Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!89!Carla.Campbell From: Carla.Campbell@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Carla Campbell) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: Dog guides Message-ID: <16163@bunker.UUCP> Date: 4 Dec 90 16:13:25 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Carla.Campbell@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/89 - BlinkLink, Pittsburgh PA Lines: 31 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 12247 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] TG> Is he your first chance or your last chance? heheheh... I once offered one of my world-infamous peanutbutter 'n' jelly sandwiches to anyone who could come up with a pun using my mutt's name which I had not heard within a year of getting him. Only one person 'won', and I have yet to deliver his 'prize' to him. (and I did not gaurantee any particular delivery method. Projectile seems reasonable to me.) But... Chance is now a slim Chance. He used to be a fat Chance. In all seriousness-- you should have seen my face when my trainer first handed me the leash and said "this is your dog. He is a Golden Retriever, and his name is Chance.". I musta been quite a sight. All I could think, beyond "geez, he's fuzzy!", was "You wseriously want me to cross busy streets with something named.. Chance??". Since then, I have learned to appreciate the less-than-dull name. This, after seeing too many "Bonny", "Shep" and "Buddy"s as dog guides! That, or after crossing enough busy streets to realize that he's a Lucky Chance. --Carla -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!89!Carla.Campbell Internet: Carla.Campbell@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com