Probably the One-Tenth

"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it."

John Calvin 
(See! Even Calvin thinks that there is hope for me.)

Cross Breeding

Pointer + Setter =
Poinsetter, a traditional Christmas pet


Kerry Blue Terrier + Skye Terrier =
Blue Skye, a dog for visionaries


Great Pyrenees + Dachshund =
Pyradachs, a puzzling breed


Pekingnese + Lhasa Apso =
Peekasso, an abstract dog

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Okay, I'm having fun! Here's another one:

How dogs and men are the same

1. Both take up too much space on the bed.

2. Both have irrational fears about vacuum cleaning.

3. Both mark their territory.

4. Neither tells you what's bothering them.

5. The smaller ones tend to be more nervous.

6. Both have an inordinate fascination with women's crotches.

7. Neither does any dishes.

8. Both fart shamelessly.

9. Neither of them notice when you get your hair cut.

10. Both like dominance games.

11. Both are suspicious of the postman.

12. Neither understands what you see in cats.

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Someone told me a joke the other day. So here it is.

"Do you want to know who your true friend is? Lock both your wife and your dog in the trunk of your car for about 6 hours. Open the trunk and the one happy to see you is your true friend."

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Want to read what Calvin says about exhortation? Check this out:

"God works in his elect in two ways: within, through his Spirit; without, through his Word. By his Spirit, illuminating their minds and forming their hearts to the love and cultivation of righteousness, he makes them a new creation. By his Word, he arouses them to desire, to seek after, and to attain that same renewal. In both he reveals the working of his hand according to the mode of dispensation. When he addresses the same Word to the reprobate, though not to correct them, he makes it serve another use: today to press them with the witness of conscience, and in the Day of Judgment to render them the more inexcusable. Thus, although Christ declares that no one except him whom the Father draws can come to him, and the elect come after they have "heard and learned from the Father" [John 6:44-45], still Christ does not neglect the teacher's office, but with his own voice unremittingly summons those who need to be taught within by the Holy Spirit in order to make any progress. Paul points out that teaching is not useless among the reprobate, because it is to them "a fragrance from death to death" [II Cor. 2:16], yet "a sweet fragrance to God" [II Cor. 2:15]."

Beautifully written! I especially enjoy:
"By his Spirit, illuminating their minds and forming their hearts to the love and cultivation of righteousness, he makes them a new creation. By his Word, he arouses them to desire, to seek after, and to attain that same renewal."

There is a lot more. Just whetting your appetite.

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"Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane."


Smiley Blanton

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I don't want to be a Johnny Come Lately because a lot of people are posting this one, but this is a great British comedy on education. They really hit it. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLDb2V86Ei0

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Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that child could not do much harm one way or another.

Robert Benchley

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"No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does."


Christopher Morley

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I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.

John Steinbeck

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Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.

St. Francis of Assisi

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Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.

Miriam Beard

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People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.

Leo J. Burke

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There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

-Bernard Williams

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“When two dogs fight for a bone, and the third runs off with it, there's a lawyer among the dogs.”

German proverb

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"I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult."

Rita Rudner