Our anonymous submitter saw this notice up in Canada’s Yukon territory. “I always knew that dogs were a very important in the life of the Yukoners,” she says, by way of explanation…an explanation that, frustratingly, explains next to nothing about these people or their “visitors.”
Also, re: points #4 & 6 — my dog isn’t very good at coming when called, but he happens to love hanging out with “drug-using people.” (Lots of Cheetos crumbs and whatnot to lick off the floor.)
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#1
Tikikala
HA. lol.
logical. it makes sense. awesome. indeed.
May 27, 2010 at 11:03 pm rating: 90
#2
Kevin
LMAO. I have two cats and a dog and not a one of them normally comes when called. They come when food is on its way, though.
On the other hand, the poster makes some very valid points which I find difficult to argue.
May 27, 2010 at 11:05 pm rating: 90
#3
Silver
LOL! Crazy cat lady alert!
May 27, 2010 at 11:06 pm rating: 90
#4
leftfoot
(12) you can lock pets in a kennel if they are being a nuisance.
May 27, 2010 at 11:06 pm rating: 90
#5
Lori Ventola
Heehee! “If they get pregnant, you can sell their children!”
May 27, 2010 at 11:06 pm rating: 90
#6
park rose
This should have been posted on a Wednesday. A dog note is a sure-fire way to get us through a hump-day. He might not come when he’s called, but give him a knee to wrap his legs around and he’ll try his best to get there.
May 27, 2010 at 11:07 pm rating: 90
#7
Melodie
In fairness, I have received at least ten email forwards in my life which quote that exactly. This one just seems harsh because it doesn’t have any adorable, soft-focus photos of puppies blowing out the candles on their birthday cakes or whatever the fuck.
PS: I live in Canada. Maybe it’s a national phenomenon..?
May 27, 2010 at 11:07 pm rating: 90
#8
rossy
I’d hate to go to this person’s house. It seems like it’s always the people with poorly trained animals living in a home they don’t clean often enough who cop this sort of attitude with everyone.
May 27, 2010 at 11:08 pm rating: 90
#9
mike
FWIW, this is from an email that’s been circulating around the internet for years. Its weird to print it and hang it up, but he or she didn’t write it.
May 27, 2010 at 11:09 pm rating: 90
#10
Beek
Welcome to my home where the dog fur sticks to everything…..but the dogs.
May 27, 2010 at 11:13 pm rating: 90
#11
Kat
I’ve seen this reposted on humour/pet sites and in my mailboxes spam filter from well meaning relatives since the internet began….. not the best passive-aggressive note offering, although I do hate forwarded crap.
May 27, 2010 at 11:16 pm rating: 90
#12
jfruh
I am one of those people who has a cat and will not be having kids and I love the cat very much and think it is preferable to a child and yet nothing gives me the creeps more than people who refer to their pets their children. Ugh ugh ugh, it drives me up a wall.
May 27, 2010 at 11:17 pm rating: 90
#13
Nancy
But my kid has never EVER sniffed anyone’s crotch, liked their privates or humped anyone’s leg. And unlike the cat, a kid can be taught to yack into the toilet instead in the middle of the rug. Good and bad in both…
May 27, 2010 at 11:17 pm rating: 90
#14
G.
Yeah, this isn’t anyone’s particular passive-aggressive note. It’s something that circulates the internet periodically.
May 27, 2010 at 11:20 pm rating: 90
#15
Babes
So your pets ask for money, some of the time?
May 27, 2010 at 11:41 pm rating: 90
#16
kat
Yeah, I’ve seen it before too but if I went toi someone’s house and this was hanging on their front door, I’d promptly turn around and leave. At least my kid doesn’t hang obnoxious notes.
May 28, 2010 at 12:35 am rating: 90
#17
Cole
Love it when people can’t even be original,
May 28, 2010 at 12:49 am rating: 90
#18
scaz
my ex-boyfriend had this typed up and framed in the guest bathroom with a soft focus picture of his two dogs. he is not canadian, but is from wisconsin. so. maybe its still a latitudinal thing.
