Comments on: Snickers Is Not A Dog of War

By: nycgadgetgirl

nycgadgetgirl — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:39:16 +0000

Leigh-Ann, you just made me laugh out loud. You have no idea. I almost choked.

Every now and then there is a bum in Times Square with a sign that says “tell me off for $2.” If you are ever here we’ll find him and you can yell at him. That will put everything right.

By: Leigh-Ann

Leigh-Ann — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:32:03 +0000

I’m so unequipped to deal with big city life, even though I spent most of my childhood in Toronto. On one of my first trips to San Francisco a guy stepped out of the shadows near my hotel, stood about three inches away from me, and yelled, “Give me a dollar!” I’ve never recovered…

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:26:29 +0000

Apparently you have trained Snickers well as he doesn’t talk to strangers.

Good response to the guy. Probably get to be a pro in the big cities.

By: nycgadgetgirl

nycgadgetgirl — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:55:17 +0000

David – I have pepper spray at home, but I’ve never felt comfortable carrying it. I think if someone was going to actually try to do me harm, getting peppered would probably just piss them off.

Debbie – I read somewhere that dog years should probably be calculated something like 14 for the first calendar year, 10 for the second, 7 per year for several and then descreasing afterwards. In that case, Snick would be in his mid- to late-twenties, although I find that hard to believe. I definitely would have enjoyed the guy’s confusion if I’d told him Snick wasn’t old enough to enlist though! (PS Did you name that dragon YET?)

By: Debbie G

Debbie G — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:18:30 +0000

Oh, and I can hear *exactly* the tone of voice that you used for this… and, as a result, almost snorted blackberry sage tea onto my laptop when I read it.

And Snick can’t enlist anyway… he’s not 18 yet.

By: treppenwitz

treppenwitz — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:09:43 +0000

OK, so you seem to have handled it quite nicely… but the outcome was ‘satisfactory’ mostly because the crazy guy lost interest in confronting you. I hope you had some pepper spray as ‘additional persuasion’ should it have become necessary.