September 21, 2006
Thursday's Thirteen
I found this idea on Courtney's blog. Basically, you write a short list of 13 things about yourself and post them on your blog on Thursdays for other people to get to know you better. I'm sure I won't be able to keep this up every Thursday, but I'll at least give it a try today.
Thirteen Things I Love About Great Danes ...
- You won't hurt your lower back bending over to pet a Great Dane.
- Great Danes really do act like Scooby Doo and Marmaduke.
- There's no need to spend a lot of money on toys for a Great Dane. Just give him an old tire from your car, and he'll be happy!
- Have you ever been working on a scrapbooking project only to find that you've run out of both glue and tape? No worries, you don't need to rush off to the store just yet. Simply call your Great Dane over and use some of the slobber he stores in his lips for just such emergencies. Dane slobber is a great universal adhesive ... even better than duct tape!
- Great Danes make wonderful dance partners.
- Great Danes are truly all-purpose family dogs; they have something for everyone -- a wife's constant companion and sounding board, a husband's rollerblading/jogging/bicycling buddy, and a child's pony all wrapped in one!
- Bathing your Great Dane is as easy as sending him through the local car wash. :)
- There'll be no shortage of new people to meet when you walk your Great Dane.
- The neighborhood children will be standing in line to do manual labor for you if offered the opportunity to play with, walk or feed treats to your Great Dane. (I've gotten free car washes out of this one!)
- Rollerblading with a Great Dane is an exhilarating experience as he runs at top speed pulling you in a crouched, aerodynamically efficient position. It's like waterskiing on concrete!
- Great Danes are generous dogs. They will happily share their lunch with the local birds by standing back and waiting to eat until the birds have had their fill of kibble crumbs.
- Great Danes are natural babysitters with immense patience. Little children can crawl all over a Great Dane, even getting in the dog's face, pulling it's lips or pinching it and the Dane will respond by laying patiently on the floor until the child leaves or you pull it off.
- ... but best of all, Great Danes are the most gentle love-bugs you'll ever run into in the dog world. Their biggest aspiration in life is to spend as much time as possible with you. My Danes would have taken bullets for me, and all they asked in return was to be near me.
Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!
The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
This is my first visit to your site. Very nice. And, welcome to the Thursday 13. I did not see this last week. Did you, by any chance, enter your blog entry at the Thursday 13 site so others could find you?
Posted by: Barb on September 27, 2006 04:01 PMHi Barb, thanks for visiting! I always enjoy "seeing" new "faces" around here. In answer to your question, no I didn't start doing the Thursday 13 for other people to find me. In fact, I didn't even know anything had been entered for me at the Thursday 13 website! (Thanks for letting me know; I'll have to check it out.) What happened was that I saw a Thursday 13 on another blog, thought it was a cool idea, and decided to give it a try.
There are a few people who read my blog on a consistent basis, and I thought it would be fun for them to learn a little more about me. A lot of people have asked "Why the dog theme?" when clearly I don't blog about dogs. Well, my inaugural Thursday 13 gives a fairly good answer to that question!
Anyway, thanks again for visiting. Please come back again real soon. :)
Posted by: Kasey on September 27, 2006 05:06 PM