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Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | March 18, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Just wait til they strap that soldier to a bear!
Posted by: jon | March 18, 2010 at 10:41 AM
Ruh roh!
Posted by: Bonmot | March 18, 2010 at 10:46 AM
"Look at all the new places to poop down there!"
Posted by: padraig | March 18, 2010 at 10:50 AM
*KILL*
Posted by: Siouxie McQsie | March 18, 2010 at 10:57 AM
He's wearing a muzzle for a reason...
Posted by: Olo Baggins of Bywater | March 18, 2010 at 11:05 AM
Just throw a squirrel out first.
Posted by: fivver | March 18, 2010 at 11:07 AM
My dog sticks his head out the car window at 80+ MPH. This isn't that much different.
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Chris | March 18, 2010 at 11:12 AM
When my dog sticks his head out the car window his tongue flops about and he pants like crazy because he thinks he's running so fast. I wonder what he would do if he jumped from a plane.
Posted by: Mot the Hoople | March 18, 2010 at 11:27 AM
AIRBORNE! YEEE HAA!
Don't let Lucy see this, she'll enlist.
Posted by: wiredog | March 18, 2010 at 11:28 AM
BANZAIIIIIIiiiiii...!"
Posted by: Wes S. | March 18, 2010 at 11:40 AM
Ruh-roh. Wes broke the blog...
Posted by: wiredog | March 18, 2010 at 11:45 AM
Hold my water dish
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | March 18, 2010 at 11:46 AM
doggy breath from above!!
Posted by: insomniac | March 18, 2010 at 11:54 AM
There's a reason these troops wear yellowish-brown pants...
Posted by: Allen at Division | March 18, 2010 at 12:03 PM
If dogs don't perceive height differences then why don't they run directly into the sofa instead of jumping up on it? I know there's a perfectly logical explanation for that but it doesn't make sense to me. Did he perhaps mean they have no depth perception?
Posted by: nursecindy | March 18, 2010 at 12:16 PM
Women also lack depth perception.
Perhaps that's because they always been told that this:
[----------------------]
is ten inches.
Posted by: Bonmot | March 18, 2010 at 12:24 PM
What about this poor cat??
Posted by: Steve Haller | March 18, 2010 at 12:25 PM
*SMACKS* Bonmot.
Posted by: nursecindy | March 18, 2010 at 12:28 PM
Yeah, well, alpacas have been doing that forever.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | March 18, 2010 at 12:42 PM
"Combat dogs take to the skies for secret missions in Afghanistan"
Not so secret anymore!
Posted by: billinbossier | March 18, 2010 at 12:57 PM
WHATTHEFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuu!
Posted by: Suzie Q. Wacvet | March 18, 2010 at 12:58 PM
Wait...dogs have minds?
Posted by: Schadeboy | March 18, 2010 at 01:05 PM
I like gum
Posted by: Siouxie | March 18, 2010 at 01:20 PM
*sigh*
Posted by: Hammond Rye | March 18, 2010 at 01:25 PM
The crow flies at midnight. (Makes as much sense as a couple of other posts here, iykwim)
Posted by: nursecindy | March 18, 2010 at 01:31 PM
I don't know about dogs. If they don't perceive height differences, why are so few found to have walked off cliffs?
Our cat, Jasmine, used to love to be put up on a 6' tall dresser. She became queen of the world and would swat any lower beings (us) who dared approach too closely.
Posted by: Steve | March 18, 2010 at 01:45 PM
okay i think it's fixed now. seriously, could you guys please MAKE SURE you have typed everything correctly when you're using html in the posts?
and lemme know if that idiot keeps spamming.
Posted by: judi the prig | March 18, 2010 at 01:47 PM
YAY judi!!!!
um...ok..now my nonsense post makes even LESS sense ;P
Posted by: Siouxie | March 18, 2010 at 01:50 PM
When did judi become a prig?
Posted by: wiredog | March 18, 2010 at 02:02 PM
Does the handler still use a leash during the jump?
Posted by: Cheesewiz | March 18, 2010 at 02:09 PM
With regard to judi's lament: I found that if I enter something that involves the "a href" business or italics and then hit Preview to make sure it came out right, when I exit Preview the entire post has been erased and I have to start over. My suggestion: once you finish your post, block the whole thing and hit Copy on your browser, then go ahead and preview it to make sure it looks OK. When you exit Preview, hit Paste on your browser and your post will be restored. You then need to hit Enter and go down the screen 1 line before Post will light up again. Try it, I think you'll find this will eliminate any html mishaps... :)
Posted by: Steve Haller | March 18, 2010 at 02:12 PM
Steve, another way to preview something with html codes is to "right click" on the link and open as a new page. You'll be able to see your link/photo/etc. When you close the page, it brings you back to the original blog page. That's how I do it, anyways and I don't have to copy/paste.
Posted by: Siouxie | March 18, 2010 at 02:15 PM
With italics, bold and strike-through, the normal preview should work fine. Just that some people (I've been guilty of it too) don't use the preview.
