Saturday, December 09, 2006

Apropos of nothing

This morning, as I walked back from the papershop with my Times tucked under my arm, a sunny winter morning, hilly pavement, terraced townhouses, the brandy cobwebs clearing, I passed an unremarkable couple standing and chatting on a corner. He too had a newspaper; she was a thin, mature lady holding a lead, at the end of which was a Chihuahua shivering in a little tartan doggy coat.

I walked on and thirty yards down the road I passed another unremarkable couple standing and chatting on a corner. He had a newspaper; she was an even thinner, even more mature lady, holding a lead, at the end of which was a Chihuahua shivering in a little blue coat and what appeared to be a little blue doggy scarf.

O what a piece of work is man.

4 comments:

annalouise said...

Those lil old ladies will do anything to look cool

http://www.petlondon.net/shop/acatalog/American_Pup_Star.html

http://www.petlondon.net/shop/acatalog/American_Pup_Olive_Sweater.html

But sometimes they do take things a little too far. The shame.

http://www.petlondon.net/shop/acatalog/Poodle_Dress_Pink.html

Brit said...

Brace yourself.

Anonymous said...

How could you? Those pictures and the thought of 'pet parent' have ruined Sunday lunch.

annalouise said...

Surely there's a law against it!
(If not, batdog clearly thinks that there should).

http://shop.joke.co.uk/epages/jokecouk.storefront/EN/Catalog/1386

Ps: Am I alone in thinking there is little point in the Scooby Doo outfit?