tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post113872761803671664..comments2008-12-19T18:18:42.475-06:00The Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11571082583740830927noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138851039939152502006-02-01T21:30:00.000-06:002006-02-01T21:30:00.000-06:002006-02-01T21:30:00.000-06:00My problem is that I'll bring an umbrella into a building, for example, and leave it with the other wet umbrellas. When I'm leaving, I always forget to grab it...that's why I keep having to buy new ones.The Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11571082583740830927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138842831587641402006-02-01T19:13:00.000-06:002006-02-01T19:13:00.000-06:002006-02-01T19:13:00.000-06:00Umbrellas *are* annoying. I agree with David.. it's just rain. It irks me when I see people at the grocery store blocking the exit when it's misting b/c they don't want to get wet. I push my way through and walk to my car to show them that it-will-be-okay. I'd worry when you can't feel the rain anymore. <BR/><BR/>I always believed the clean animal myth too. I kiss my cats on the nose conveniently forgetting they bathe themselves and God know what else. As I type this my cat just burped in my face... Reason #2 for keeping animals away from your face. <BR/><BR/>I'd like to see you post about the myth involving uring killing athlete's foot. That might be funny.LostInTXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620350276714178190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138830648350491562006-02-01T15:50:00.000-06:002006-02-01T15:50:00.000-06:002006-02-01T15:50:00.000-06:00Carry the friggin umbrella already! And I knew it about a dog's mouth. I'm not really a saliva person, so it irks me when other people's pets lick me.angel, jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05144019552337738621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138829663858055092006-02-01T15:34:00.000-06:002006-02-01T15:34:00.000-06:002006-02-01T15:34:00.000-06:00I hate umbrellas. Not because I'm afraid of how it will make me look, because they're a pain in the ass! The wind blows and they're gone. It's hard to hold other things and an umbrella. They're just generally annoying! And where do you put it after you're done? I can't put it in my briefcase, it's just too wet to do that. Annoying!<BR/><BR/>Of course I don't like getting wet either. So it's safe to say that I dislike rain storms.BrianAlthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08564258495049091558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138821731991677302006-02-01T13:22:00.000-06:002006-02-01T13:22:00.000-06:002006-02-01T13:22:00.000-06:00Great post,<BR/><BR/>Can't stop, it's raining and I'm gonna test your running theory.Ben Hellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08881628782043741779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138820916429143972006-02-01T13:08:00.000-06:002006-02-01T13:08:00.000-06:002006-02-01T13:08:00.000-06:00I hoard umbrellas. We must have about ten. I keep a few in the cars, a couple in the coat closet, and a few here & there just in case. The funny thing is, I usually end up just pulling the hood of my jacket over my head instead of using an umbrella because I don't want to carry the wet umbrella around.<BR/><BR/>I might vomit if our dog licked my face. Simba is a Mastiff. She's big & slobbery & has never been allowed to live inside the house. Just the thought of her slobber makes me queasy. <BR/><BR/>As for the animals having a sixth sense for danger, only Dr. Doolittle knows for sure.Jamie Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11036600186909466411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138815536582680822006-02-01T11:38:00.000-06:002006-02-01T11:38:00.000-06:002006-02-01T11:38:00.000-06:00I've seen cats lick themselves too.The Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11571082583740830927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138814718126109932006-02-01T11:25:00.000-06:002006-02-01T11:25:00.000-06:002006-02-01T11:25:00.000-06:00I think I'll continue to follow the animals if they start to run away. If it turns out to be nothing, then at least I got a bit of exercise from running with them. <BR/><BR/>How about cats? My cat likes to lick the tip of my nose. He also tries to put his snout in my mouth if my breath smells like mint.KChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300302671699284234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138813037418780392006-02-01T10:57:00.000-06:002006-02-01T10:57:00.000-06:002006-02-01T10:57:00.000-06:00BTW, I just noticed the little cubical link for my blog. Very cute.cubehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519056673051804304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138812866471249362006-02-01T10:54:00.000-06:002006-02-01T10:54:00.000-06:002006-02-01T10:54:00.000-06:00I think animals hear & smell better than humans and thus are better able to feel impending physical events. Their sense are more alert to certain changes in the environment.<BR/><BR/>As far as my dog's mouth goes, well let's just say she likes to eat poop. 'Nuff said. <BR/><BR/>You get less wet when you run in the rain, but if you slip & fall while running in the rain, then you're way wetter than the walker ;-)cubehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519056673051804304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138811427377857112006-02-01T10:30:00.000-06:002006-02-01T10:30:00.000-06:002006-02-01T10:30:00.000-06:00Laura, wet jeans irriate and chafe my delicate skin.<BR/><BR/>I hear ya Bruce,I don't see why some men have problems carrying umbrella. It's one big phallic symbol anyway.<BR/><BR/>Pixie, who on earth shares eating utensils with dogs? I've never heard of that! YUCK!The Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11571082583740830927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138810770220861252006-02-01T10:19:00.000-06:002006-02-01T10:19:00.000-06:002006-02-01T10:19:00.000-06:00In hight school its also cool to co coatless through the winter.The less clothes you wear the more you need to be looked up to.<BR/>When some men "grow up" they feel they are not a man unless they carry an umberella.Although thats what I like about St Louis , it hardly ever rains, unlike England!