Althouse: "Possible Stylish Owners: People who shop at Orvis, Dads with Barbour jackets that faintly smell of gunpowder."

२९ मार्च, २०१३

"Possible Stylish Owners: People who shop at Orvis, Dads with Barbour jackets that faintly smell of gunpowder."

"For men who wear hunting jackets for real, actual hunting, and use shooting patches to cushion the blowback from the butt of their Winchester rifles, this is their unironic dog..."

#8 on the list of "Most Stylish Dog Breeds."

Ah, but what kind of style are you talking about?

Note that German Shepherd is not on the list, the "Possible Stylish Owner" that we're talking about 3 posts down is not identified as possibly stylish on this possibly authoritative list.

२९ टिप्पण्या:

aronamos म्हणाले...: Bah. No. 5 is totally wrong. Those dogs aren't dumb; they're just selectively motivated.; २९/३/१३, १२:११ PM
edutcher म्हणाले...: If you're looking to catch a woman's eye, however, get yourself a Yorkie.

You will be deafened by the shrill cacophony of, "Ooohhhh, isn't he sweeeeeet?".; २९/३/१३, १२:१५ PM
YoungHegelian म्हणाले...: ...cushion the blowback?....

I've heard the word "kick". I heard the word "recoil". But I've never heard the word "blowback" used for the recoil of a gun.

Have I missed something here?; २९/३/१३, १२:१९ PM
अनामित म्हणाले...: blowback might be a useful word to describe the action of the loading cycle on an open bolt sub machinegun like an M3, or Sten, but recoil or kick is what they are talking about.

also, Gunpowder = blackpodwer, which is used in less than 1/10th of 1% of guns. Smokeless powders are what is used.

what they are referring to us "powder residue", like they talk about in CSI.; २९/३/१३, १२:२६ PM
Shanna म्हणाले...: A rottie is stylish now? Odd.

Pointers are good looking dogs.

A 'hunting jacket' where I come from is generally mossy oak or bright orange. None of them look stylish.; २९/३/१३, १२:४६ PM
MadisonMan म्हणाले...: Looked for my dog in the stylish list. Not there.

Oh well.; २९/३/१३, १२:५८ PM
Rusty म्हणाले...: A 'hunting jacket' where I come from........

Is a faded Carhart for upland game. Camo is for duck hunting. You spend the good money on waders and play catchup with the outerwear as the money becomes available.
Orvis primarily caters to women.

Best bird dog I ever owned was a German Shorthair.; २९/३/१३, १:०८ PM
Shanna म्हणाले...: I had to look up 'upland game'. It's mostly deer and ducks here. I think you can turkey hunt sometimes...; २९/३/१३, १:१३ PM
अनामित म्हणाले...: Everyone's tiptoeing awkwardly around the fact that no clumbers, rare or otherwise, appear on the list.; २९/३/१३, १:१६ PM
Chuck म्हणाले...: If you are hunting with a "Winchester rifle," you assuredly won't need a German Shorthair Pointer.

Granted that this isn't any sort of rant about gun rights, but it is always funny to see bicoastal social elites stumble over the most basic facts of gun use and hunting. The same people, in many cases, who really are trying to shape national policy on gun laws.

The butchery of the term "blowback" has already been mentioned. "Gunpowder" as well.

Anyway, let's help the poor fashion writer out editorially and suggest that the iconic firearm that she probably wanted to find was something like "Purdey double-barrel" and not "Winchester rifle."; २९/३/१३, १:३७ PM
Tim म्हणाले...: No dog anywhere deserves an owner who buys the dog as a clothing accessory, or to somehow give one some sort of presence they otherwise do not have, or cannot achieve on their own.

That said, any list of good dogs that does not include the Welsh Terrier in the top five is, scientifically and conclusively, a completely failed list.; २९/३/१३, १:४० PM
Lucien म्हणाले...: No really quick etymology for "blowback" popped up on the web. However, one can imagine situations in which poison gas directed at one's enemy might be blown back toward one's own lines. More apt would be the exhaust/propulsion gasses flowing from the rear of a "recoil-less" weapong, or a tube launched weapon like an RPG, bazooka, panzerfaust, etc.
This gets at what I think is the proper meaning for the term, which is reference to an action taken to harm one's enemy, but which also harms (or risks harm to) one's own side. (but is not to be confused with "friendly fire").; २९/३/१३, १:४८ PM
Dust Bunny Queen म्हणाले...: Best bird dog I ever owned was a German Shorthair.

Excellent for upland game. Best upland game dog IMO....Wire Haired Griffon.

For retrieving the best dog by far that we ever hunted with is a Chesapeake Bay Retriever. Very versatile and will retrieve ANYTHING under all circumstances. Very smart and very very bullheaded. Not for the faint of heart.

