Thursday, August 02, 2007

Sleeping Dogs Lie

Biologists, if they weren't victims of the same blindness
that afflicts us all, wouldn't hesitate to classify dogs as social parasites.

I was thinking about the Atlantic Monthly article quoted above. It's true, dogs will run away, but they always come back to bite the hand that feeds them. Essentially they are free range tapeworms.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:27 PM

    Oh, fine. I'll make sure my two Siberian Parasites haven't had lunch before the mail is delivered!

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  2. The policy of this blog is to reject anonymous comments, but when certain clues reveal the identity of the person commenting, this policy may be waived from time to time.
    In the interest of public safety let me also note, I'm on vacation.

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