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Ah. Piddler on the Roof. I saw that a longtime ago.
What was the story about again?
the moral of the story: always carry a hand-cranked phone charger
and the mutt looked in fantastic shape after three weeks at sea don’t you think - something fishy might be going on - did you notice that shifty look in the dogs eye when the rescuers asked him if there were any survivors - there is are two truisms in life - 1. never ask a dog to watch your food and 2. it ain’t really worth sweating the small stuff…another great toon FD
Has 60 Minutes signed the critter for an exclusive yet? If so it’s guaranteed to be a dog of an interview.
Proudly I wore my expensive but lavish First Dog Mr Rabbit Daisy T-shirt to the Climate Action rally on Saturday, where many many fellow Dogonauts were not also present in similar attire. I was hoping for at least one high five. But no.
There is a deliberate comedic error in today’s cartoony which must be deliberately on purpose because Mr Dog is a genius after all. But it’s bugging me.
C’mon FD. We’re all dying to know…..What brand of boat phone was Firstdogontheroof using.
And more importantly…..What’s his twitter name?
This is truly a feast of informative tenderness. I think some of us may need the link to the video.
I’m predicting Yann Martel’s next novel will be … . .
Crispy, I had to read it over and over.. It’s one of those quiz questions where you have to pick the ones that doesn’t belong with the rest.. I thought there was only one, but perhaps there’s three..
Can the dog borrow your publicist?
Frames 1, 17, and 23 were featured in the Herald Sun. Of these frame 1 and 23 appeared on the regular page 3 happy, feel good animal happy snaps. Frame 17 got front, back and sides, extensive Hun coverage. (And I don’t mean the porn site).
And the band played watching the football with me.
The other band played Waltzing Matilda.
(The son of Hun also got extensive coverage; but not quite the same coverage as he normally gets).
If all this stuff happened and the dog wasn’t there to hear it, did it make a cartoon?
Very Zen Firstdog.
the video link - youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
Dear Mr Onthemoon, This was so very excellent that I plonked it on my facebook page - but I included a plug for Crikey and a genuine compliment and I hope that is ok in lieu of proper copyright. Do tell me to remove it if not. cheers, Frankie http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=657936703
Billabong should give that dog a contract.
It surfed the tsunami on the roof of a house and then rode the next big one back in.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he rolled big bob marley, tuned the shaggin wagon jappo equivalent to JJJ to listen to Captain Goodvibes and headed to the nearest McNukes.
LOL just realised FD.
I’ll bet you are going to be Soooo…… p*ssed off, that the little brown dog couldn’t wait till the end of the month to be rescued.
Hell, you would have a had a whole, perfect page for next year’s calendar.
BTW. I think today’s effort ranks up there with your best.
McNukes I like DRMICK. As a satirircal name I mean.
CRISPY and PLONK: I anticipated we might be expected to tell which different or describe that each is the same.
I will myself read it again when I have more time.
Very enjoyable, reading Firsty. Well summarised events as we know them by media decision, but love truly Tsunami Dog’s intuitive grasp on world happenstance as we know it.
In that frame where Barry O’Farrell wins the NSW election the dog is clearly straining to do a big poo. Oh you’re subtle FD.
i feel like i am a girl at sea with all thats going on…….. I’m glad the dog got rescued xx
Tomorrow - the story of the whale that was found alive in a municipal pool four kilometres inland - only to be turned into 4,792, 807 bits of sashimi.
Them’s the breaks. Buy wasabi futures, Tombei.
Oh FFS! The story just gets more Disney by the hour.
Now it turns out that the dog’s owner is alive, and has been reunited with her beloved pooch. This is costing me a fortune in kleenex tissues.
Paddy, was the owner Leslie Nielsen - back from the recently departed ? Or Danno from Hawaii-Five-O ?
Was the dogs name Rassie?
DRMICK:
Did it come moan?
T-shirtness is upon me! Many times over!
Paddy I was so heartbroken by FD’s take I wasn’t going to comment. But I’ve just seen the video of an overjoyed pup leaping into the arms of his owner. The little tyke’s name is Ban! I feel so much better now…no longer speechless…you’re a genius FD.
I love both of you dogs, Dog!
There’s something suss here. No-one, not even a small brown dog, can survive 3 weeks without fresh water. Media stunt? Poor reporting? It’s a cute story, but this just seems impossible.
I think there’s a much bigger news story here, if I’m reading First Dog’s multi-layered storyboard aright. It seems our canine hero, against significant odds, kept in touch with things whilst whiling away the days. But how?
Could one of the greater minds here (all but me then) kindly explain? Is there a canine equivalent to twitter (yapper? howler?) Was our hero’s reaction to Liz Taylor’s death (frame 13) a result of his/ her telepathic relationship with the moon? Message in a bottle? Messenger dolphins? Floods of tears altering the ocean’s salt balance?
Enquiring minds want to know.
FRACTIOUS: Snifter?