Posted by: Siouxie | March 18, 2010 at 02:17 PM
That's probably because every time they previewed their post they came back and found it had been erased, so they had to start over. What possible benefit this might have I cannot imagine, so I will simply chalk it up to another screwup built into the system, like the pesky bot that requires me to type in a series of letters or numbers nearly every time I hit Post...
Posted by: Steve Haller | March 18, 2010 at 02:28 PM
Reason #785, on why dogs make superior pets:
"Try doing this with a cat!"
Posted by: OC Dolphin | March 18, 2010 at 03:02 PM
I doan't need no steeken' preview, Siouxie.
;)
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | March 18, 2010 at 03:26 PM
Preview is for the strike>weak!
Posted by: wiredog | March 18, 2010 at 03:55 PM
I'll bet they walk them, first.
Posted by: CJrun | March 18, 2010 at 04:09 PM
I'll bet the first jump is very different.
Posted by: Cheesewiz | March 18, 2010 at 04:30 PM
Getting the dog to jump is easy. They open the door, throw out a tennis ball and then the dog pulls the paratrooper out of the plane.
Also I think the part about dogs not being able to perceive heights just means that they can not understand flying at 10,000 feet so they aren't scared of falling.
Posted by: ArcticAl | March 18, 2010 at 04:54 PM
*idly wonders if the dog in question is wearing a butt button, and if it's a target, or a disco ball*
Posted by: Account Deleted | March 18, 2010 at 05:10 PM
OT/
RIP Fess Parker.
*dons coon skin cap in memory*
/OT
Posted by: bonmot | March 18, 2010 at 05:17 PM
Indeed, bon.
*takes the coon skin cap wine toppers out of the drawer and puts on wine bottles*
Posted by: Account Deleted | March 18, 2010 at 05:41 PM
The our beagle would probably sleep all the way down.
Re:HTML
Like Siouxie I preview modified posts by right clicking the link in Preview then opening it in another tab. If it's right, close the tab and you're back at the Preview and can post.
Re: Fess Parker
They run Davy Crockett every night here and it has been a hoot the last couple of months watching. Just like when I was about 10.
Posted by: Loudmouth | March 18, 2010 at 05:50 PM
The photo reminds me of two of my favorite jokes.
Q: Why don't blind people skydive more often?
A: Scares the hell out of their dogs.
Q: How does a blind skydiver know he's near the ground?
A: The leash goes slack.
Heh. (And I say that as a long-time dog owner and a one-time skydiver.) ..fritz..
Posted by: Fritzworth | March 18, 2010 at 06:01 PM
They're training him to hunt terrierists.
Posted by: packsaddle | March 18, 2010 at 06:07 PM
Forget the Jack Russell terrier.
What they need is a Jack Bauer terrier.
Posted by: bonmot | March 18, 2010 at 06:12 PM
ATTENTION BLOG PEOPLE OF SOUTH FLORIDA
We are planning on getting together this coming Saturday afternoon-ish. Tinkerbell is in town and wants to meet the
crazieswonderful South Florida bloglits. We do not know if she will be wearing her costume. If you wish to join us, please email me or judi.Now back to your regularly scheduled blogging...
Posted by: Siouxie | March 18, 2010 at 06:29 PM
OH yeah...I forgot to mention that alcohol will most definitely be involved.
Posted by: Siouxie | March 18, 2010 at 07:14 PM
X-Treme Fetch?
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | March 18, 2010 at 09:13 PM
Where's my chew toy?
Posted by: BA | March 18, 2010 at 09:27 PM
Just realized Daniel Boone not Davy Crockett, though Fess Parker played both characters.
Posted by: Loudmouth | March 18, 2010 at 09:53 PM
i'm a huge dan'l boone fan myself, loudmouth. i didn't know davy crockett was a tv show! (I'm posting this anyway 'cause typepad WOULDN"T LET ME POST IT - before i refreshed the page and saw loudmouth's correction! ---cue twilight zone music---)
Posted by: judi the prig | March 18, 2010 at 11:51 PM
Late comment from the west coast:
If the parachute fails, does master turn to the dog and T-splat say: "I love you man!"
Posted by: OC Dolphin | March 19, 2010 at 01:23 AM
Dogs don’t perceive height difference, so that doesn’t worry them.
Which explains the muzzle.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | March 19, 2010 at 02:49 AM
Seriously, the dog is thinking: "Don't take my picture while I'm strapped onto this guy's genitals."
Posted by: Kuhio Shores | March 19, 2010 at 02:16 PM
That dogs don't perceive heights is rubbish. When I ask my two big Afghan Hounds to hop out of the back seat of the Jeep when leashed up, their faces say, "How do we do this without breaking all of our legs?" Then they cautiously jump down. If you have a dog and a bed or furniture, you know they understand heights. I think that skydiving dog is a testimony to the trust our dogs give to us, which we do not deserve if we go around skydiving with them.
Posted by: christine | March 20, 2010 at 05:33 AM