So, once a few months back, we were coming home, and we saw one of our roommates. She was walking the dog. (Our other roommate got a dog.)
The dog is about fifty pounds, but he’s half German Shorthaired Pointer. He’s very, very, energetic, and while he certainly can be quite intelligent… Sometimes his heart’s just not in it.
The girl is a tad over a hundred pounds.
Ever since then, a song has been running through my head. It is set to a perhaps-recognizable tune, that being the Clash’s iconic I Fought The Law:
Goin' to the park in the hot sun
\ Rah walked the dog and the dog won
\ Rah walked the dog and the dog won
\ He needed training cause he had none
\ Rah walked the dog and the dog won
\ Rah walked the dog and the dog won
He's on a leash and he pulls so bad
\ Guess her race is run
\ He doesn't care that it makes her mad
\ Rah walked the dog and the dog won
\ Rah walked the dog and the
Goin' places at a dead run
\ Rah walked the dog and the dog won
\ Rah walked the dog and the dog won
\ Pissed off the girl but the dog had fun
\ Rah walked the dog and the dog won
\ Rah walked the dog and the dog won
He's on a leash and he pulls so bad
\ Guess her race is run
\ He doesn't care that it makes her mad
\ Rah walked the dog and the dog won
\ Rah walked the dog and the
Comments [archived]
From: g
Date: 2008-03-03 13:26:02 -0600
Do you in fact mean “possibly-recognizable” rather than “perhaps-recognizable”? :-)
(If you are mystified by this question then the answer is no.)
From: Mesa Mike
Date: 2008-03-05 20:07:09 -0600
The Clash?
How ‘bout the Dead Kennedy’s version?