Off the Mark by Mark Parisi

Off the Mark

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  1. margueritem

    margueritem said, 4 months ago

    Not often enough, it would seem.

  2. Bruno Zeigerts

    Bruno Zeigerts said, 4 months ago

    There’s an old joke about a man who buys a Great Dane. He decides to build a doggy door for it.
    A neighbor says, ‘Are you crazy? A doggy door big enough for that dog is big enough for a burglar!’
    The man replied, ’If you saw a doggy door thatbig … would you try crawl through it?

  3. simpsonfan2

    simpsonfan2 said, 4 months ago

    Some people are constantly updating their page/tweeting about every single thing they do…

  4. pouncingtiger

    pouncingtiger said, 4 months ago

    Is that Clifford’s cousin?

  5. orinoco womble

    orinoco womble said, 4 months ago

    When my mother grew older, some neighbourhood brats realised she was living alone and started hassling her. It was pretty mild but she was nervous about it. She told me she was going to get a big dog chain and bowl to put in the yard. I reminded her that if they were watching her in the yard they’d soon realise there was no real dog. She was later adopted by a huge, fierce-looking stray (Malamute cross, I think.) The teenagers saw her out with the dog and one asked her, “Lady, is that a wolf?” She said “Yes”. “Geez,” said one…and they went on their way like little gents. Dog actually had a heart of gold and would probably have licked them to death…but they didn’t know that.

  6. olddog1

    olddog1 said, 4 months ago

    @Bruno Zeigerts

    Around here, in the D. C. area, the crooks and thieves aren’t that smart that they would think that far ahead.

  7. misschili

    misschili said, 4 months ago

    @Bruno Zeigerts

    Sure ’nough, someone would. Some people do have doggy poo for brains. :-S

  8. Lisa 4romMpls

    Lisa 4romMpls said, 4 months ago

    @pouncingtiger

    Maybe Clifford had a puppy never heard about

  9. CoBass

    CoBass said, 4 months ago

    @hippogriff – Re: Yesterday’s “Off The Mark” and plungers.

    Actually, I know EXACTLY what a plunger mute is. I have one, as well as a straight mute, a cup mute, a bucket mute, a Harmon mute, and a solotone mute. (In a previous life, I played trumpet in the pit orchestra for a number of community theater musicals.)

  10. hippogriff

    hippogriff said, 4 months ago

    CoBass: I know what you mean. My show biz career has often been in the pits too. Currently I am in three community bands (but two suspend operations when major one is in season).

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