Poor Spike!
Poor Gus!
*begins to bawl her eyes out*
Lol.Definite cultural fence.
Leave fortune to do what she wants to do
and believe you me, the dogs are howling in the distance.
Fine, fine. Have it your way. It's been edited.
Picky people.
Hey, guys; I'll be back in a while....
*Goes out into the distance, carrying forty-six dog cages.*
Can we keep 'em, Drom? Can we keep 'em?
very perceptive of you gus
wouldn't be quite the same if "in the distance, a cat miaowwed"
A dog is always the perfect contrapuntal instrument, a dog's bark signifys a warning, a perception of danger, a threat to one of us. (We always see dogs as one of us or at least we have for the past 100,000 years.)
Other sounds in the distance carry different meanings and feelings:
the crow's caw.
the ta-hoot of the owl
the sound of the turtle heard throughout the land
and then there is this:
"Wait a second, listen."
...
...
"I don't hear anything."
"That's just it, I don't hear anything either. It's quiet."
"But, I...."
"Shhh."
Holding his hand over his own mouth for a moment, Dan moved towards the door slowly, sliding his pistol out of it's holster as he went. He motioned with his hand for us to stay perfectly still, then swung the door wide open. Tippy came racing in and jumped onto the bed, panting and soaking wet.
"Must have been swimming in the tank." said Ma.
"Why you no good mutt, is that why you weren't barking in the distance?"
Tippy laughed a dog laugh and wagged her tail like fury.
Joe
My name's Marlowe, private vet...
Hee hee! My own private army! At last I shall rule!
Well... more than I did before anyway.
Very good Joe, thanks for the interpretation.
Tippy will thank you as soon as we get her dried off.
(wuf)
Quiet!
I am fond of "somewhere in the distance, dog bark." This leaves an open-ended question...is it a dogwood tree, or the remains of a dog personified in a literary fashion?
Tell you what's weird...there's a lull in the gale force winds right now and all over the neighborhood dogs are barking like crazy...gives credence to the ominosity angle
know what you mean panz
in fact if I listen hard
yes in the distance, I can just make out the sound of a dog,
probably having sex. With a doggette.
Lusty neighborhood...Chelsea?
I don't know. I think that there are better ways of showing danger than relying on one that has become quite a cliché.
