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SOARING SPIRITS OF THE CHEROKEEs
Or why dogs and dynamite don't mix very well
Seems a couple got a brand new, top of the line, Jeep Cherokee for
Christmas and drove it to visit relatives in Michigan. The guys decided
to do that male bonding ritual of duck hunting. So they load up the
Cherokee with decoys, food, beer, guns, warm clothes, etc and head off for
the lake.
Now it's a little known fact that when duck hunting in cold climates
like that it's common to drive the truck out onto the ice.
It's also a little known fact that, to break a hole in the thick ice
for the decoys, a stick of dynamite is commonly used. Now this particular
stick of dynamite had a short fuse, estimated at 20 seconds or so.
Normally you put the dynamite on the ice, light the fuse, and run away.
But with only 20 seconds they didn't want to do that, they might slip
while running.
So the guy lights the fuse and throws the stick of dynamite out onto the
ice. Their well trained Labrador Retriever dashes out onto the ice and,
just as he's done hundreds of times before, picks up the stick (of lit
dynamite) in his mouth and starts running back to the group of guys. The
guys start yelling at the dog but, as he's played fetch so many times
before, he just keeps bringing the stick back to his master. One of the
guys thinks fast and loads his shotgun, and shoots the dog. As it's
loaded with bird shot the dog isn't hurt much and is confused. The guy
shoots the dog again. The dog gets scared and runs, stick in his mouth,
under the Cherokee.
The Cherokee is now at the bottom of the lake. The insurance
company won't pay up because it was destroyed due to an illegal use of
explosives.
The first payment of $475 was due December 15. Only 59 more to go...
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