Latest Dream - Cycles

For those who have read my earlier blogs will know that occasionally I have strange dreams like the one described in November last year, well it has happened again! This time I dreamt about Cycle Lanes!! Bizarre I know.

Let me explain, I rather like barking at Cyclists, mostly because they seem to ride anywhere especially on the pavements and I always think they are trying to run me over.

The scene in the dream;

Council meeting in a fictitious town somewhere in England;

Goffer; The businesses of this town are concerned that the parking regulations are having an adverse effect on their trade and their ability to get good staff.

CJ: Who cares, the council elections are over so we can ignore everyone again for the next 4 years, anyway I've thought of another way to waste money and make us more important, Cycle Lanes!

Goffer: We've got some of those already and everybody ignores them, cyclists much prefer the pavements.

CJ: Ah, this one is going to be different, It'll run between the next town and this one along a major arterial route.

Goffer: Does anyone actually ride between the towns?

CJ: Someone must! But don't get bogged down in detail, this scheme is brilliant, we can use lots of paint and stuff and use a considerable amount of our budget.

Goffer: What about the one way streets in the town?

CJ: We can be seen to be saving money there, lets make the cycle lane contra-flow.

Goffer: Isn't that dangerous?

CJ: It'll give the ambulance drivers something to do. Anyway we can remove all the parking down those streets to make way for the lane. So what's the fuss?

Goffer: But won't that add to the parking problems everyone is concerned about?

CJ: Who cares, we'll look good for the green credentials and people would have forgotten by the time elections come around again and by then I'll have retired to Spain.

I awoke with a start thinking maybe there will be somewhere safe to walk again as there will be no cycles in the lane, well what do I know, I'm only a dog!

Haircut - not the musical

Well I finally went and did it, yes I had my haircut, Elaine my hairdresser has done a good job don't you think, a nice short back and sides.

Here are a couple of pics, before and after on the same day, tell me what you think.

Talking of hairdressers, I saw Bo Obama on TV looking very smart and fluffy with lovely white paws saw I dropped him a line to ask him him about it.

I turns out he has 3 full time hair dressers and he is washed every other day and that he has to endure brushing every time a camera is pointed to him. He also told me that he has 2 stunt doubles, one of which is trained in un-pawed combat and who is detailed to protect him from wild cats and other things.

Before going on tour with the Obamas in their helicopters he swaps places with a double in case there is a problem, you wouldn't want the most powerful dog in the world to come to harm, would you?

Apparently last week they accidentally left Bo behind and the double did the whole tour, Bo said he didn't really mind because the helicopter can be very scary and makes him a bit airsick.

Oh, whats that note at the bottom of his e-mail, don't tell anyone about this, oh well what do I know, I'm only a dog.