I'm thinking that maybe these little guys

will be the ones to finally push 'pit bulls' out of the news.

In fire-embattled California, a woman was trapped in her house while angry bees stung the life out of her 15-year-old dog and injured her other two dogs.  She did nothing to save them.  Here's her rather bizarre comment on the incident:

"God was looking out for me that day," Linda said, "because I called four different exterminators and none of them could come out for four or five hours and I was trapped in my house watching my animals die."

So, which of the multitude of available gods do you worship, Linda?  Loki?

I can't help but wonder if locusts are in short supply this year.

In other news, 12 million flying tactical assault weapons bees escaped from a truck in New Brunswick.  The Toronto Sun has this as a breaking front page story on their website.

Keep 'em coming, boys.

To learn more about bees, visit the University of Maine's Info page.

Photo Courtesy of The Daily Rumour

TORONTO - Caveat News (CVT) has received an anonymous tip from a group claiming responsibility for an unprecedented guerrilla action that sent shock waves through the GTA.

A giant inflatable bulldawg was standing on the roof of the provincial Legislature early this morning, the last day of House business before the Easter long weekend, which is a week after March Break, which was a few weeks after a controversial day off in February legislated in order to give Ontarians a much-needed holiday in winter.

A shadowy group of resistance fighters, calling themselves the Bulldawg International Freedom Front (BIFF), says it was behind the stunt, which has launched a massive dragnet operation.  They seek them here, they seek them there, they seek those BIFFniks everywhere.

When we picked up the phone early today, this is what we heard.

"Up Your Keister for Easter, Ontario! The Easter Bulldawg brought you all a nice surprise!"  Maniacal laughter and snorting ensued, followed by this chilling message:  "Stop picking on bulldawgs now!  Free bulldawg owners!  Get with the program, dingbats, or BIFF will put one of these babies on every major landmark in Toronto.  We have the will, we have the expertise and we have the equipment to repeat this action.  We will stop at nothing to get our message out.  We demand - uh oh, gotta run, here come da Judge..."  The caller hung up.

The Daily Rumour's investigative team, also known as Glen, tracked down an  eyewitness who made the following statement:

"A helicopter dropped the inflatable bulldawg on the roof at about 4:00 am and then flew away in a northerly direction.  It was a pretty slick operation, these people knew exactly what they were doing.  What's next?  Wiener Dogs?  This is some scary stuff." 

At a press conference earlier today, a police spokesman announced that "All helicopter pilots and BIFF sympathizers in the GTA will be rounded up for questioning and will have to stay late until somebody spills the beans.  We don't care if it's your birthday, if you are getting married or if you just want to chill on the couch this weekend.  Fess up or bring your blankies because we're all going to be here until we get to the bottom of this outrageous action."

The former Attorney General for Ontario, who was responsible for bringing in an unconstitutional law outlawing the ownership of short-haired, medium-sized dogs, could not be reached as he was apparently standing in front of a Tim Horton's somewhere making another amateur film.  Since our research shows that the majority of Ontarians now feel the legislation was misguided and unfair, we asked the current AG, who inherited the mess, whether he thought public opinion was turning against the government over the bulldawg issue.  He declined to answer, saying only that without doing some quick polling using loaded questions, he couldn't adequately respond.

A Ministry spokeswoman released a statement just before we went to press.

"If nobody comes forward to face the consequences for this heinous stunt, we'll be punishing all helicopter pilots and bulldawg lovers in Ontario.  We'll go from house to house if we have to in a search for the guilty.  We'll be picking up licensed pilots as well as dog owners who have a physical appearance which is substantially similar to that of BIFF operatives, as soon as we get some photos to use for comparison."

"These kinds of shenanigans will not be tolerated in Ontario.  This is no laughing matter.  Jokers like BIFF and other inherently humourous groups are on notice that Ontario is no place for fun and games.  Citizens have told us, and told us loud and clear, that sight gags and mockery of the government must end.  The sooner these rapscallions realize that this province is all about not sharing their little jokes with the rest of us, and that the consequences for mirth will be swift and severe, the better off all Ontarians, including yours truly, will be."

Updates will be posted as they become available.

Uh oh.

Are they ticking?

In other news, a radio personality was bitten by a 'dog'.  How novel, no attempt at identifying the 'breed'.

Heh heh heh.  What a great comic.  Go on, take the plunge, I'm pretty sure you'll like it, starting from March 3 and working forward.

Over the Hedge

I found out about it at this nifty blog, UnderDogged.  I think you'll like that, too.

Click to visit XKCD

via Pharyngula

Doodley doo...I wonder where I can buy a Wiener Dog t-shirt?

I really want one.

Hey, these guys make 'em. 

Sweet.

h/t Bun

Bull dogs are such interesting fellows.

I was snooping through old news articles last night (using Google news) and came across a fascinating account of a visit to a dog fancier's cellar in New York City in 1900.  The more things change, the more they stay the same.

On that note, here's a letter to the Editor circa 1906 in defense of bull dogs, obviously in response to a column the paper had run on the subject.  You'll have to scroll down a bit past the title referring to another item.

In this item from 1912, a fancier laments the erosion of the bull dog's character and physique, describing it as 'effeminizing'.

Westminster's show at Madison Square Gardens in 1893 promised to be 'unprecedentedly attractive' with 1,319 dogs entered.

Finally, a heroic bull dog named Teddy saved Pittsburgh's  Knickerbocker Hotel from being blown up by a Black Hand operative in 1908.

Go sniff around!  There's an incredible treasury of interesting information available in archived newspaper articles - it's a guaranteed good time!

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The picture is of a bull dog in 1880.  I borrowed it from here.

My daughter sent this to me this morning, said it reminded her of someone:

Now, who wants to do one for doggys?

To watch a well-done video?

If you answered "Yes", then drop over to Sadly, No!

This breeder's site has a great collection of old ads featuring Boxers.  It's worth checking out if you're into that kind of thing.  It's always interesting to see how breeds have changed over the years.

Then there are ads like this one that take me back.  Or maybe this one is better.

There was a request for comic relief...your wish is my command...

Looks as though somebody watched one too many episodes of The Sopranos - or was it The Libranos?

(Snapped on my TV during Question Period today...the red is more crimson than it seems in these pix)