28 November 2010

Vibrator


I heard her calling her dog before I saw either of them. "Strangler! Strangler!" It sounded so good to hear someone calling my first dog's name. I saw them when they came over the hill. Brunette in a big Canada toque. Pitbull cross with a waggy tail.

"Your dog ok to play?" she asked before our dogs were soon dripping with one another's drool
and Strangler was looking for the Hammer's doggie style hole.

"Why'd you name your dog Strangler?" I asked.

"That's my husband's doing," she explained. "Names all our dogs after the old punk bands. Last one was named Vibrator."

I imagined her calling for that dog in a crowded park. Told her, "I sure would like to have a beer with your old man. Sounds like my kind of guy."

1 comment:

ib said...

Better a vibrator than a sham 69.

Like tying yourself in knots, and all for nothing.