For sale, no FREE! A cat.

[Barman]

Being treated no better than a dog? 

Nicely back on topic Nick! 

[Just One More]

I'm not far from Telford either.  She looks like she also knows a few gipsies, very cute.

True that. Could picture her with a red and white spotted neckerchief 'round her neck.

Nooooooooo! Dogs with neckerchiefs  WTF is that all about?

[Barman]

I'm not far from Telford either.  She looks like she also knows a few gipsies, very cute.

True that. Could picture her with a red and white spotted neckerchief 'round her neck.

Nooooooooo! Dogs with neckerchiefs  WTF is that all about?

They do have runny noses... 

[GROWLER]

Mrs G doesn't approve.

She's (Wulfy 3) too big, and being a cross breed German',, too noisy, too boistrous, too slobbery lah de dah de diddly dum.

I've suggested I buy her a pet Sloath.
I despair.

[Nick]

I'm not far from Telford either.  She looks like she also knows a few gipsies, very cute.

True that. Could picture her with a red and white spotted neckerchief 'round her neck.

Nooooooooo! Dogs with neckerchiefs  WTF is that all about?

They do have runny noses... 

Snotty Snoopy 

[Nick]

Mrs G doesn't approve.

She's (Wulfy 3) too big, and being a cross breed German',, too noisy, too boistrous, too slobbery lah de dah de diddly dum.

I've suggested I buy her a pet Sloath.
I despair.

SHe is a wumman. Is there anything you do that she would approve of, eh?

[Snoopy]

I'm not far from Telford either.  She looks like she also knows a few gipsies, very cute.

True that. Could picture her with a red and white spotted neckerchief 'round her neck.

Nooooooooo! Dogs with neckerchiefs  WTF is that all about?

It goes back a long way ~ before Dog Collars were the norm.
Barge Folk used to tie these round their dog's neck as they were always on the move and dogs could sometimes be left behind. Other bargees would recognise the dog by the neckerchief and take it on board until they met up with the owner on the way back.
Source
My great, great grandparents on my father's mother's side worked the Canals around Berks/Oxon.

There was also a great fashion for dogs to appear in "end of pier" shows and they would invariably be fitted with a "Ruff" or Frilly collar. Very popular in Victorian times.

Toby, the Punch and Judy dog, often had a ruff or frill round its neck. This, of course, hid the join where the puppet ceased to be fabric and became a wooden head. Punch and Judy has its origins in the 14th Century but, as we know it, came into its own in this country at the fairs and subsequently the seaside shows.

It is a short step from the canal bargees to the fairgrounds and those who led that nomadic life shared many habits.

Yes I have worked (in my extreme youth) on the fairgrounds and I have always hankered for a life on the canals. One out of two ambitions fulfilled ain't bad I suppose and I am now too old and too ill to realise the latter or repeat the former.

The modern fashion for neckerchiefs on dogs is just a bit of retro chic ~ much like "shabby chic" furniture. People pay a lot of money to achieve a look that our ancestors had out of necessity.

[Snoopy]

I'm not far from Telford either.  She looks like she also knows a few gipsies, very cute.

True that. Could picture her with a red and white spotted neckerchief 'round her neck.

Nooooooooo! Dogs with neckerchiefs  WTF is that all about?

They do have runny noses... 

Snotty Snoopy 

You can go off people you know 

[GROWLER]

Mrs G doesn't approve.

She's (Wulfy 3) too big, and being a cross breed German',, too noisy, too boistrous, too slobbery lah de dah de diddly dum.

I've suggested I buy her a pet Sloath.
I despair.

SHe is a wumman. Is there anything you do that she would approve of, eh?

No. Never. Ever.
Fedup. Not worth arguing with.

She'll only be happy with one of those nasty little snappy yelping rug rat things, Pekinese or summat equally as shite.

I want a proper ruff 'n' gruff wulf, you know, with bags of character spirit and fun, that likes rummaging in the wilds, not afaraid of the cold and wet, and  not a bloody showpiece to pamper and comb all day long.

Bloody wimmin. They really really piss me RIGHT off, completely and utterly/

[Just One More]

Mrs G doesn't approve.

She's (Wulfy 3) too big, and being a cross breed German',, too noisy, too boistrous, too slobbery lah de dah de diddly dum.

