Does anyone else watch the Westminster Dog Show? We've caught bits and pieces of it over the years. I'm always bewildered by the outfits worn by the women dog trainers. Here's one:
Is it 1967 or 2017? How is this comfortable for someone bending down to work with a dog and running it around the arena? I guess it's tradition, but that matronly look is not a good one. Two nights ago, the woman judge who announces the winners began by saying, "This bitch . . ." My husband and I looked at each other and started cracking up. He thought she might as well be saying, "This bitch knows how to judge!" If you've never watched the show, I highly recommend it for the laughs.
Twice in the past month, I've read obituaries that stated who the deceased voted for in the presidential election. I can't even blame the wackiness on one political party or the other because I've seen both now . . . "I voted for Hilary!" and "I voted for Trump!" My first thought was, 'Get A Life!' but that doesn't really work in this scenario.
Is anyone else bothered by the absurd expiration dates found on everything now? I can understand food and medications going bad, but this?
Twice in the past month, I've read obituaries that stated who the deceased voted for in the presidential election. I can't even blame the wackiness on one political party or the other because I've seen both now . . . "I voted for Hilary!" and "I voted for Trump!" My first thought was, 'Get A Life!' but that doesn't really work in this scenario.
Is anyone else bothered by the absurd expiration dates found on everything now? I can understand food and medications going bad, but this?
I swear these companies just want us to throw products away and buy more. #BoycottColgate
I love the dog show, I give them all best in show.
ReplyDeleteYou are a dog lover?
Deletehaha yeah it is rather fun to watch the dog shows, some of those people are truly nuts, poor dogs.
ReplyDeleteThe obits are just rather pathetic.
That is how they get you, expired so buy new.
Yes, stamp a 9 month expiation date on waxed string.
DeleteWhat is that thing?
ReplyDeleteI've watched the dog show. They are both bizarre and amusing. Have you ever noticed a handler taking a treat out of their mouths and giving it to the dog? Yeesh.
Oh, sorry, it's dental floss.
DeleteI have not seen the exchange of treats between dog and trainer. Now I need to watch more carefully!
I remember once looking on the expiration date on a stick deodorant. It was some day in 2438. Good for the nuclear storage bunker...
ReplyDeleteI won't buy Colgate toothpaste any more since most of it is now made in Mexico. But hey, at least it's gluten free!
That far in the future for an expiration date is completely bizarre!
DeleteI'm allergic to SLS and Sensodyne is the only one without it, so I have to stick to that no matter where it's made. But now I have to check!
The only dog show I ever witnessed was in the movie, Best In Show, which was freaking hilarious! OMG...if you haven't ever seen it, please watch it because you will laugh and laugh and laugh. One of Christopher Guest's BEST films EVER!
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree, the handlers wore the most unusual clothes. Like you said, the women were all in dresses?!?
You're right, it seems that everything comes with an expiration date. I can understand food, but dental floss?!?! Yup, I also think it's a way for companies to keep getting us to buy more.
Have a great rest of your week, my friend!
That movie sounds very familiar, so maybe I've seen it? Or maybe just parts of it? The clothing makes no sense. I don't even know where they find clothes that old! Ha!
DeleteHow can she run in those tight clothes.....
ReplyDeleteAs for expiry dates, I think the authorities are getting more and more strict about printing the exp date.
Leave it to the government and their regulations!
DeleteI laughed at your get a life comment. We had those voting booths way back when because people wanted to protect their right of a "secret" ballot, go figure. love the dog shows.
ReplyDeleteOh how I miss those days of secrecy about voting!!!
DeleteSee, I think that, for some of these folks, who they voted for is something like a marker of whether they're in Heaven or Hell. . .
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm wondering to myself, what does it look like when dental floss expires?
Where they are going, it doesn't matter. Thank God! Literally!
DeleteMaybe the floss breaks down. But not in 9 months!
I'd be laughing right with you and hubby on the Westminster thing only ....
ReplyDelete.... Queenie and the daughters all take it way too seriously to the point I can't stand it. And it's not much fun to mock alone, ya know?
My favorites obits are the ones that say "At least I died before Trump became President" or better yet "I'm coming back to haunt you if you vote for Hillary!". good times we live in.
And yeah, expiration is getting nuts and costing us lots. Sensible regularly snags goods from work that they are supposed to throw out because the expiration date hit. Free mouthwash, woo hoo!!
I've wondered what sort of waste is involved with expired goods. It's not like clothes that you can send off to TJMaxx when the stock gets old.
DeleteYeah, that would be interesting to know. What I do know is that expiration dates for most things are crazy-conservative to make sure that even in the worst case scenario (high temperature, extreme humidity or lack thereof, etc) there will not be an issue. Still others have been driven strictly from lawsuits to best protect merchants from processing mistakes or from neglectful customers .....
DeleteI blogged about it and I'm sure you read about it, but we did attend a dog show when we lived in Prescott. It wasn't of course the Westminster thing, but I was struck by the women (older) running in their outfits they wore. I was also pleased a corgi won best of show :)
ReplyDeleteInteresting with the obits listing who the deceased voted for. I guess those that were preparing them were privvy to that news? I am a bit morbid about death, but I think people should write their obits before they pass. Families in mourning leave out some details the deceased might want covered.
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I didn't realize women wore the same thing at other dog shows. It's quite the tradition then, though very outdated!
DeleteI think a lot of folks do write their own obits, if they don't die suddenly. I've already told my spouse that I must pre-approve any photo used for mine! After that, I don't care what's written.
An expiry date on floss? Absurd.(By the way, I saw an article that said there's no proven benefit of flossing and it's basically pointless)
ReplyDeleteI expect my obituary to include not only who I voted for (in every election) but my favourite breakfast cereal and my preferred brand of underpants. Isn't that normal practice?
Yes, my son gave me a hard time when the 'scientific' article about floss came out. I will continue flossing daily as long as my no cavity streak holds!
DeleteI've never watched one of those dog shows.
ReplyDeleteI think it would crack you up, Mary!
DeleteHave you ever seen "Best in Show"? Hilarious spoof of this annual event. Check it out if you have not.
ReplyDeleteI did not realize politics were seeping into the obituaries. I guess you could say a lot of voters are rolling over in their graves right now!
I'm sure past presidents are also rolling over!
DeleteI'm not one for dog shows, but there's a great sheep herding contest in the Berkshires near my aunt's farmhouse every Memorial Day weekend.
ReplyDeleteI guess I don't mind obits that mentioned the deceased's presidential pick. I just object when these people vote after they're dead.
And speaking of expiration dates, I usually look at them after I've consumed whatever's in the container. I gotta cut that out...
My kids would always point out something like a cracker box in the cabinet that had expired two days prior and tell me they shouldn't eat them. What they didn't know didn't hurt them . . . , ha!
DeleteI laughed out loud at your "Get a life comment," but have never watched enough of a dog show to come upon a laugh ;)
ReplyDeleteLast night, my daughter was watching more of the dog show featuring sheep dogs and was calling one of them, 'Dirty Mop' which cracked me up.
DeletePoor dog. Or poor owner. :-)
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
The dog show world is so bizarre.
DeleteI guess sometimes tradition breeds foolishness. As long as it's harmless, I'm all for it ;)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Blue Grumpster above.
ReplyDeleteNot into any dogs or shows but as usual you have given a good pic :)