Tail speak

I was reading Arkansas Patti's blog this morning - she was talking about bears... HAHaaaa... and this reminded me of tails.

I wrote a piece about tails a few years back for a group of us seniors who like to reflect on really heavy stuff...

I think my favorite tail is a rabbit tail. My favorite character when I was a kid was Bugs... what a tail.

I wish I could have found one with Bugs impersonating a female. His tail gave him away when he turned to walk away and his skirt was hiked up over his tail.. HAHAHaaaa....

Then take Tweety Bird's tail.... bird tails are really fascinating. Those fantailed geckel guys... duck tails... oh, boy, I think my second favorite tail is a duck's. When Donald got reeealy upset with Chip and Dale? his tail feathers would get quite a work out.

Then take a wart hog's tail... HAHAaaaa... I love going to the zoo just to see the wart hog some days. - I'm a member and just go hang sometimes... pick a particular animal and just watch. Ever since Pumba and Timon... wart hogs have gotten really cuter ...

This was an internet sensation! A real Pumba and Timon! haaaa - whatta tail

Cat and dog tails are very familiar tails. I get tickled watching a cat's tail... you can tell what's going on watching it. I don't like to see a dog's tail go between his legs... I don't like to see a dog beg... hate that commercial - begging strips... I have never thought that was cute.

Can you find Hyacinth Hippo's tail? HAhaaaaa

A HUGE animal like a bear or a hippopotamus having a little tiny tail is hilarious to me. Look at the elephant's tail... goooood bug swatters though. reckon that's their purpose as is a cow's tail. I grew up on a farm until I was 8 and while I never milked a cow, I saw Daddy do it a zillion times and the cow's tail would be swatting flies.


You realize we drink that stuff? I loved our cow, Jersey. She had beautiful eyes. We also had a bull -- his name was Wart ---  he was very mean. He was kept in the back pasture and we weren't to go near him. Of course, my closest to me older brother and I would run to the fence and quickly climb over and say hey to Wart and quickly run back. In retrospect, I think Wart enjoyed our visits.... gave him a fun reason to snort and threaten.

Chickens were a favorite animal. They were hilarious. smelly though. cute little tails... Of course Foghorn Leghorn was also a favorite... and Miss Prissy.. HAHAhaaaaaa

Didn't like snake tails... they were all tail.... I had a dog - Dusty - he loved me - a lot. If I wanted to go walking down the road or go into my woods... Mother would always say... get Dusty. I didn't have to really fetch him... he was always with me. He was just a mixture of whatever dog. A big dog... if he jumped up on me... he would be taller than I by a head! he was gentle and m'pal.

I was playing along the side of our house one day and saw a snake... DUSTYYYYY! he came running... he looked up at me... I said SNAKE... he got the snake and put it in his mouth --- then put it back down... I said.. nono no Dusty ... get it away... Dusty kept picking up the snake -- he even did a going back and forth with his head kinda growling thing.... then put the snake back down.

Daddy came up and said... he's trying to tell you that that snake is a good snake... it's a garden snake - he won't hurt you. I swear to you ... Dusty heard what he said.... he did a up and down panting thing and got the snake and put it in the garden.

unbelievable.... God! I love animals. I remember telling my Mother that when I grew up, I wanted my own zoo.

hey! have I remembered a passion!? Why won't I go to the zoo and be a docent... seriously. I can't work with abandoned anmals... I'm too much of a bleeding heart....

I want a goat. Talk about a tail!

AND a little g'baby's bottom is due any minute! .... I spend a good deal of time when she first gets here showering her with G'ma hugs and kisses.... c'mon! waiting waiting waiting... ;)