<BR/>As for the dog thing, what about the people who share forks and spoons with their dogs EWWW.Pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02784366727062399909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138808505013630992006-02-01T09:41:00.000-06:002006-02-01T09:41:00.000-06:002006-02-01T09:41:00.000-06:00I guess I'm "old school", being that I'm in my mid-50s. I just never wanted to look like I'd just stepped out of the shower, because I received enough grief as it was back in my teen years.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187969959701732817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138806671678407692006-02-01T09:11:00.000-06:002006-02-01T09:11:00.000-06:002006-02-01T09:11:00.000-06:00I to believe that animals can FEEL impending natural disasters but not PREDICT them.<BR/><BR/>A dogs mouth be more sterile, doesn't bother me. I try not to think about where its been, along with a lot of my ex-boyfriends.<BR/><BR/>See, I didn't even realize that running in the rain was such a BIG issue. I prefer to walk, that way I don't slip and fall. Plus, depending on how long its been raining, this helps prevent the water on the ground splashing up and soaking my jeans. I hate wet jeans! Eck!Laura:)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04226996670302983302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138806628939055092006-02-01T09:10:00.000-06:002006-02-01T09:10:00.000-06:002006-02-01T09:10:00.000-06:00Siren, I have one...but it's all bent up and useless.<BR/><BR/>Kim, Yeah, but I bet that dog hadn't licked its own ass yet.<BR/><BR/>BP, I'd wash your face afterwards.<BR/><BR/>Bruce, In high school it's just not cool. In college, you look like a total idiot walking to class soaking wet.<BR/><BR/>Fuzz, Maybe I should invent a dust storm protection device. Oh wait, there is one...your CAR.<BR/><BR/>Haas and David, Personally I believe not just some animals but humans also have some sort of 6th sense. Science just can't say for sure yet. Wild animals are sensitive to the environment in a variety of ways, but I don't think that necessarily means they have ESP.<BR/><BR/>Stacy, I guess so. I can think of better things to die from, however.The Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11571082583740830927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138798367121528912006-02-01T06:52:00.000-06:002006-02-01T06:52:00.000-06:002006-02-01T06:52:00.000-06:00Well crap! I always heard a dogs mouth was cleaner than our own too (despite the whole "ass-licking" thing). My poor Pit, Jezebel, will be very disappointed next time she wants to lay one on me and I turn my face away.<BR/><BR/>Eh, screw it...you gotta die of something, right? ;)Stacy The Peanut Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03054247492358371632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138795667715884982006-02-01T06:07:00.000-06:002006-02-01T06:07:00.000-06:002006-02-01T06:07:00.000-06:00Good ones, Phoenix. The documentaries I've seen on the animal disaster one, however, lean the other way. Be it vibration sensitivity, a better sense of smell, or something else, the studies found animals historically do show an ability to sense danger before humans. Maybe not enough to say that animals are "psychic," if that's what you are saying is false.<BR/><BR/>Am I the only one who LIKES walking in the rain? I've never understood people who run through the rain--after all, unless you live in the Chernobyl area, it's probably not going to hurt you. What is there to be afraid of?<BR/><BR/>Then again, I have a shaved head and don't have to worry about the rain damaging my carefully pampered hairstyle. For that, I'm thankful.<BR/><BR/>As Eric Draven used to say, "It can't rain all the time."<BR/><BR/>-- davidDavid Amulethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15600824721922130389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138794942667403382006-02-01T05:55:00.000-06:002006-02-01T05:55:00.000-06:002006-02-01T05:55:00.000-06:00I believe animals have a sixth sense and I would search of cover if they start acting wierd :P<BR/><BR/>Dogs mouth well its definately not sterile (coundnt they just take a sample of the saliva and test it :P )<BR/><BR/>And for the record I walk in the rain :)<BR/><BR/>Cool post... thanks for sharingHaashttp://chandrahasa.hostmatrix.org/wordpress/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138769492697944722006-01-31T22:51:00.000-06:002006-01-31T22:51:00.000-06:002006-01-31T22:51:00.000-06:00It never rains here. When it does I leisurely stroll through it for it might be a long time before it happens again. But I will run from a dust storm.:P fuzzboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704568822288346593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138766316889641542006-01-31T21:58:00.000-06:002006-01-31T21:58:00.000-06:002006-01-31T21:58:00.000-06:00I never understood why some men are so self-conscious about carrying an umbrella. The drowned rat look went out of style 100 years ago.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187969959701732817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138763304711482542006-01-31T21:08:00.000-06:002006-01-31T21:08:00.000-06:002006-01-31T21:08:00.000-06:00I hope the dog tongue is clean~I let my little Buster "kiss" me on the face all the time! :)Big Pissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565212574367917154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138762095125532392006-01-31T20:48:00.000-06:002006-01-31T20:48:00.000-06:002006-01-31T20:48:00.000-06:00Mythbusters did the dog tongue and the rain thing. They found the dog tongue to be a lot lot lot cleaner than a human tongue. I think their test agreed with your rain analysis. <BR/><BR/>Good stuff Phoenix!kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14474310621252143028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206171.post-1138760882321930472006-01-31T20:28:00.000-06:002006-01-31T20:28:00.000-06:002006-01-31T20:28:00.000-06:00Great post! I have five umbrellas, but they're all in the trunk of my car for some reason. So, I am the one running in the rain.sirenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398736635693685093noreply@blogger.com