May 28, 2010 at 2:10 am rating: 90
#19
newbuffalomom
Wear natural fibers, hug your pet.
(seen on a magnet)
May 28, 2010 at 5:10 am rating: 90
#20
Winston Smith
I know who I am not gonna visit
May 28, 2010 at 5:27 am rating: 90
#21
Lauren
at least my kids will eventually clean up their own poop.
May 28, 2010 at 6:10 am rating: 90
#22
Jess
If they are your sons/daughters and you sell their children, then essentially you are selling your grandchildren. Interesting…
May 28, 2010 at 6:14 am rating: 90
#23
Woman on the Verge
Wait, my kids are short, hairy, occasionally walk on all fours and don’t speak clearly. They’re human teenagers.
May 28, 2010 at 7:28 am rating: 90
#24
Geek Kittie
Haha – I’m one of those people who don’t plan on having children and will refer to my pets as my furbabies. Granted, I don’t try to treat them like people or anything weird like that.
I love my pets and have a great affection for them. I still know they’re not the same as a child. Don’t take the “my pets are my children” too seriously.
May 28, 2010 at 7:34 am rating: 90
#25
Kimmpie
The puppies & kittens are fucking delicious!
Sorry, I couldn’t help myself
May 28, 2010 at 7:59 am rating: 90
#26
xenylamine
#6 and #7 are questionable… my dog is quite a fan of rum & coke. And #7 kind of follows #6, if you know what I’m sayin’.
May 28, 2010 at 8:14 am rating: 90
#27
Capri
I agree with the above people who are not into the animal rights “our pets are our kids” nonsense. I’ve left so many pet- related communities because of all this “doggy mommy” “cat-mom” “parent to Fluffy” “monkid” stuff (monkid meaning somebody’s pet monkey) I have a possum and she’s my pet, not my child… I cringe any time people refer to me as her “mommy” uh, no…She was weaned off her momy three and a half years ago and came to me, her owner. As for forwards, I smash chain letters, including pet-related ones, without mercy, but still with at least some class.
May 28, 2010 at 12:16 pm rating: 90
#28
Flummox
People who copy stuff someone else thought up (and pass it off as their own original thought) annoy me.
Hmm… come to think of it, that’s probably also why I hate bumper stickers, t-shirt quotes and greeting cards.
May 28, 2010 at 12:21 pm rating: 90
#29
cherylicious
Another bennie about a pet vs. a child–you can leave your pet home alone when they are a year old and no one calls CPS…
May 28, 2010 at 11:26 pm rating: 90
#30
RP
Dear Pet Owners: Is it really too much to ask that the poop gets cleaned up?
I get that pets mean animal hair all over the place and I’ve given up on expecting anyone to actually control their dogs but can’t the poop at least be dealt with?
Jun 1, 2010 at 2:06 pm rating: 90
#31
jess
my cat is just as hard to train as your average kid. Although at least he’s reasonably predictable in his misbehavior.
Jun 1, 2010 at 6:45 pm rating: 90
#32
elliot
I have often found that I can tell a lot about the owner through their pet. Does anyone else find that?
Jun 1, 2010 at 9:47 pm rating: 90
#33
cali
I just realized that all my friends are animal lovers too. I never have to explain or excuse anything. The people who can’t stomach my four pets don’t come to visit. Fine with me. I can’t imagine being true friends with someone who hates animals, and I have no time for phony friendships.
I don’t let my pets climb on people unless they are invited. My dog doesn’t jump up and if she’s begging I send her in the other room.
Now I wish people with little kids who visit could give me the same courtesy. I resent looking after other people’s children in my house because they don’t care what they get into or break in my not-kid-friendly house. Can somebody write a note like this for folks with kids who come to visit?
Jun 1, 2010 at 9:49 pm rating: 90
#34
Navi
Actually, my cat will sometimes come home smelling like every kind of smoke and stumbling. And if you leave a beer within his reach, he’ll try to steal it from you one lick at a time. >^,^<
Jun 2, 2010 at 12:28 pm rating: 90
#35
Shipoopi
SPAY/NEUTER!
Jun 15, 2010 at 11:24 am rating: 90
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