Baboons In The Mix
Suzie came over last night. Bernie opened some chardonnay. He’s not a big wine guy – prefers bourbon or beer – but Suzie likes it. “This is from South Africa,” he said. “Apparently the baboons over there love the chardonnay grapes, eat them by the ton.”
“So that’s a recommendation?” Suzie said.
They laughed. I didn’t get it. But I knew baboons all right, and not just from Animal Planet. There’s a baboon in To Fetch A Thief. Did he actually make off with a piece of the evidence? That was bad, but I’d been pretty busy at the time. It all came back to me.
“Hey,” said Suzie, “did you see Chet shiver just now?”
“He sometimes shivers in his sleep,” Bernie said.
Sleep? Did they think that just because my eyes were closed I was sleeping? That might be useful some day. I tried to think how exactly, came up with zip. Then my eyelids got heavy for real. Funny how life works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl9t90y4BKs
Tags: baboons, Suzie, To Fetch A Thief
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4:13 am on March 16th, 2010
Timestamp check
4:14 am on March 16th, 2010
Admin doesn't know there was daylight savings time. What else doesn't he know.
4:28 am on March 16th, 2010
We have to give Admin a break. I'm amazed they even have power.
(aside to Admin) see how I stick up for you? Maybe Chet could put some more of To Fetch a Thief on the blog.
6:00 am on March 16th, 2010
But Melanine – I'm getting all poodled up over this!
7:03 am on March 16th, 2010
Molly, be careful of Alice. She has no power over you. She is a CAT.
I watched a movie once where the baboons were the bad guys. They attacked a person. I don't remember the movie at all, but I do remember it was a very forgetable movie.
I wonder if Chet barks in his sleep. I bark in my sleep (so I am told) If that is true, it is the only time I bark.
8:55 am on March 16th, 2010
Admin: test
9:10 am on March 16th, 2010
Test? Test? Is that all ya got?
9:14 am on March 16th, 2010
Admin: re-test
10:43 am on March 16th, 2010
Admin: re-re-test
11:06 am on March 16th, 2010
Uh, Oh, The Admin is re-re testing. . .
CHET! CAN YOU HEAR US CHET??
11:55 am on March 16th, 2010
Chet probably has his eyes closed to make admin think he's sleeping, but he's really keeping guard. Now let's see if the tests worked and we are on daylight savings time (which in my opinion is absolutely useless).
11:56 am on March 16th, 2010
Yes, the tests worked so you can really take a nap now Chet.
11:59 am on March 16th, 2010
Hey everyone: Christina left us a message on yesterday's blog…last message.
12:01 pm on March 16th, 2010
Helluva Day!….don’t ask….snort!… What is going on around here?? …Molly has Admin doing time tests!… Awesome…can we get him to roll-over and bark too? …grunt!… They try to make me do stupid stuff like that here and I always surprise them with the silent but deadly bomb instead. Heh!
Chet!… what a great post today!… wow!… There are Baboons in To Fetch a Thief!?… nasty!… How cool and probably kind of scary too!… wheeze!… I can only imagine what would make Chet shiver over a memory!… oooooo…. I can’t wait to get my paws on that first draft!
12:37 pm on March 16th, 2010
Golly!… Very nice of Christina to drop by!… All the way from Berlin… snort!
12:43 pm on March 16th, 2010
Alice is now in North Dakota,
She has gone up to direct operations at the flood headquarters in Fargo. Soon she will be digging up tons of dirt and making dikes. That is what all that litter box training has done for her. That cat knows how to make a dike! Abbie has come along just to see wtf is going on? Abbie does not want to get her paws wet. B Stover is in charge of information. Information is critical. Mollypop says she will do whatever it takes so she is on standby.
More news from the front lines tomorrow and maybe a picture or two.
Alice Johnson, at the epicenter!
1:25 pm on March 16th, 2010
1:26 pm on March 16th, 2010
Noble!… very very very very very… Amazing…. Snort!… Alice is helping out with a good cause?… hmmm… And Abbie is standing by wringing her paws… grunt!
