January 23, 2018

"Stuckie the dog is eternally grasping for freedom that will never come."

Half a century ago, a dog ran up the center of a hollow tree. The tree that killed him preserved his body, and both tree and dog are on display in the Southern Forest World Museum, Newsweek reports.


SCOTT BEAHAN, SHUTTERLY PERFECT PORTRAITURE

Speaking of dead bodies preserved in action and just to balance the beast/human respect for the dead, there's also this in the news today: "Buddhist monk ‘still smiling’ two months after his death."

ADDED: The tree preserved the dead dog, and the dog preserved the dead tree.

23 comments:

Darrell said...

So close to making it.

traditionalguy said...

Mortality. The last enemy.

Ann Althouse said...

It's some kind of metaphor. As seen from 100 years in the future, the dog is Trump and the tree is America or the tree is Trump and the dog is America.

Rusty said...

That monk didn't look like he was smiling.
More like," what the fu.....?"

PackerBronco said...

Ah, I suppose that tree's bark is worse than that dog's bite.

traditionalguy said...

Which somehow reminds me of Vladimir Lenin's mortal remains and Hillary Rodham's monument. Both those Communists left lots of dead bodies behind them.

Anonymous said...

At first glance I thought that was a painting.

Ann Althouse said...

He died doing what he loved.

Ann Althouse said...

"He died doing what he loved."

The old cliché (which I've written about a few times) made me think of what was to me a new joke, but which, as soon I thought of it, I figured has been made many times, and, googling, I can see that it has:

He died doing what he loved: dying.

Or

He died doing what he loved./He loved dying???!!!

Bob Boyd said...

The worst part was when the squirrel he chased into that tree realized the dog was trapped and came back through a knot hole to sit just out of reach and taunt him, then bore him for days describing in lurid detail the choice nuts he had found over the years.

Caligula said...

Yes, Newsweek (what's left of it) is desperate for clicks: running out of money, few readers, pretty much no content worth reading. But now Newsweek seems to have additional problems:

https://nypost.com/2018/01/18/nypd-officers-raid-newsweek-headquarters/

MaxedOutMama said...

It reminds me of the American media and its current Trump obsession/compulsion.

Btw, this video of reporters taking the cognitive screening test and trying to beat Trump's score is rather funny:
https://youtu.be/V3pzQ5fbz-s

Wince said...

Ann Althouse said...
"He died doing what he loved."

Stuckie is a main attraction at Southern Forest World

In the end, Stucky "gave is life for tourism," like King Tut.

He gave his life for tourism.
Now, when I die,
Don't think I'm a nut,
Don't want no fancy funeral,
Just one like ole king Tut. (Doggie Stuck)
He coulda won a Grammy,
Buried in his jammies,
Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia,
Got a condo made of timber,
Doggie Stuck

Freeman Hunt said...

Part of the Giving Children Nightmares exhibit.

Bushman of the Kohlrabi said...

And the dog is still smiling!

Yancey Ward said...

That is nightmarish for anyone who suffers from claustrophobia. Yikes!

walter said...

I remember as a kid getting myself into an almost trapped situation..just an awful feeling. I'd much rather get hit by a bus than go out that way.

exhelodrvr1 said...

Can someone photoshop Hillary's face on it?

n.n said...

Resident evil... one day. Evolution.

Qwerty Smith said...

That is among the saddest things I have seen, ever.

The Godfather said...

I agree with Qwerty.

Dr Weevil said...

An early variant of "He died doing what he loved":
There was an ancient Roman actor and teacher of actors whose tombstone, now in a museum, says "I died thousands of times, but never like this."

Anonymous said...

This is horrible, and I wish you had not called it to my attention.