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NIECE CRUSHES OPPONENTS, OWNS “DOG”

My eldest niece Amy, with an object she claims is her new dog:
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In my experience, dogs usually have eyes, teeth, and limbs; looks like yet another case where only vivisection will provide definitive proof. Impressive Amy fact: during last Friday’s athletics competitions at her school,  the 13-year-old won the high jump, long jump, triple jump, and the discus, came second in the relay, and third in the 100m, 200m and 400m. Not given to excessive chatter, she emails simply: “It was fun.”

Posted by Tim B. on 04/10/2006 at 09:26 AM
  1. Delightful!

    BTW: Children are for the young.  Don’t wait to make your own.  DAMHIK.

    Posted by Rittenhouse on 2006 04 10 at 09:34 AM • permalink

  2. Cuteness factor off the scale.

    And the dog’s quite nice too.

    Posted by Zoe Brain on 2006 04 10 at 09:37 AM • permalink

  3. Is she an Australian going to a school in England?

    Posted by Nic on 2006 04 10 at 09:39 AM • permalink

  4. Amy rocks!

    Posted by Local oaf on 2006 04 10 at 09:45 AM • permalink

  5. Tim, this is what is known as a “multi-purpose” dog. It is reversible and can be used to wash windows and cars. All in all not a bad investment for a young kid looking to make an extra buck.
    I have a soft spot though for girls called Amy. My oldest daughter is an Amy although she is no longer a Gibbo due to her marriage two weeks ago. She also has a dog but I’m pretty sure it would eat this poor specimen!

    Posted by Gibbo on 2006 04 10 at 09:47 AM • permalink

  6. Nic—she’s an Australian in country Victoria. Do English schools actually allow competitive sports these days?

    Posted by Tim B. on 2006 04 10 at 09:51 AM • permalink

  7. Good on yer, Amy. Carn Amy. That’s all the Australian encouragement I know. Howzat?

    Posted by chinesearithmetic on 2006 04 10 at 09:53 AM • permalink

  8. Onya Amy, you’ve done Tim proud.

    Posted by Melanie on 2006 04 10 at 10:04 AM • permalink

  9. She’s holding it upside down.  Not that I’m going to tell her that, since it’s been my experience that annoying anyone who can jump higher than your head and chase you down is not a good idea…

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 04 10 at 10:10 AM • permalink

  10. Hi Amy and Disney Dog
    It looks kinda like a Maltese terrior.
    O.T
    Rwanda is investigating accusations that France trained and armed those responsible for the ‘94 massacres which resulted in 800,000 deaths.
    Kigali has reportedly accused France of abetting genocide but France has denied having a hand in the 100 day killing spree..
    Source The Australian.

    Posted by crash on 2006 04 10 at 10:27 AM • permalink

  11. Are you sure it’s not a Gremlin, Tim? Don’t let it get wet… ever.

    Posted by anthony27 on 2006 04 10 at 10:34 AM • permalink

  12. I think that, in the act of chasing down her own beloved fluffy dog, Amy inadvertently, due to her great speed and stamina, chased down a rare white Tasmanian Devil. Look at the body language - that thing in her lap obviously doesn’t want to be held, and fears for its life.

    Good hunting, Amy! Hope the dog’s ok!

    Posted by bovious on 2006 04 10 at 10:44 AM • permalink

  13. I think that’s one of those Swiffer dogs that Procter & Gamble makes. You stick a pole up its hinder and drymop the floors, dust the wainscoting, etc. Very useful.

    Posted by Monroe Doctrine on 2006 04 10 at 10:46 AM • permalink

  14. Have to make sure my 12yr old doesn’t see that; she’s always wanted a fluff dog.

    I guess as a chew toy for the labradork.

    Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2006 04 10 at 10:51 AM • permalink

  15. Let’s see:

    High Jump-check
    Long Jump-check
    200 meters-check
    She can use the limbless, headless “dog” for a shot-so check

    Looks like she’s got a handle on most of the events-Tim, spring for the poor girl a spear for Christmas so she can work on her javelin throwing.

    Posted by 68W40 on 2006 04 10 at 10:54 AM • permalink

  16. Tim call me paranoid (yeah I know) and spoilsport if you will -but does this sweet girl’s Mum know her pic is here? Just sayin is all..

    Posted by crash on 2006 04 10 at 10:59 AM • permalink

  17. Two observations Tim.  First, lookswise Amy seems to have taken after the non-Blair side of the family.  She’s beautiful.