They're only noisy and boisterous if allowed to be. They make fantastic house dogs and yes, they will let people know if they come on their territory. As for slobbery, I've had German shepherds for 31 years, never had a slobbery one yet. I suppose she thinks all dobermans, rottweillers and pit bulls are killing machines too

Have you thought of getting a tamagotchi? (they're digital though) 

[Just One More]

I'm not far from Telford either.  She looks like she also knows a few gipsies, very cute.

True that. Could picture her with a red and white spotted neckerchief 'round her neck.

Nooooooooo! Dogs with neckerchiefs  WTF is that all about?

It goes back a long way ~ before Dog Collars were the norm.
Barge Folk used to tie these round their dog's neck as they were always on the move and dogs could sometimes be left behind. Other bargees would recognise the dog by the neckerchief and take it on board until they met up with the owner on the way back.
Source
My great, great grandparents on my father's mother's side worked the Canals around Berks/Oxon.

There was also a great fashion for dogs to appear in "end of pier" shows and they would invariably be fitted with a "Ruff" or Frilly collar. Very popular in Victorian times.

Toby, the Punch and Judy dog, often had a ruff or frill round its neck. This, of course, hid the join where the puppet ceased to be fabric and became a wooden head. Punch and Judy has its origins in the 14th Century but, as we know it, came into its own in this country at the fairs and subsequently the seaside shows.

It is a short step from the canal bargees to the fairgrounds and those who led that nomadic life shared many habits.

Yes I have worked (in my extreme youth) on the fairgrounds and I have always hankered for a life on the canals. One out of two ambitions fulfilled ain't bad I suppose and I am now too old and too ill to realise the latter or repeat the former.

The modern fashion for neckerchiefs on dogs is just a bit of retro chic ~ much like "shabby chic" furniture. People pay a lot of money to achieve a look that our ancestors had out of necessity.

You are David Essex, do I win a fiver? 

[GROWLER]

Mrs G doesn't approve.

She's (Wulfy 3) too big, and being a cross breed German',, too noisy, too boistrous, too slobbery lah de dah de diddly dum.

They're only noisy and boisterous if allowed to be. They make fantastic house dogs and yes, they will let people know if they come on their territory. As for slobbery, I've had German shepherds for 31 years, never had a slobbery one yet. I suppose she thinks all dobermans, rottweillers and pit bulls are killing machines too

Have you thought of getting a tamagotchi? (they're digital though) 

I should just ring up, make some tentative enquiries and go and get her if positive answers are forthcoming. Simples really!

Growlers Jnr both approve which makes a pleasant change. Normally everyone's against me.

I still think she' d look sweet with a neckerchief on (red and white spotted pikey style)
Saddle on her back to carry her shite...bags of....literally, and treats and water and stuff
Proper outdoor ruff and tuff dog and Bear together in 'armony like.

[Snoopy]

I'm not far from Telford either.  She looks like she also knows a few gipsies, very cute.

True that. Could picture her with a red and white spotted neckerchief 'round her neck.

Nooooooooo! Dogs with neckerchiefs  WTF is that all about?

It goes back a long way ~ before Dog Collars were the norm.
Barge Folk used to tie these round their dog's neck as they were always on the move and dogs could sometimes be left behind. Other bargees would recognise the dog by the neckerchief and take it on board until they met up with the owner on the way back.
Source
My great, great grandparents on my father's mother's side worked the Canals around Berks/Oxon.

There was also a great fashion for dogs to appear in "end of pier" shows and they would invariably be fitted with a "Ruff" or Frilly collar. Very popular in Victorian times.

Toby, the Punch and Judy dog, often had a ruff or frill round its neck. This, of course, hid the join where the puppet ceased to be fabric and became a wooden head. Punch and Judy has its origins in the 14th Century but, as we know it, came into its own in this country at the fairs and subsequently the seaside shows.

It is a short step from the canal bargees to the fairgrounds and those who led that nomadic life shared many habits.

Yes I have worked (in my extreme youth) on the fairgrounds and I have always hankered for a life on the canals. One out of two ambitions fulfilled ain't bad I suppose and I am now too old and too ill to realise the latter or repeat the former.

The modern fashion for neckerchiefs on dogs is just a bit of retro chic ~ much like "shabby chic" furniture. People pay a lot of money to achieve a look that our ancestors had out of necessity.

You are David Essex, do I win a fiver? 

  And I'm not Kim either.

[Darwins Selection]

My great, great grandparents on my father's mother's side worked the Canals around Berks/Oxon.

 

So that's where you got it from. 

[Snoopy]

  Possibly