Geoff
11-11-2003, 03:03 AM
I have a Homer Simpson coaster that says "mmmhhhh, beer!" when you set something on it, that I keep on the coffee table in the basket with all the other coasters to bug my wife with when appropriate.
I got home from work tonight, put the dog on his chain outside to do his thing, and headed for the shower. Out of nowhere I hear the coaster go off. (What the hell caused that, I'm the only one in the house?) as I head back to the living room to see what's up, I can hear my dog's really pissed about something in the yard. I open the door and find he's got a teenage looking kid backed up against my fence who looks scared as shit.
"What the hell you doin' in my yard?"
"I was just...uh...taking a shortcut! (Bullshit, my car's been broken into twice the last year.) Please, uh, he won't bite or...."
At that point I had grabbed my dog's collar and the kid immediately books. I yelled that I'd let my dog go, he kept running anyway, and I let him get away. (My dog can't catch my 4 year old half the time and I didn't want to let him try and kill himself doing it. I couldn't chase him without letting go of the dog, same situation.)
Point of the story:
What made my Homer Simpson coaster alert me to danger?
Homer Simpson is aparently my guardian angel. :D
Edited to edit stuff...
[Edited on 11-11-2003 by Geoff]
I got home from work tonight, put the dog on his chain outside to do his thing, and headed for the shower. Out of nowhere I hear the coaster go off. (What the hell caused that, I'm the only one in the house?) as I head back to the living room to see what's up, I can hear my dog's really pissed about something in the yard. I open the door and find he's got a teenage looking kid backed up against my fence who looks scared as shit.
"What the hell you doin' in my yard?"
"I was just...uh...taking a shortcut! (Bullshit, my car's been broken into twice the last year.) Please, uh, he won't bite or...."
At that point I had grabbed my dog's collar and the kid immediately books. I yelled that I'd let my dog go, he kept running anyway, and I let him get away. (My dog can't catch my 4 year old half the time and I didn't want to let him try and kill himself doing it. I couldn't chase him without letting go of the dog, same situation.)
Point of the story:
What made my Homer Simpson coaster alert me to danger?
Homer Simpson is aparently my guardian angel. :D
Edited to edit stuff...
[Edited on 11-11-2003 by Geoff]