    Second, that’s not a dog, that’s a Tribble.

    Posted by wronwright on 2006 04 10 at 11:15 AM • permalink

  18. Can she bowl?  Seems she has more athletic ability than you vaunted five man bowling attack.  Suit her up!

    Posted by yojimbo on 2006 04 10 at 11:20 AM • permalink

  19. Damn it!  Wronwright beat me to it.  I could see that it was a Tribble right away. 

    Oh, dear.  I’m a new commenter here, but I’ve read enough to know that seeing things the way wronwright does may not be such a good thing.

    Posted by saltydog on 2006 04 10 at 11:33 AM • permalink

  20. She’s holding it upside-down.

    Posted by rhhardin on 2006 04 10 at 11:33 AM • permalink

  21. Many congratulations Tim and Amy. And good luck with the dog.
    AD

    Posted by Dr Alice on 2006 04 10 at 11:40 AM • permalink

  22. (glares in a menacing manner at saltydog, reaches for the official List of Righteous Retribution, the expanded version)

    Posted by wronwright on 2006 04 10 at 12:00 PM • permalink

  23. They gave you access to the—EXPANDED VERSION!  Oh my God!

    Posted by yojimbo on 2006 04 10 at 12:09 PM • permalink

  24. Wasn’t the EXPANDED VERSION created especially for him?

    Or did he write it himself - the time travel device and all…

    Posted by Spiny Norman on 2006 04 10 at 12:21 PM • permalink

  25. Spiny

    Only HE has access to the EXPANDED VERSION.

    Wron is in deep yogurt.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2006 04 10 at 01:03 PM • permalink

  26. seeing things the way wronwright does may not be such a good thing.

    Watch this guy; he knows too little.

    Posted by Stoop Davy Dave on 2006 04 10 at 02:24 PM • permalink

  27. Maybe it’s because Australia is upside down and the Coriolis effect and all that, but here in the U.S., we call those things “cats.”

    Posted by Polish Frizzle on 2006 04 10 at 02:30 PM • permalink

  28. Gibbo - congratulations, sir, on your Amy’s wedding.

    Wronwright - she really is beautiful, isn’t she? Amy takes after my sister, who somehow dodged the Blair ugmo gene (and also captured all the Blair athletic abilities for herself; she still runs marathons at 39).

    Everyone else - you are wonderfully sweet. Amy’s going to love reading this.

    Posted by Tim B. on 2006 04 10 at 02:30 PM • permalink

  29. Polish Frizzle.

    I’m glad you broached that issue.  I didn’t have the cajones.

    That right fron paw sure looks like it belongs to a cat to me, not to mention the fur.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2006 04 10 at 02:56 PM • permalink

  30. Were I Amy, I’d be concerned about that killer plant reaching around from her left.  Said plant might be hungry.  I suggest throwing the “dog” at the plant, and then sprinting to safety, thus using her resouces to full advantage.

    Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 04 10 at 03:17 PM • permalink

  31. Amy’s reading these comments?  Including those from saltydog, yojimbo, and the other lacksadaisical layabouts?  Oh, that’s just wonderful.

    Posted by wronwright on 2006 04 10 at 04:19 PM • permalink

  32. Hey, I had a whole thing I was going to write about how she needed to get those sprints up to number one because she’d need the speed to get away from the guys, or something really nudge, nudge like like that.  It was wronwright’s stealing my Tribble bit that got me off track (it was either wron or those ladies in their burkas).

    Posted by saltydog on 2006 04 10 at 04:33 PM • permalink

  33. I’m keeping quiet.  Usually when people notice me paying too much attention to their 13-yr-old nieces, especially when they’re as cute as that one, they start reaching for the pepper spray and the blunt instruments.

    Posted by Stoop Davy Dave on 2006 04 10 at 04:38 PM • permalink

  34. What is she listening to with that earpiece?

    Posted by Rafe on 2006 04 10 at 04:57 PM • permalink

  35. Just ask the fluffy thing, “What’s on top of a house?”  And, “What’s a tree covered by?”  If it answers correctly, it is a dog.

    Posted by TimShell on 2006 04 10 at 05:13 PM • permalink

  36. If that’s a dog, then I’m a cat.

    Congratulations Amy, you’re a star. Will we see you at the London Olympics ?

