stupid people

briannell · Post by **briannell** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:42 pm

okay, here's my stupid person experience for today - you know we all have them, may be reading this is yours

I went for a walk with dozer today at the time it wasn't raining, and we have a nice trail off our property. so we were walking all nice all of a sudden a man dressed in all black Army sweats with black gloves and black wool cap jumps out about 20 feet in front of us (obviously taking a short cut) turns and barrels towards me. Now folks i went for a rodeo today, to avoid dozer eating our neighbor. I grabbed his collar, tried to throw myself on his back to weigh him down (I'm 108, he's almost 220) and just hold him while this idiot kept running at us

Now when you have over 200 pounds of dog lunging at you barking and you see the owner trying to hold him back, why don't you stop running and stay put until the dog knows you are not attacking his owner?

stupid people

sorry for those that know me you would have wet yourselves laughing, I stayed on more than 8 seconds but boy can dozer buck !

the PBR should try mastiff's a time or two, see what scores those boys post.

ChiOCat · Post by **ChiOCat** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:03 pm

Well, I was asked if I am pregnant. When I said no, she actually said "I guess you just look like it!"

Nothin' like making that extra 10 lbs of Christmas weight feel MUCH bigger.

briannell · Post by **briannell** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:49 pm

boy I would have had to really bite my tongue

the worst was in idaho back in 93 my mom stayed inside the car at a hotel, and my dad and I went into get 2 rooms for the night on our way to Bozeman, when we went inside the guy looked at my dad and said "oh right two rooms, isn't that always the case wink, wink" I was totally disgusted!!!! We look nothing alike and he thought my dad was a jon! I could have died

Post by **rtb** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:09 pm

Well I think I had a stupid people moment today. While I was driving back to work from lunch I saw a small motorhome that had a posters in most of the windows that said "Katrina Class Action Lawsuit" and had a phone number.

Is there really a valid reason to have a lawsuit over a natural disaster? We are way to eager to sue in this country.

ChiOCat · Post by **ChiOCat** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:13 pm

rtb wrote:Well I think I had a stupid people moment today. While I was driving back to work from lunch I saw a small motorhome that had a posters in most of the windows that said "Katrina Class Action Lawsuit" and had a phone number.

Is there really a valid reason to have a lawsuit over a natural disaster? We are way to eager to sue in this country.

Well, why not???

Post by **SonomaCat** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:19 pm

Is this a legal effort to hold God fiscally accountable for his actions?

ChiOCat · Post by **ChiOCat** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:29 pm

Bay Area Cat wrote:Is this a legal effort to hold God fiscally accountable for his actions?

Silly goose, Bush caused that storm! He should pay.

BWahlberg · Post by **BWahlberg** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:34 pm

Bay Area Cat wrote:Is this a legal effort to hold God fiscally accountable for his actions?

The citizens of Lousiana, Alabama and Mississippi v God.

Look at it on a different side though, wouldn't Chrisitan Coliations want a law suit like this? The courts would recognize the existence of God. Interesting....

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That aside, I was once working in my front lawn and the neighbors across the street pull up and jump out of their car. My dog, Sumish a 90 pound rott, darts at them, it appeared she was being agressive when in fact she was excited to meet new people. Scared the crap out of them I could tell, having a Rotty sprinting at them, of course when she got to them she flopped on her back and wanted them to rub her belly. Kind of a funny series of events.

Post by **rtb** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:37 pm

I think I actually said something to those effects out loud while I was alone in my truck. Something like, are you crazy? who are you going to sue God, the Wind, the Ocean, or your stupid self for not leaving town when they said a big ass hurricane was heading your way?

Post by **SonomaCat** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:41 pm

Re/Max Griz wrote:
Bay Area Cat wrote:Is this a legal effort to hold God fiscally accountable for his actions?
The citizens of Lousiana, Alabama and Mississippi v God.

Look at it on a different side though, wouldn't Chrisitan Coliations want a law suit like this? The courts would recognize the existence of God. Interesting....

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That aside, I was once working in my front lawn and the neighbors across the street pull up and jump out of their car. My dog, Sumish a 90 pound rott, darts at them, it appeared she was being agressive when in fact she was excited to meet new people. Scared the crap out of them I could tell, having a Rotty sprinting at them, of course when she got to them she flopped on her back and wanted them to rub her belly. Kind of a funny series of events.

Well, if they got involved, then it would open up all sorts of criminal proceedings as well. Robertson would testify that he spoke with God about God's attempt to put a hit on Sharon, and then there's the whole 9-11 thing, which I believe Robertson and Falwell testified was God's retribution for the existence of gay people or something.

So if the CC was called into the picture, we might have no choice other than to lock God up and throw away the key. For his sake, I hope his attorney would be able to prove that Robertson is, in fact, insane, and not competent to testify.

Grizlaw · Post by **Grizlaw** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:41 pm

I don't have time to find the opinion right now, but back in (I believe) the 70's, some moron actually filed a lawsuit in federal court (in Pennsylvania, I believe) against "Satan and his Staff," claiming that the Prince of Darkness had ruined his life, and he was suing for damages.

The funniest part of the case, though, was the judge's opinion. Instead of simply dismissing the case on the grounds that filing a lawsuit against Satan is patently ridiculous, the judge in the case actually wrote a serious legal opinion, in which he carefully discussed the plaintiff's allegations, and then dismissed the case for improper venue (noting that the plaintiff's complaint had not alleged that Satan was domiciled in Pennsylvania, and thus, venue in federal court there was not proper. (It's been a few years since I've read it, so I'm a little hazy on the exact details. The opinion is hilarious, though...)

