Archives for: February 2009
Big Wendy, Super Whippet

It’s no secret that I’ll soon be the proud owner of a whippet puppy, but if I had a dollar for every time someone has said: “Why don’t you get a real dog?” it would have paid for the puppy!
Let me introduce you to Wendy the Schwarzenegger of all dogs. It just so happens that she is a Whippet, a [...]

By Symon with 9 comments
Name that Pup!

Not letting any cat out of the bag (whippets love chasing cats by the way) but what do you think the puppy in the pic would most suit? Bear in mind that fully grown she will be extremely skinny (see previous post pic.), far removed from the plump little ball of fur she is at the moment. Here are the [...]

By Symon with 12 comments
The Whippet made me do it

I’ve always been a cat guy. For a few legitimate reasons too mind you, among them being…

Dogs smell
I never grew up with a dog… because they were, well, smelly.
I was bitten by a dog at primary school.
I had an unpleasant experience with a friend’s over-friendly dog.
I’ve stepped in more than my fair share of poop in my lifetime.
Dogs sniff you [...]

By Symon with 6 comments
Tomb of the Seven Sleepers

I came across an extremely interesting account while researching the city of Ephesus last week. The legend goes like this…
Around 250AD, when Christians were being fiercely persecuted, seven young men refusing to recant their faith, gave their worldly goods to the poor and retreated to a mountain cave to pray (and await capture, followed by execution I presume), where [...]

By Symon with 10 comments
Croc-swallowing monster exists!

At last, tangible proof has surfaced that giant snakes do exist (at least they did, once). A snake so huge it could swallow a crocodile in one gulp.
Remains from no less than eight giant snakes have been unearthed in a coal mine in Colombia. Aptly named ‘Titanoboa‘, researchers estimate (from the size of its vertebrae) that it was 15 [...]

By Symon with 7 comments
Flower Killing 101

Only a maniacal psychopathic would mortally wound a puppy and present it to a loved-one as a symbol of love and appreciation.

Considering this, read on.
Flower killing 101
1. Pick flower, thus condemning it to slow death.
2. Present dying flower to someone special.
3. Someone special places flower in water, displaying its slow death for all to see, in similar fashion to roman [...]

By Symon with 21 comments