Siber-H!… can you tell if the Molly mentioned is “Our Molly”, or just some other “Molly” that Alice is alluding to or making up??… wheeze!… Seems to me, our Molly was very busy bossing Admin around here today at the blog… snort! … But the whole “do whatever it takes and is on standby” is disturbing to me…. We need a little Intel Agents!… what do you have for me???… gruff!
1:30 pm on March 16th, 2010
Hi Chet…I'm Bug
[img ]http://chetthedog.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/1268778611-pets 009.jpg[/img]
1:31 pm on March 16th, 2010
Hi Chet…I'm Yogi. You Rock!
[img ]http://chetthedog.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/1268778671-pets 014.jpg[/img]
1:32 pm on March 16th, 2010
I'm the Dude….keep on snooping Chet.
[img ]http://chetthedog.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/1268778761-Dude 1-16-09 016.jpg[/img]
1:45 pm on March 16th, 2010
Rio is pondering….
[ It could be all for a good cause! Helping distressed people and their pets in a time of great need. Digging dirt and building dikes to help families stay safe from the flood waters. I could definitely see Stover doing that. Volunteering her time and efforts. Molly too! She saved some helpless Pugs yesterday, even when she was seriously mad at me! ]
1:48 pm on March 16th, 2010
[img ]http://chetthedog.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/1268779620-oh my Alice.jpg[/img]
I have done some investigating and I find how Alice gets all her information.
1:51 pm on March 16th, 2010
Yikes!
Be Careful Alice. Don't get swept away in the flood. This could be a devious plan to keep you occupied while…
Baboons? If there are baboons, then we are in Africa or Arabia right? Maybe Colonel Bob's son is in East Africa or Western Arabia. Do Chet and Bernie (and thereby, us) get to go across the ocean in TFAT? But what about Iggy and Suzie? Patience: is someone else's virtue today. I wanna see that book.
1:55 pm on March 16th, 2010
I have put up a secret picture of Alice, but I think admin is too mad at me to release it.
1:58 pm on March 16th, 2010
Dawson – we know there is an elephant (but don't get Mom started on this) from a circus in T-FAT so I'd guess that's where a baboon might come in.
2:03 pm on March 16th, 2010
Molly!… Oh!.. What a relief to know its really you here at the blog!…snort!… That is one amazing photo of Alice!… wow!… can’t wait for the other one to appear!… Do you know anything about the Kat Alice is watching?….grunt!grunt!… Good freakin’ work Agent!… sniff!
2:03 pm on March 16th, 2010
Mollypop: The picture of Alice–a beautiful cat–is up. She's looking at something on the computer screen, but I can't see what it is….a cat with a bird's head? Sorry…
2:10 pm on March 16th, 2010
[img ]http://chetthedog.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/1268780950-Alice on quilt.jpg[/img]
Here is some more of my espionage – it looks like Alice has pushed our dear A-Kat right off of the quilt. She shows no mercy.
2:11 pm on March 16th, 2010
Growl!… if you click on the photo it will enlarge and reveal “The Infinite Kat Project” subject header!… snort!… what is the “Infinite Kat Project”…?… Alice is involved in something Big….gulp!
2:14 pm on March 16th, 2010
Snort!.. I meant the first photo of Alice, not the second Unmerciful One!…gasp!… Abbie!.. where are you???… Don’t let Alice bury you into a mud dike!… sniffle!
2:28 pm on March 16th, 2010
Flying Newf Drool, Commander Rio, If I click on the first photo it reveals some sort of plot. Scary! Though if Alice is helping with the floods the Nation within the Nation should be safe for awhile.
Baboons are real scary though. The pack doesn't even like little monkeys when they come on the TV. When Animal Planet is on, we have to barricade the TV.
Dawson, I think Mackey's going to win. I keep going to the site, but nothing yet.
I like him for it mostly because my youngest son's name is McKey!
2:29 pm on March 16th, 2010
I take it back Lance Mackey is into NOME!
2:34 pm on March 16th, 2010
To go over one thousand miles by dog sled. Wow! At the end he had eleven dogs and it took him 8 Days 23 Hours 59 Minutes 9 Seconds.
He has now won the Iditarod for the fourth time in a row!
The pack is so impressed that they are sleeping for Mackey's dream team. That way his dogs will get double the rest.
I bet baboons wouldn't like it in Alaska. If Chet had gone to Alaska we bet he would have taken over the state!
