I believe Berkowitz had similar thoughts.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I didn't own a dog until my 1st house. She was like family and she lived 19.5 years. There is no way you can not get attached to a dog. No other animal compares to a dog. They truly are man's best friend. They are amazing animals who can save lives (IE: Bomb & drug sniffers,Cancer detection and hundreds of other things)

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

how many family members do you claim you own

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I don't "own" my wife, but we claim our pets as family.

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i currently have two.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

The first notion that ever gave a certain painter reason to consider the positive benefits of interracial marriage.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

clearly not as you are a guy with cats

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Thats fine. However I have cable (in HD!), played over 20 round of golf this spring/summer, and I am not dragged to northwest Indiana for any holidays, let alone all of the major ones. You probably shouldn't throw stones when its pretty clear that somebody's wife owns him....

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This trend is not your friend.

Down to 10 times next year, with 4 extra Saturdays of shopping/antiquing.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

We'll always have the basement music room ...

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Its probably 30. I lost count, travelled a bit more on the weekends this year, and kinda gave up on the season in August due my poor play. Point is I was out on the course on Memorial Day weekend and July 4th/5th, not being dragged around Indiana with family.

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I coached baseball on those days with my human children. Enjoy your golf!

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Holy crap, I'm slowly becoming GD.......

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Kids are vampires.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Elaine: Do you mean "reer?"

Petermen: Yes, that's the one! Good day Elaine.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Dog guy here. Not anti-cat but they can be annoying with how they jump everywhere and walk over anything. Cats seem very popular with this newer generation of men.

Man and dog have a special relationship, going back tens of thousands of years, before agriculture, back to when we were hunter-gatherers. We, as humans, made dogs what they are. It's a very distinct and unique relationship in the animal kingdom. I often think we have a collective responsibility as a species for these creatures.

That being said, they are animals. I don't dress mine up or treat it like a person.

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Back off, Warchild. Seriously.

Our cats are awesome, but deep down I am a dog person. My parents still have 'our' family dog, my wife's family has a dog. We would love to have a dog, but we work long hours and its fair to have a dog if he is going to be left alone for 10-12 hours at least 3-4 days a week. If/When our job situations change, we will get a dog.

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My cats rule and we talk to them all the time. Of course, I'm a complete weirdo and Bernstein is right about me.

Dogs are awesome, but they are way too much work and need more attention/interaction.

I would try and rescue my cats from a fire...

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"I'm not smiling because I thought what you said was humorous. I'm smiling because one day I know you'll be dead..."

I haven't had a cat or dog in my house since 2006. Between my cat of 8 years passing away and having the ex take the dog and her cat...I had enough of pet loss.

However, the wife has been bugging me for an animal for 3 years. We now have a 14.5 week old lab puppy in our house.
Her name is Lily Corgan.

It's a lot of added work and stress. But, she's worth it so far. And the wife is happy.

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@audioidkid

I can't decide if the dog not being a Corgi is a relief or a downer.

Also, if you'd just written the last part a little differently, I could've made a delightfully droll wife/dog switcheroo joke; thanks, jerk.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

my dog is psycho and bites me every time I come home. he's like a black furry alligator. small one though, only 90 lbs.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

fwiw: I was aware of it.

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@audioidkid

I figured as much, mister.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

This guy GETS. IT.

I can't disagree with a thing you said. I do think we have a responsibility towards dogs (and any domesticated animal but particularly dogs) because we took their survival skills from them to suit our purposes. Some of those purposes led them to be little shithead dogs (who I'm not a huge fan of but who did serve a great purpose to notify their owners of intruders) and some led them to be even more vicious than they are in the wild (fighting dogs, some extreme hunting dogs). And MOST breeds served the function of being companions to us. We have a common history and purpose. "Man's Best Friend" exists not only because we love them but because they have evolved alongside us.

Great post, Zizou.

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I'll be by around 7.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

You'll have to wear a collar, be on a leash, poop outside, piss in the hallway, and lick a Kong full of kibble and creamy peanut butter...

6:45 would work better for us.

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@audioidkid

It's not surprising that you don't love animals or your kids, as it's quite obvious that you don't love yourself. Playing a ladies man on a message board is grounds for psychological help.

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