28 ఏప్రిల్, 2013

Springtime!

వీరిచే పోస్ట్ చేయబడింది Ann Althouse వద్ద 7:21 PM
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Kelly చెప్పారు...

My cat was doing that yesterday, wallowing around on the deck in the sunshine. He misjudged though, and rolled down the steps. This has been such a cruddy spring that my tulips are only now beginning to bloom, almost a month later then usual.

28-04-13 7:39 PM
edutcher చెప్పారు...

Quasy does that a lot.

28-04-13 7:41 PM
Palladian చెప్పారు...

The hand of rhhardin is everywhere.

28-04-13 7:46 PM
Jason (the commenter) చెప్పారు...

Rolling... grass... *jazz music plays in background*

Is this supposed to be a metaphor for Obama's college years?

28-04-13 7:52 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...

He looks like rhs.

28-04-13 8:03 PM
rhhardin చెప్పారు...

That's a smell roll, not a scratch all over roll.

28-04-13 8:09 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...

That's what I read here.

28-04-13 8:15 PM
Ann Althouse చెప్పారు...

It's a German pinscher, not a Doberman.

28-04-13 8:16 PM
rhhardin చెప్పారు...

Here's a scratch roll.

28-04-13 8:16 PM
Gahrie చెప్పారు...
ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.
28-04-13 8:19 PM
Gahrie చెప్పారు...

A good roll in fresh grass is a vastly under-appreciated pleasure.

28-04-13 8:19 PM
chickelit చెప్పారు...

It's a German pinscher, not a Doberman.

The etymology of Pinscher is source dependent. The OED link claims relation to the English "pinch" in the odd context of clipped ears. I say odd because to pinch in German is kneifen which looks and even sounds like (but appears to be a false cognate with) our word knife.

My Duden Herkunftswörterbuch recites (translating):

Pinscher: The origin of the name of the dog breed, used since the beginning of the 19th century, is unclear. Pinscher is possibly derived from Pinzgauer and designates a dog type which stems from Pinzgau, (Salzachtel, Austria).

28-04-13 8:41 PM
traditionalguy చెప్పారు...

I always have believed that the dog is rubbing the scent of other dog's urine onto himself. Maybe its like celebrity worship in the smell world.

28-04-13 8:53 PM
Guildofcannonballs చెప్పారు...

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2013/04/barry_fey_dead.php

28-04-13 11:03 PM
Palladian చెప్పారు...

Here's my mother's dog, Maggie, doing an amusing full-body scratch on some scratchy carpet.

28-04-13 11:10 PM
SomeoneHasToSayIt చెప్పారు...

Another kind of rolling that Spring brings to mind

29-04-13 5:40 AM
lemondog చెప్పారు...

It's a German pinscher, not a Doberman.

Didn't know that there was a German pinscher. Re-looked at the video and noticed that she was not as slim and leggy as a Doberman.
The German Pincher (Standard Pinscher) is one of the foundation breeds that were used to create the Doberman. The Doberman was created in Germany by a tax collector Mr. Louis Dobermann. Many crosses were used to create the Doberman. German Pinschers, Rottweilers, Beauceron Pinschers, Manchester Terriers, and the addition of the Greyhound gave the Doberman its' sleek and racey look.

re: Maggie, she is sure one cute chunker!

29-04-13 10:29 AM

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