It\u2019s me again with a Friday Flashback. It turns out that Alfie was a very philosophical puppy. Here are some of his thoughts from when he was still quite young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Isn\u2019t it funny how every country seems to use words and names from other languages and cultures to make things sound exotic? In England you get food shops with French names and restaurants with Italian names. Kitchen designs are called after regions of other countries and even paint colours can have foreign words for names to make them sound special. <\/em>Then you go to those other countries that sound so exotic to the English and what do you find. Can you buy a kitchen design called \u2018Provence\u2019 or dine in a restaurant called \u2018Bella Italiano\u2019? No you can buy a \u2018Cotswold\u2019 kitchen and dine in \u2018The Pelican Station\u2019. Everyone thinks that everyone else seems more exciting and exotic than they are. I wonder if any country thinks enough of itself to use its own places and language to celebrate everything that is considered special?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can see where he gets it from when you read some of Mum\u2019s thoughts. Here is what Alfie recounted in 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n My Mistress has reached an important conclusion. She has realised that the saying \u2018A little knowledge is a dangerous thing\u2019 isn\u2019t actually correct. In her words, \u2018It isn\u2019t the little knowledge that\u2019s dangerous, it\u2019s the gaping hole in understanding that sits next to it that causes the problems.\u2019 I think she may well have a point!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I did really enjoy reading Alfie\u2019s preparations for Megan\u2019s arrival in 2010. I\u2019ve never met my Aunt Megan but I\u2019ve heard so much about her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have I washed behind my ears, indeed! What does my Mistress think of me? I always wash behind my ears and I\u2019d given everywhere a special lick ready for Megan\u2019s arrival without having to be asked. I\u2019m as excited about this as she is. Anyway, I have done a tour of the estate to make sure everything is in place ready. Most of it is not exactly in place. Megan\u2019s bed for example is not yet on the floor because my Mistress doesn\u2019t want Shadow getting in it and trying to claim it as her own. Apparently, Megan may recognise my smell as we sent her a soft toy that I had slept with for a few days first, but she hasn\u2019t yet had anything with Shadow\u2019s scent on so that will be more of a surprise. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m worrying about what I should say to her when she first arrives. Instinct would tell me to go for the normal doggy approach, sniff her bottom, let her sniff mine and then go out for a game of rough and tumble, but I\u2019m thinking my Mistress is expecting something a bit more dignified. It\u2019s not every puppy that gets to go to Swiss finishing school before joining their new family and I really don\u2019t know what lessons she will have been taught. I wonder if they still do that thing where they walk with a pile of books on their head to make them walk tall and straight. \u2018Deportment\u2019 I think it\u2019s called, although that may be where you\u2019re taken back to your own country, I\u2019m not sure.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s all from this week\u2019s flashback<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have a great day<\/p>\n\n\n\n Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a9 2018 Rosemary J. Kind<\/p>\n\n\n\n All site content is subject to copyright and may not be reproduced without written permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Little Knowledge<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Megan\u2019s Arrival in 2010<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n