Boaz-originated threads are usually stalking horses for an eventual whack-a-mozzie rant.

This one hasn't risen above the "nasty doggie bit me" level.

The tension is palpable.

Fractelle,
Why did you tell him that now he'll go around hiting dogs on their noses.

I think it's all that hair it has him confused. Hair= Muslim= Islamic plot (to take over one bite at a time.)
Forget fleas, check for bombs or doggy Korans ;-)

Of course...I've not mentioned yet that the woman was wearing a hijab :)

yes.. of course I'm kidding..that was for Pericles sake..I can't stand the thought of him wetting his pants in drooling anticipation for how I can miraculously (wait.. he doesn't believe in them) "startlingly" transform this thread into some anti Islamic diatribe.

Fraccy.. hey..I appreciate your very reasonable advice.. please don't think I've not noticed it. I'm not having a whine.. I'm "exploring the human mind". Nose ey? hmmm yep.. probably true..but the 'canines are sometimes quicker than the hand' and I don't want a set of crushed fingies from whacking too close to the 'business' bit and being a tad slow about it.

I'm sure you can see it.. the law is crystal clear.. my actions were lawful..even if in the view of some perhaps lacking in wisest chronological order. Yet we have a veritable stream of knowitalls who make wild statements which are clearly contrary to the 'black and white' law in front of them. Exammy makes a good try to avoid this :) by referring to case law kind of thing.. but Exammy..ur busted mate..
didn't lay a glove on my argument.

I've done a bit of an ad hoc survey.. and the question was:

"If a dog came to you and jumped up on you.. and started tearing at your clothes and skin in a kind of 'lazy aggression' manner..what would you do"?

If I had a buck for the number of time the confident response "KICK IT" came :) I'd stop all this freelance jounalism (groan)

For those who suggest 'photographing' it and reporting the owner..

1/ If the mut is mauling.. you still have to find a way of getting it away from you in the short/immediate term.
2/ I still prefer to avoid causing a dog owner more inconvenience and confrontation with the law than absolutely neccesary. (do for others :) I sure has heck don't like visits from council or the such like.

Well naturally you'd say that now, wouldn't you Boaz?

>>Of course...I've not mentioned yet that the woman was wearing a hijab :) yes.. of course I'm kidding..that was for Pericles sake..I can't stand the thought of him wetting his pants in drooling anticipation for how I can miraculously (wait.. he doesn't believe in them) "startlingly" transform this thread into some anti Islamic diatribe.<<

But thanks for the fascinating - and illuminating - form of your denial.

The picture you paint of me is, of course, satisfyingly unflattering. All that drool. Quite icky.

I'm sure you must have spent a good while working on that description. Although, for your future reference, "wetting his pants in drooling anticipation" does not work particularly well either literally or metaphorically. Too much contortion involved.

But what have I ever said that leads you to the view that I don't believe in miracles? I most certainly do. Anyone who has watched the birth of their kids knows all about miracles.

It's just that I disagree that a miracle has to be, by definition, an "act of God". There's still so much that we don't know about our universe, a great deal of it is bound to appear miraculous.

It's just that I have yet to be convinced that anything I don't fully comprehend must, by definition, be of divine origin.

And please, don't come the raw prawn with indignation at the suggestion that you use these threads for whack-a-mozzie practice. There's nothing "startling" about it at all.

You do it all the time. It seems to be your starting position, the driving force behind your every word and action, and your inevitable, immovable conclusion. You seek out examples of Islamic mischief, real and perceived, with the single-mindedness of a truffle-hound, and the complete lack of discrimination of a scavenger beetle.

I'm pretty sure that this doesn't come as a surprise, and underneath it all you have to admit - even to yourself - "Whack-a-mozzie? It's what I do"

What a reaction over an overfriendly labrador! Eleven pages!

Imagine the fallout if it had been an Afghan hound instead.

Indeed wobbles. Had it been an Afghan, Porky would've gone barking mad.