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buzzsawmonkey
2/8/2020 5:36:06 PM
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With reference to the discussion of dogs, and pets generally, in Heaven, Kipling's poem Dinah in Heaven is relevant.
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Alice in Dairyland
2/8/2020 6:13:56 PM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 1: Thank you. If I am fortunate enough to pass through the pearly gates, I know I will have many old, furry friends waiting to greet me.
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buzzsawmonkey
2/8/2020 6:30:04 PM
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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 2: This one, also by Kipling, always gets me: His Apologies.
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Occasional Reader
2/8/2020 6:45:51 PM
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My dad still recalls a kid in his catechism class when he was about seven years old, who, upon hearing that animals did not get into heaven, flatly refused to go there if his dog could not be with him.
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Alice in Dairyland
2/8/2020 6:48:46 PM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 3: The end is so hard. I guess we should hope to live a long life with a quick end. I read a comment earlier today about pets taking a piece of your heart when they pass, but it's no bigger piece than they deserve.
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buzzsawmonkey
2/8/2020 6:48:49 PM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 4: Good for him.
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Alice in Dairyland
2/8/2020 6:49:51 PM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 4: Will Rogers went to school with your dad?
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buzzsawmonkey
2/8/2020 6:50:39 PM
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In #5 Alice in Dairyland said: I read a comment earlier today about pets taking a piece of your heart when they pass, but it's no bigger piece than they deserve. You insist on making me post yet the third Kipling verse on this subject: The Power of the Dog
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Alice in Dairyland
2/8/2020 6:57:04 PM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 8: Why should we give our hearts to a dog to tear? That's an easy one to answer...no one could ever love you like a dog can. Well, maybe your parents, if you're lucky, but definitely your dog loves you.
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buzzsawmonkey
2/8/2020 6:59:16 PM
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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 10: Of course, Kipling answers the question the same way you do; he was merely posing it rhetorically.
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Kosh's Shadow
2/8/2020 7:02:58 PM
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In #10 Alice in Dairyland said: Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 8: Why should we give our hearts to a dog to tear? That's an easy one to answer...no one could ever love you like a dog can. Well, maybe your parents, if you're lucky, but definitely your dog loves you. I don't know who said, when you come home, your dog always runs to you
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Alice in Dairyland
2/8/2020 7:10:53 PM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 12: There's the joke about putting your dog and your wife in the trunk of your car and seeing which one is glad to see you when you open it up! Well thanks for stirring up memories of past pets. I am going out to enjoy the almost full moon. We're supposed to get 8" of snow tomorrow so I don't think I'll be able to see it Sunday night. Good night.
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Occasional Reader
2/8/2020 7:11:35 PM
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In #12 Kosh's Shadow said: don't know who said, when you come home, your dog always runs to you And then there’s the observation: try locking your spouse in the trunk of your car for a half hour, and then your dog in the trunk of your car for a half hour, and see which one is glad to see you when you open the trunk...
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Kosh's Shadow
2/8/2020 7:35:56 PM
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In #13 Alice in Dairyland said: There's the joke about putting your dog and your wife in the trunk of your car and seeing which one is glad to see you when you open it up! In #14 Occasional Reader said: And then there’s the observation: try locking your spouse in the trunk of your car for a half hour, and then your dog in the trunk of your car for a half hour, and see which one is glad to see you when you open the trunk... GMTA
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