{"id":179,"date":"2008-06-23T22:00:28","date_gmt":"2008-06-24T02:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nerdhut.com\/?p=179"},"modified":"2008-06-23T22:00:28","modified_gmt":"2008-06-24T02:00:28","slug":"bitchy-mcdreadlocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nerdhut.com\/?p=179","title":{"rendered":"Bitchy McDreadlocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just had the nicest<\/em> conversation with a neighbor. Anyone who thinks civility and good manners are dead should meet my neighbor – who’s name I can only assume is Bitchy McDreadlocks – to be proved…… well……. totally and completely right.<\/p>\n

I got home from work today a little after 5. Soon after, Emily and I noticed there was a dog locked in a car in the driveway next door. Howling. Intermittantly but persistantly. It howled for 4 more hours. We debated what to do. I went on a little recon mission and determined whose dog it wasn’t and that the doorbell for the owner was going unanswered.\u00c2\u00a0 So we debated some more and Emily finally decided to place a call in to our friendly neighborhood police force.<\/p>\n

Like it couldn’t have been scheduled any better, as soon as she hung up, the owner (Bitchy McDreadlocks) came out to check on the dog; to walk and water it…….. and lock it right back in the car.<\/p>\n

So I went out there.<\/p>\n

Turns out I’m a huuuuge dick for daring to question her dog-rearing capabilities. Her friend got in a car accident, has a fucked up leg, is crashing on her couch, their dogs don’t get along, and have I no sympathy at all?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In truth, my side of the conversation was conducted in a calm, rational, polite-but-serious manner. Hers was conducted ina high pitched, flustered voice over her shoulder as she walked away from me. Of course, being me, I did sort of come a little unglued at the end. No yelling (as may have happened in the past) but as she mounted her stoop and muttered various curses under her breath, I let loose with a heavily sarcastic “Well it was sure reeeal<\/em> nice talking with you.”<\/p>\n

When we saw her out there with the dog (but before I talked to her) we gave her the benefit of the doubt and cancelled the call in to the police.<\/p>\n

But now?<\/p>\n

The dog’s still out there and the dog’s still howling and if it’s still howling when it’s time for bed, the cops are getting another call.<\/p>\n

You’re god damn right they are.<\/p>\n

I mean, she told me that I was crazy for asserting that a locked car was not an ideal place for a dog to spend the night.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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