Tescos...
We decided to take the dog for a walk today. But he is a pain in the rear end, in that unless you have something tasty, he won't come back once you let him off his lead. So we stop at the giant Tesco on the way to the woods. Other half nips in to grab some sausages. I wait outside with the dog. At this point I should probably mention that my dog is a HUGE great big Dobermann. Wearing a rainbow striped collar. And probably whinging about being made to wait outside Tesco, away from all the nommy foods.
Anyway... he commands one of two reactions. People either stare at his majestic beauty. Or try to run away. Slapstick reaction number one, was the latter. A middle-aged gentleman of Asian descent (I've noticed that for some reason, most Asian people don't seem to like dogs, especially giant monster dogs like Dobermanns) was walking from the exit, reading his receipt, when he looks up, notices my dappy git standing there with me, and does a comedy leap to the side to get away. Unfortunately, a crotch height metal pillar was in the way... and the rest is history.
Then 5 minutes later, a couple with a sulking toddler come along. Said toddler is sulking, staring at the floor, lip sticking out half a mile towards Brent Cross, feet scuffling across the floor. Enter our favourite metal pillar. I never believed that a 30" metal collumn would ever make me laugh so hard, but the subsequent CLAAAANG! as he smacked his forehead into the post and staggered back with a look of "where did that come from?" had the whole entrance to the shop snorting with laughter. Surprisingly for a 3-4 year old, he didn't even cry! Yet, I'd put money on the lip remaining firmly stuck out for the rest of the shopping trip.
( Bathory, Sun 24 Jan 2010, 18:50, Reply)