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I wouldn't name a cat after the devil like that

they'll probably all suffocate her in her sleep on 07/07/07
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I have a neighbor who got himself a pitbull, a wide black one, he named
it nigger but it didn't make the headlines or even an internet link
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When I was a child, Dad brought a retired police dog home, it was a
large cream colored shepherd, he was super big his name was Naro sounds
like, nay-row

Dad brought him home and brought him in the living room, there we were
just kids and this huge dog taking up most of the living room floor..
we just sat frozen.

If you was playing with Naro in the yard, if he was growling at
something...
say.. someone walking down the road... you could feel his growl in the
ground
you feel the ground vibrate

The dog hated my grandfather, one day my grandad came down the drive
and didn't think anyone was watching... This monster dog was tied to
the front storm door handle..
something we often did for protection (we lived in a very bad part of
town)...

short story.. my grandad was taunting Naro, so Naro pulled the storm
door of the hinges and chased grandad all over the yard... I never seen
an old man pick'em up and put'em down so fast. all us kids just cackled
and said "git him boy"...

The dog was loving and gentle, but he was trained to be loyal and
protecting.
You could look him in his light brown eyes,  and you could see the
gentleness but you could also see the intelligence...

Did you know a polar bears fur is not white, it only looks white when
the sun hits it
polar bears hair is translucent...

did you know a polar bears skin is black? mhmmm, shave him down and you
see he is black from head to toe. The translucent hairs gather more
heat from light than say a pigmented strand of hair.
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(I am about on topic as much as the op...)
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My OTHER grandad... had 15 children by my grandmother...
They all lived up in the hills of West Virginia (this was before they
got a tv)

One day, one of the oldest sons came running down to the house... and
said
Dad Dad! There's an old cow in the pasture, let's go milk her...

Grandad grabbed a bucket and they went up the hill... a few minutes
later, both of them came stumbling and tumbling down the hill.. and
grandad was cussing the son.. it's a damn bull he was saying.. AND THE
BULL WAS CHASING THEM

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ok ok.. one more short story
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Dad bought a pony home, I can't remember his name... but it was a
pony...
One day, me and my brothers (there's 3 brothers)... we decided to tie a
baby stroller behind the pony and we was going to get him to pull us
around.

so we put the ropes on him and tied the stroller up...

I got in... we urged the pony onward!....

I went about 3 feet before the small wheeled stroller bit into the
ground and turned every way... HO! the noise from the stroller spooked
the pony (he had no idea what we was up to see...)... it spooked him
and off he went! up the drive.. across the road...
up into the city cemetery... we was chasing the pony through the
cemetery, the stroller was banging on headstones...

we couldn't catch him, the grown ups found him about a 1/2 mi away on
the far edge of the cemetery (totally ruined lil sis's stroller)