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Old 11-22-2002, 01:33 PM   #1
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11/22/2002: The Petersburg Orchid



This is a Petersburg Orchid, a toy breed of dog that weighs in at about 4 pounds and costs around $1000. In Russia.

It's a new breed, possibly a mix of a yorkie and a stalk of broccoli.

It's been one of Yahoo!s Most Popular images this week, which probably indicates that a lot of people saw the thumbnail and just had to see what the hell it was.

The nice thing about this turn of events is that the Russians are becoming interested in small dogs specifically because they are bourgoise. In the Communist USSR, only larger dogs were in favor. Now a dog can be something that only returns love and doesn't have to be a working dog.

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Old 11-22-2002, 01:39 PM   #2
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I'll stick with my loving mutt I think.
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Old 11-22-2002, 01:40 PM   #3
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I would buy one of those in a second. I like dogs pretty okay, but man... I bet you could teach it to use a litter pan and everything. It'd be like a mini-cat... only a dog.
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Old 11-22-2002, 03:13 PM   #4
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My roommate has a 2.5 pound chihuahua that uses a litter box and prefers cat food. You'd swear she actually is a cat.
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Old 11-22-2002, 03:30 PM   #5
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I don't understand the whole pet thing. Seems like slavery to me.
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Old 11-22-2002, 03:53 PM   #6
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I don't understand the whole pet thing. Seems like slavery to me.
i know! seems like all i ever do is change out that damn cats litter box, refill her food and water dish or scratch her back! god i feel so used!

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Old 11-22-2002, 04:00 PM   #7
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I think I'll get one of these. Then I'll make a little basket with a harness, kind of like you see on elephants, and put it on my St. Bernard. Then the little toy dog can ride around like, um, like one of those guys who rides around on elephants.

What are those guys called? It's on the tip of my tongue, or the tip of my brain anyway.
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Old 11-22-2002, 04:36 PM   #8
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Then the little toy dog can ride around like, um, like one of those guys who rides around on elephants.

What are those guys called? It's on the tip of my tongue, or the tip of my brain anyway.
Mahout <i>Ma*hout", n.</i> [Hind. mah=awat, Skr. mah=am=atra;]
mahat great + m=atr=a measure.
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Old 11-22-2002, 04:53 PM   #9
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It has the sad Russian eyes.
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Old 11-22-2002, 05:07 PM   #10
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Let me see if I can get this comparison up...

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Old 11-22-2002, 09:25 PM   #11
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They have the same facial hair too.
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Old 11-22-2002, 10:11 PM   #12
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I don't understand the whole pet thing. Seems like slavery to me.
Cats will play with and kill roaches.

Dumber cats will eat them.

Does pet ownership make more sense to you now?
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Old 11-22-2002, 10:30 PM   #13
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I don't understand the whole pet thing. Seems like slavery to me.
Perhaps one day, we will be the pets of a greater being...remember the song "Pets" by Porno for Pyros?

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Old 11-23-2002, 07:09 AM   #14
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I don't understand the whole pet thing. Seems like slavery to me.
That's because you're obviously a sociopath who is unable to understand how a human being could fashion an emotional link to an animal(or, another human for that matter).

"I don't understand the whole marriage thing. Seems like rape to me."
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Old 11-23-2002, 08:35 AM   #15
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I don't understand the whole pet thing. Seems like slavery to me.
Locking someone in your house for years on end and feeding them dry cereal and occasional trash seems odd to you? Freak!
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