"He won't bite you"
These words, from the mouth of a dog owner are quite obviously a lie, especially when aforesaid dog is actually in the process of biting your leg.

But that's not the point of this story, which took place while I was living with my parents after unversity. I'd just started smoking the evil dope, after avoiding it throughout the three years at uni (good job, else I'd have come out with absolutely nothing) and, it being a sunny summer day, decided to have a trip to the park, a spot of wine and a little toke or two.

So I'm cycling along, bifter between the fingers of one hand, wine bottle clutched in the other, down a footpath (the kind marked with "No Cycling" signs). As I pass one of the houses a dog runs out, and starts at my leg, this is where the owner comes out with his mother of all lies. I speed up past it only to realise I'm heading for a dead end and I'll have to go back past same dog.

Full of adrenaline for the impending canine encounter, I speed past the dog and round a corner onto another footpath, where I'm greeted by the sight of two coppers walking straight at me. What they made of an out-of-shape mess on a bioke on a footpath riding with wine in one hand, a bifter in the other and blood on his ankle I've no idea, but I wasn't planning on hanging around to find out.

Paranoia then set in and I ended up throwing the dope in the bin, legged it home and hid all afternoon.

Apologies for the crapness of the first post, I just wanted to join in.
(GoodLord doesn't have time for sigs., Fri 25 Apr 2008, 12:14, 3 replies)

Serious question
What's the best thing to do when confronted by an angry looking dog?

a) Look scared and run away?
b) Face up to it and look aggressive?

As I see it, option a) will show the dog you're weak and therefore it's more likely to attack you.

Whereas option b) will probably enrage it and thus make it more likely to attack you.

Is there a third option?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 12:29, closed)

kick it...
in the face
(Batemonkey, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 16:49, closed)

Look into it's eyes
That will calm it down.
Or was it the other way around...
( waffle1 is lurking on, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 17:07, closed)