hair of the dog - informal an alcoholic drink taken to cure a hangover. [ORIGIN: from hair of the dog that bit you, formerly recommended as an efficacious remedy for the bite of a mad dog.]
Based on the comics that showed up last Sunday morning, it looked to be a dog of a week with no unifying themes or words - not much red meat, if you will. So, I decided to sink my canines into, gnaw at the bones, and share whatever showed up the rest of the week leashed to man's best friend.
What follows are the top-10 items in that category (there were only ten). The selections appear in no particular order. Rank them as you see fit and choose the one you think is #1.
1. Animal Magnetism
2. Fame, Fortune, and Food
3. Why Humans Strive To Keep Fit - A Detailed Account
4. Odor In The Court
If you think it's stupid to create a story line in which a dog is nominated to become a member of the Supreme Court, I suggest you examine the decisions made and opinions expressed by the ultra-conservative members currently sitting on that august body.
5. Let Talking Dogs Lie
Once again I am compelled to correct the grammar of a cartoonist. Lay is a transitive verb, It must be followed by a direct object (a noun, a pronoun, or a suitably constructed clause or phrase). Around is an adverb; so, it cannot correctly serve that purpose. Grammatically, Fang can "lie around," bur he cannot "lay around." To that end I offer a correction for his ungrammatical sentence. "You need to go to work while I lay a round turd Watching TV and taking naps all day." Now, isn't that better?
6. Liquidity?
Hey, I didn't say they were good comics or cartoons, just that they were leashed to man's best friend.
7. Religious Litter-alism?
For those who have not been following the Francis comic strip, Dogma is the name of Francis's pet canine. She recently had a litter of twelve puppies.
8. That's Relatively Arful!
9. A Dickens of a Choice
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everythin gbefore us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaveh, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. – A Tale of Two Cities by Charled Dickens
10. No Taste For Vengeance
Definitely Not Hair Of The Dog
I couldn't resist including this one in today's post. Despite its being off topic, I think it adds some needed warmth and fuzziness to the collection. Don't you agree?
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