BWahlberg · Post by **BWahlberg** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:53 pm

Bay Area Cat wrote: Well, if they got involved, then it would open up all sorts of criminal proceedings as well. Robertson would testify that he spoke with God about God's attempt to put a hit on Sharon, and then there's the whole 9-11 thing, which I believe Robertson and Falwell testified was God's retribution for the existence of gay people or something.

So if the CC was called into the picture, we might have no choice other than to lock God up and throw away the key. For his sake, I hope his attorney would be able to prove that Robertson is, in fact, insane, and not competent to testify.

Couldn't help but smile about this post. I do believe in God and both my wife and I attend church at least twice a month, it's a laid back church geared more towards younger people & young families. Falwell and Roberston, IMO, are a black eye for the faith, and I'm sure they would spout off crazy stuff like that, if not even more.

Although, BAC, Johnny Cochran is dead now, putting the "all lawyers go to hell" pun aside, maybe God could get Johnny to defend him. (Grizlaw, I don't really think lawers should go to hell, just using a phrase thats out there

). That'd be an interesting trial to watch.

briannell · Post by **briannell** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:57 pm

GL- that's funny. I still like the fact that my brother marc is still defending a no longer existing client from a workers comp suit. Company no longer exists, there's no assests, the owner is deceased, family has no insurance money, yet the plantiff is paying a firm 1000/hr to keep the suit going

wow stupid people!

by the way, you should have seen me "rodeo" dozer, i swear i must have scored like a 90 on him this morning

Hello Kitty · Post by **Hello Kitty** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:38 am

Just looking at this dog walking thing from the other persons point of view. I have a dog and when I walk her and I see someone coming I walk on the grass or until we pass the oncoming walkers because I don’t want people to worry that my dog is going to lunge at them. And I have a basset hound.

For people who are afraid of dogs it is really terrifying having a strange dog running at you. There is no way to know if they are excited or not.

In Rebecca’s case, I was walking my dog at the trails near our house when a huge wolf looking mix ran towards us. Like those Madion River branded breeds. Just HUGE and the man, his owner, was about 5'2. I was really scared. and yes I did turn and slowly went the other way. I also avoid his house because his fence is 4 feet high. It would be crazy to actually run at an aggressive dog.

Post by **SonomaCat** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:46 am

Expanding on Hello Kitty's point, it has been deemed to be a crime for people to put other people in danger by having a dog that they can't control if that dog attacks someone. So even if the guy should have used more common sense, he may also have assumed that he didn't need to be worried about being attacked on the streets of his neighborhood by a trigger-happy dog.

I sometimes walk by people with aggressive looking dogs and try to make an effort to not look intimidated by the animal, as I have the (silly?) idea that animals can sense fear, and if you walk a wide loop around them, it might give them too much satisfaction (as well as their owners). That's just a bizarre guy thing on my part, though.

I can see both sides of this one.

briannell · Post by **briannell** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:18 pm

the "guy" is my neighbor all my neighbors know dozer, either they've let their kids and wives socialize with him, or they pet him themselves. English mastiff's are not "aggressive" they will protect their families. In fact if you ever meet an "aggressive" mastiff they should be put down it is not a breed quality and not to be tolerated as any vicious dog gives the breed a bad reputation. As i have been fully involved with mastiff rescue and various breeders i know how to judge this breed very well and would never allow anything but a docile animal to reside in my home. That being said For anyone to jump out of bushes and run full on towards anyone walking a dog they are going to get the dog protective of it's owner. Mine just happens to be 218 pounds so when you startle him, you must be feeling suicidal

I walk him with pinch collar, fully under control and unlike Hello Kitty's basset Hound ( I love them by the way) Mastiff's require constant training and obedience work because of their power. My dog has his CGC, he is trained in animal assisted therapy and is Delta Society.

when I said "stupid people" on the headline i meant those lacking good judgement. This man lacked good judgement and it made me wonder how many other people on the board run into flakey people throughout their day. usually the stories are pretty funny.

Hello Kitty · Post by **Hello Kitty** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:26 pm

That is a good point someone running at you would alarm a dog. Mine would put her butt down and wag her tail at the same time. She does not know if she is shy or excited or wants to jump on someone.

And no my basset is never undercontrol. She is constantly nose to the ground, pulling me, howling, barking and drooling but we walk everyday anyhow. She walks me everyday I should say

She could use some training but I am afriad it would not do any good.

briannell · Post by **briannell** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:47 pm

It was funny because out of a sense of my protectiveness of dozer, I was
"stupid" enough to grab his collar and nearly mount him, just so he wouldn't lung at Joe (his wife would have killed us both). If you look at my avatar pic that's my baby dozer or as the neighbors call him - loverboy. Anyway, it was funny. Full on rodeo action. usually mastiff's bluff. They separate the owner from the threat, stick their chests out, and bark, not growl or bite. Because of my actions Dozer bucked like he was PRCA while barking. It was a funny site, but I admit i'm a dork

as for your basset, they are awesome, i've had two growing up a blind one name daisy that was kept with the horses she was in love with the pony at the stable, and stanley our neighbors hound that was velcro with the neighborhood kids. So i fully get where you're coming from. I would venture to guess your basset is still WAY smarter than my Boston, Bissell only has one TINY little brain cell bouncing around inside his head, but he's great with kids, so we'll keep him