It varies," said famed pet counselor-wedding consultant Shirley Scott, from Walla Walla, Wash. "It could be between $500 to $1,500. But that's just an estimate."

Never have I felt more like a sucker for working at an actual job.

I'm always on the lookout for another sign of the Apocalypse. The last one involved reports of Americans craving $400 per pound gourmet coffee beans from the behind of a cat. Now dog unions are considered blessed events.

LMAO!! I love John Kass.

2 posted on 06/18/2008 7:40:14 PM PDT by retrokitten (Kenny, face it, girls don't wanna eat pop-tarts for dinner every night when they get married!)
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At least the dogs are marrying other dogs.

Is this next?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2032122/posts


3 posted on 06/18/2008 7:42:57 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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I'm OK with so long as Massachusetts and California don't let the owner marry the dog.
4 posted on 06/18/2008 7:42:57 PM PDT by chaos_5 (Proud to be one of the 10% not rallying around McCain)
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Oops! You beat me to it.


5 posted on 06/18/2008 7:43:53 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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True. Wasn’t there a story a while ago about a British woman who married her dog? Ceremony and everything?


6 posted on 06/18/2008 7:45:41 PM PDT by retrokitten (Kenny, face it, girls don't wanna eat pop-tarts for dinner every night when they get married!)
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A crackpot Jewish lady gave her dog a bar mitzvah (13th birthday celebration). Called it a “bark mitzvah.”

I kid you not.

(BTW, I’m Jewish, so I can call a spade a spade without impunity.)

Interestingly, so many of these owners are women (I’m female, too). Again, proves my point — the overfeminization of society. Or just a lot of crazy ladies who need a leash more than their pooches.


7 posted on 06/18/2008 7:49:10 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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Did she have a circumcision party for the dog too?


8 posted on 06/18/2008 7:50:58 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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Or just a lot of crazy ladies who need a leash more than their pooches.

LOL!!

9 posted on 06/18/2008 7:55:50 PM PDT by retrokitten (Kenny, face it, girls don't wanna eat pop-tarts for dinner every night when they get married!)
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LOL!


10 posted on 06/18/2008 8:00:01 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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If the world doesn’t end when the pastor joins “Bob and Cow” together, it ain’t gonna happen for two dogs.


11 posted on 06/18/2008 8:21:24 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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I think you mean “WITH impugnity.”


12 posted on 06/18/2008 8:22:27 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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Thanks.

Sorry. It’s late at night, folks. My editing skills are plummeting.


13 posted on 06/18/2008 9:37:32 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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Well, heck, a woman already married a dolphin.


14 posted on 06/19/2008 6:30:23 AM PDT by Vesuvian ((insert something witty here))
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"A crackpot Jewish lady gave her dog a bar mitzvah (13th birthday celebration). Called it a “bark mitzvah.”

Did she have a dog Bris-cuit when it was a puppy?

15 posted on 06/19/2008 6:33:35 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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That’s what kids are for... they’ll find a white doll dress or something and officiate the doggy wedding ceremony themselves.


16 posted on 06/19/2008 8:10:10 AM PDT by Hyzenthlay (I aim to misbehave.)
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Most of us, when we were kids did all sorts of cutesy things.

Most of us.

My guess is these kind of people never grew up. They’re still relating to their pets in a childish way.


17 posted on 06/19/2008 9:52:12 AM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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