Weekend Gotaway – How Long is this Weekend, Anyway? – Chapter 3
If you are beginning to wonder if my posts about last weekend will never end, then you are finally on the road to understanding the unusual time-sucking Black Hole that the Firepants Family endures on a daily basis. Wonderbutt will be more than happy to lead you down that merry path.
After my first sleepless night at The Ranch, I smothered myself with a pillow the next morning while the rest of the The Ranch visitors carried on with life, completely oblivious to the fact that I had spent my evening cleaning up cat vomit and trying to keep Wonderbutt from dismembering the vomiter.
I finally entered the kitchen around 9:30, only to find most of the household gone. They had taken the four dogs for a jaunt.
Moments into my breakfast, the crew returned. Dimples, my fully dressed daughter, was wet. It was not raining.
“I had to save Wonderbutt from drowning,” she proudly announced. “I think I need a shower.”
You may not remember this, but we tested the whole, “Are Bulldogs Buoyant?” question last year around this time, when Wonderbutt decided to take a plunge into the pond at The Ranch once he saw that everyone else was doing it. Wonderbutt may be stubborn, but he apparently caves to canine peer pressure quite easily.
Wonderbutt proved that yes, bulldogs can swim, at least when they weigh 15 pounds less than he does now. I’m not sure where the fine line is, but it seems he crossed over it, because this year he couldn’t keep his head above the water. Fortunately the water was only about 3 feet deep, so Dimples waded out to save him.
Wonderbutt does not feel guilt or shame – or humiliation. He did not seem to be embarrassed one bit that he was the only dog out of four that had to be carried back to land by a 9 year old girl who weighs less than he does. To be fair, the other three dogs were a bit too tired from the whole experience to taunt him very much.
I must admit that the thought did cross my mind, for one very brief moment, that, if he had drowned, I might actually sleep that night. But I can feel guilt, and immediately banished that thought from my head. It was then followed by the tempting thought of drowning the cat, instead. But, I did not want The Dictator to impale me on her Wall of Death, so I did not voice this thought, much less act on it.
Instead, I went outside to the porch to console our oblivious Wonderbutt for his failed attempt to cross the Channel this summer.
“I think you need to find a different Olympic sport,” I informed him. “Swimming does not appear to be your best skill. I’m thinking you should try the luge. I have a feeling your, uh, shape might be an asset in that event.”
His enthusiasm for this new idea was unbridled.
Posted on September 7, 2012, in Dimples, Dogs, Family, Humor, Wonderbutt and tagged bulldog, humor, life, pet, random, sport, swim, The Ranch, travel, wonderbutt. Bookmark the permalink. 29 Comments.
I love reading about wonderbutt
Thanks. Not sure what I would write about if I didn’t have him in the family!
Don’t worry wonderbutt, litchi cannot swim either. She’s been rescued from 2 pools before. That last photo is priceless!
Really? Poor Litchi! I’m glad she is safe and sound, though!
Priceless writing – I love your style and those photos are pretty good too – hehe!
Thanks! I just take a billion pictures, and usually two or three come out okay.
That’s my method too!
What a brave Dimples…our heroine ..saving the wonderful WB when his life could have been in danger…..poor WB..do you think that maybe he should lose a bit of weight? Then he would be able to swim……
I think he should lose weight. The vet thinks he should lose weight. Every random person who sees him says he needs to lose weight. Wonderbutt is perfectly happy with his body size, though.
like the rest of us eh! Buy him some water wings then he will not sink!
Wonderbutt so needs his own television show. Call NBC. They need all the help they can get.
Wonderbutt Boo Boo?
Okay, you actually made me laugh out loud. A true LOL!
I’m marking this date on my calendar!
I always feel weird when I get up at what I consider to be early when I’m visiting people and they’re already dressed and have done about ten different things.
Wonderbutt is such an interesting dog. I went out with some friends last night and we saw a bulldog which prompted me to tell them about Wonderbutt. They think he sounds awesome.
Me too! In this group, I am the only one that considers 9:30 to be a relatively early time to rise. They are all people who think 8:00 is horribly late.
I’m thrilled you are passing the word about Wonderbutt. Maybe he will be famous some day!
ha! loving this “series,” and i seriously think you need to get that dog in commercials.
It’s amazing how doing nothing for 3 days can result in a week’s worth of blog posts!
I was beginning to wonder…but that last shot of Wunderbutt totally made me want just a little more. 😉
He has that effect on people.
Ginger roots for doing in the cat! Muwahahahahah Glad you are okday Wonderbutt….. Ginger has a question… did Wonderbutt let loose with one of his famous gas bombs under the water and kill the fish? Ginger’s enquiring mind wants to know… hehehe
I’m not sure he had the presence of mind to perform such a nefarious act!
That photo is priceless – the expression reminds me of someone, but I can’t quite put my finger on who. Winston Churchill? W.C. Fields?
Wonderbutt needs his own line of greeting cards! His expressions are always priceless.
Although you may have a sliver of mixed feelings about Wonderbutt surviving the near-drowning, the world would be a much less entertaining place without him.
Sweet Wonderbutt what would the family do for excitement if it were not for you. They would not know what to do with themselves would they? You for sure keep them all on their toes and busy. Hugs and nose kisses
No, I refuse to speculate on WBs best Olympic events, on the grounds that it will drive me insane(r). Or make me laugh way too hard.
Hilarious! And for some reason I’m not really surprised that Wonderbutt had trouble swimming. The weight/mass ratio just wasn’t working in his favor, poor dog! 🙂 Dimples must like him even a little bit, since she went to the trouble of saving him.
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