    Posted by JAFA on 2006 04 10 at 05:25 PM • permalink

  37. Stoop, Yojimbo, Spiny Norman — wronwright <s>was the crash dummy</s> tested the expanded version.  How else would <s>I</s> we have realized that stuff was so funny to watch?

    Hey, wronwright, remember the one with the oil drum, the neon yellow paint, and the long hill?  You were a picture, man!  Jackson Pollock, but a picture!

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 04 10 at 06:46 PM • permalink

  38. Amy’s just a typical sporty youngster here in Oz [22 million]. We won 221 medals at the 71 country Commonwealth Games recently [many just tiny ex-Brit islands though].

    England managed just half -110.

    So we doubled England’s total, won 38% more than the whole UK combined [popn. about 60 million],and more than England, South Africa and Canada combined [popn. about 115 million].

    And a lot of the athletes looked as good as Amy too!

    Posted by Barrie on 2006 04 10 at 06:48 PM • permalink

  39. I’ve seen that trick before. It’s a windsock concealing a high performance mic. Note the journalistic connection. She knows you’re going to say something you’ll regret, and it’ll be all on tape.

    Posted by Henry boy on 2006 04 10 at 06:52 PM • permalink

  40. ...and this is the price for failure, Mr. Bond…

    Posted by Teemo on 2006 04 10 at 07:03 PM • permalink

  41. Forget about the dog, she also has a Right Wing Death Beast for an uncle!

    Posted by TimT on 2006 04 10 at 07:31 PM • permalink

  42. Is it my imagination, or is that dog trying to wiggle out of a headlock?

    Posted by Amos on 2006 04 10 at 08:41 PM • permalink

  43. Whilst the alleged dog looks more like a tribble, the plant behind her is definitely showing some triffid characteristics.

    Posted by jpaulg on 2006 04 10 at 08:48 PM • permalink

  44. It’s not the size of the dog in the fight,
    it’s the size of the fight in the dog!

    Posted by Local oaf on 2006 04 10 at 09:24 PM • permalink

  45. Competition in a Victorian school?!!! Does the teachers’ union know about this?

    Posted by slatts on 2006 04 10 at 10:02 PM • permalink

  46. Amos — I warned you not to annoy her!

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 04 10 at 10:22 PM • permalink

  47. Of course it is a dog. Just a little camera shy is all. Amy is doing the right thing by covering his eyes.

    Saltydog. A word of advice. Suddenly finding yourself thinking like wronwright is an occupational hazard around here. Quite common. The doctors are working on it but it hasn’t got a name yet. It means you need some quiet time on your own. And it’s something best kept to yourself.

    Posted by geoff on 2006 04 10 at 10:52 PM • permalink

  48. have you guys copyrighted that photo?  we wouldn’t want another jemmy’s kitten incident.  looks like a maltese terrier to me

    Posted by KK on 2006 04 11 at 12:05 AM • permalink

  49. Proof postive that Tim was adopted.

    Posted by perfectsense on 2006 04 11 at 12:55 AM • permalink

  50. Obviously a plastic dog.

    Posted by Good Face on 2006 04 11 at 01:19 AM • permalink

  51. Not quite right. Shes not bald, its a dog not a hairless cat, cair isnt the right shape, and her little finger isnt croocked up to her mouth.
    I reccomend the Italian boy deterrent system. You force feed her till shes 120kg then starve her at the age of 21. Keeps your life much simpler.

    Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2006 04 11 at 05:20 AM • permalink

  52. frollickingmole no offence but isn’t it a little early in the week to be giving the sumerian mead such a bashing?

    Posted by geoff on 2006 04 11 at 06:06 AM • permalink

  53. I’ll move back on topic again, it’s great to see someone from the bush or a country town excel.  Well done Amy.  How many of our top sports people come from outside of our cities ... heaps ... and they’re often the best ...

    Posted by Stevo on 2006 04 11 at 08:31 AM • permalink

  54. What a great picture. Lots of kids that age are cute, but you don’t see that sort of poise very often. Let’s just hope that the Australian Carnivore Vine—just starting to make its move at the moment the shutter clicked—devoured the pooch instead of Amy.

    Posted by Paul Zrimsek on 2006 04 11 at 02:53 PM • permalink

  55. Shouldn’t the title be:

    NIECE OWNS OPPONENTS, CRUSHES “DOG”

    Posted by R C Dean on 2006 04 11 at 04:46 PM • permalink

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