2:36 pm on March 16th, 2010
Wow!… What a day!… the Iditarod is Happening!… ooooooer!…. I bet Siber-H hasn’t napped all day!… snort!… I bet he is numb from sitting at the computer!… gurgle!… I hope he doesn’t pass out!…snicker!…. [ we need him ]
3:32 pm on March 16th, 2010
Siber-H is exhausted. I would think something was wrong with me if many other Iditarod fans on the message boards weren't complaining of the same thing. I am numb, Rio. I'll recover quickly. The team of Siberians that I am cheering for still have to get to Nome, but that won't be so toenail biting. All they have to do is finish, and I'll be happy.
My favorite quote from Lance Mackey, "My relationship with my dogs is more important than winning" He has such a strong bond with his dogs. That is probably why he wins. Of course, it is really the dogs that win the race, not the mushers.
Thanks for thinking of me today.
3:37 pm on March 16th, 2010
I think baboons are far more dangerous than Alice. They can be violent little beasts, and as I keep saying, Alice is a CAT.
You dogs here, the big and little ones, are not going to let a CAT scare you, are you.
3:40 pm on March 16th, 2010
Wow!… I hope Bernie enjoyed the Iditarod as much as you did Siber-H!…snort!… he said he wanted to follow it!… whooo!… an amazing feat for the guys within the nation within the nation!… holy holy holy!… Utterly amazing – and to see the love bond between the winner and his guys!… snort! … That is really the winning deal!
And!… now Siber-H is pumped with adrenalin!… snort!… just the way we want him on Mission Day…yes!
3:42 pm on March 16th, 2010
and.. he can spell Kat .. I can't spell Kat correctly.. dunno why…sniff.
3:45 pm on March 16th, 2010
I'm going to join the newfs and Lance's dogs in a really serious nap now. I cannot set at the computer another minute. It's my own fault, I know. It's a good thing the Iditarod only happens once a year.
3:51 pm on March 16th, 2010
I'll get pumped for Mission Day Rio, just need the NAP now. Setting on my fanny at the computer is just not my thing–wait till you see me run really fast on Mission Day.
4:09 pm on March 16th, 2010
Siber-H!… you have no idea whats in store for you pal!… heh …love ya!… Get some good good deep sleep my guy!.. mmmm…
4:23 pm on March 16th, 2010
Heh!… I love that Molly now know’s when she is “All Poodled Up”… heh.. good job today girl!… snort!… Out-Freakin’-Standing!… What a great group we’ve got!… grunt!
5:29 pm on March 16th, 2010
Especially since it will be an autographed and paw-printed copy, Rio.
5:10 pm on March 16th, 2010
Onto! … More flippant and commercial crap!… Idol is on here.. snort!… All sounds good so far – at least from my bed!…. Youngsters !…Singing their hearts out….. wow!… love their courage.
5:26 pm on March 16th, 2010
Hmmm!… I wonder if Spence, Bernie, Chet or even Admin know there is a potential American Idol from their home town, Cape Cod!?… Damn… She is really good too!.. Name of Siobhan Magnus!… Loads of talent from a small town!… wow!…just watched her perform “Paint It Black”…zow!
5:26 pm on March 16th, 2010
All poodled up? Huh? All poodled up, my pouffy tail, Puggsley. Good night all.
5:28 pm on March 16th, 2010
Ahh yes Mollypop,
You found me on the Infinite CAT project. I am very impressed. It took the staff many tries before she got the perfect picture for that project. I am totally amazed that you found me there. I think I was CAT number 1186 or so. It has gone way beyond that now.
Maybe you should join B Stover in information services for the flood! I was supposed to have someone taking pictures while we toured this afternoon but they claim the camera was in the backseat and unavailable to them while we were there. I missed some wonderful photo ops while peering at the flood.
Tomorrow we will get some photo's though.
Alice Johnson is on the job!
5:36 pm on March 16th, 2010
Molly!… knowing when you are Poodled Up is a GOOD THING!.. snort!…don’t take it the wrong way … sigh.. I’ll never win with girl-dogs… never in a million years. Grunt.
6:06 pm on March 16th, 2010
Goodnight all!… snort!… weird day for me.. but you all made it worth the effort in the end.