Never heard the term blowback as applied to hunting. If you are hunting upland game or waterfowl, you aren't using a rifle. /facepalm Shotguns and rifles have recoil.; २९/३/१३, १:५५ PM
Shanna म्हणाले...: I'm vastly amused at the idea of a pointer being 'unironic'.

Too many of the dogs on that list are little bitty. Although I do love Corgi's.; २९/३/१३, १:५५ PM
Dust Bunny Queen म्हणाले...: @ Shanna

If we ever do get another dog, which is unlikely, a Corgi is tops on our list too.; २९/३/१३, १:५९ PM
Sam L. म्हणाले...: As my daughter once said, those dogs are "too style".

Clothing and accessories may be, too.; २९/३/१३, २:१६ PM
Shanna म्हणाले...: This is the kind of style you can apparently get at
orvis.; २९/३/१३, २:२४ PM
galdosiana म्हणाले...: Not surprisingly, 7 out of the 10 in this list are small breeds. Although I do like small breeds (and grew up with them), I agree with Tim's comment about people using these dogs as "accessories". It is incredibly irritating to see the number of ill-behaved small breed dogs--often the direct result of the "fashionable" attitude their owners take toward these dogs, which are treated more like purses and dolls than pets. My GSD is one of the best-behaved dogs I've known, and she is in an agility class with a tiny little Maltese mix that wears sundresses and raincoats to class, and then proceeds to lunge, growl and nip at anything that comes close to her.; २९/३/१३, २:३९ PM
Rusty म्हणाले...: Orvis has crappy fly rods.
Good flies though.
I know some of the tiers.; २९/३/१३, ३:०३ PM
Sigivald म्हणाले...: "Blowback"?

Actual gun types will just be baffled by that, as Drill SGT said.

These guys are posturing.

(Though contra Drill SGT, pretty much everyone I know uses "gunpowder" to mean "whatever powder they're using", and indeed is more likely to specify black powder than smokeless, as it's been standard this past 100-odd years.); २९/३/१३, ३:०४ PM
Astro म्हणाले...: It's funny seeing the description for No.5. They're cattle-driving dogs, very quick witted and can anticipate very well. Bred for temperament and for negotiating the rough grazing fields in Wales. The Hobbit of dogs.; २९/३/१३, ३:३७ PM
Michelle Dulak Thomson म्हणाले...: Not nice to put Corgis on the list. I say this entirely because I like Corgis. Also, basset hounds and border collies, which have thus far managed to escape being "stylish."; २९/३/१३, ४:१८ PM
Michelle Dulak Thomson म्हणाले...: galdosiana,

It is incredibly irritating to see the number of ill-behaved small breed dogs--often the direct result of the "fashionable" attitude their owners take toward these dogs, which are treated more like purses and dolls than pets.

It's not always that, you know. My next-door neighbors have a Yorkie that is treated like anything but a purse or a doll. All the same, he has a habit of defending my own driveway from ... me. If he's out, crossing the street to check the mail involves dealing with the Canine Menace. Who is maybe ten inches tall, adorable, and fierce. You'd almost think that he'd been reading the Narnia books and consciously modeling himself on Reepicheep.; २९/३/१३, ४:२४ PM
aronamos म्हणाले...: Corgis are NOT small dogs. They are medium dogs with stub legs. The last male we had was 35 pounds.

Hobbits of dogdom. Love it!; २९/३/१३, ४:२५ PM
Aridog म्हणाले...: Note that German Shepherd is not on the list...

German Shepherds are aloof and could care less. They don't suffer fools that think dogs are "stylish" very well either.

BTW: In my experience German Shorthairs make fine watchdogs & guard dogs, for horses in pasture, if in a small pack with a territorial alpha male.; २९/३/१३, ४:३३ PM
Titus म्हणाले...: My parents have a cavalier and aren't too stylish.

My dog is too rare to be on that list-the others are a dime a dozen here.; २९/३/१३, ५:२१ PM
ken in tx म्हणाले...: The state dog of South Carolina is the Boykin Spaniel—a nice looking dog—sort of a curly haired Cocker Spaniel.; २९/३/१३, ६:०१ PM
Mark म्हणाले...: Only two of those animals qualify as dogs, IMHO.; २९/३/१३, ६:५५ PM
William म्हणाले...: 'Blowback' from a blowhard (writer).

Generally rifles have a pretty mild 'kick' (recoil). I think shotguns are a little more unforgiving to the shoulder.

That fragrance you smell is not mellifluous prose of this writer, but of the BS being spouted.; २९/३/१३, १०:३४ PM