{"id":440,"date":"2010-11-26T09:45:35","date_gmt":"2010-11-26T13:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summerofjim.com\/?p=440"},"modified":"2010-11-26T09:45:35","modified_gmt":"2010-11-26T13:45:35","slug":"maximum-and-minimum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/?p=440","title":{"rendered":"Maximum and Minimum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Be good. I&#8217;ll be right back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That was Marge.\u00a0 I wish I had a rawhide chew for every time she told us to <em>be good.<\/em>.. and a bowl of chicken liver for every time she told us that she would be <em>right back.<\/em>\u00a0 Yeah, right!\u00a0 Me and Minnie would be two happy canines!\u00a0 OK, so you didn&#8217;t know that we were dogs? NBD!\u00a0 Introductions are in order.\u00a0 I am Maximum&#8230; Marge and her obnoxious kids call me Maxie.\u00a0 I am a pure bred Cairn Terrier.\u00a0 My Sister went Best of Breed at Westminster.\u00a0\u00a0 Yeah, and the year before that,\u00a0my\u00a0Father went Best of Group!<\/p>\n<p>Minnie?\u00a0 <em>Minimum<\/em> really.\u00a0 She&#8217;s a three year old Yellow Labrador of obscure parentage.\u00a0 Marge picked her\u00a0up in a breed based <em>rescue<\/em>.\u00a0 But don&#8217;t tell that to\u00a0Minnie!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s me and Minnie, Minnie and me&#8230; But let&#8217;s get something clear: <em>I&#8217;m<\/em> the boss. My &#8220;little sister&#8221; looks up to me.\u00a0 And, <em>this is important<\/em>, I have a <em>big <\/em>job.\u00a0 Not only do I watch after Minnie; but, and I have to be brutally frank, Marge is a dits, and Howard, her husband, is a LOSER!\u00a0 Then there\u00a0are the kids:\u00a0Tiffany, the Queen of Complain, and Martin, the Little Prince who can do no wrong!\u00a0 Just a second&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bark, bark, bark, bark&#8230; BARK, BARK, BARK.\u00a0 Grwwff&#8230; GRRrrrr&#8230; ROWF, rowf&#8230; bark, bark, bark&#8230; Grrrggg, rowf&#8230; BARK!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dumb fuckers&#8230; STEP AWAY FROM THE CAR!\u00a0 This is a Porsche Cayenne&#8230; <em>don&#8217;t even look this way! <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, where was I?\u00a0 Yeah, I&#8217;m responsible for the entire family.\u00a0 Yeah&#8230; you think it&#8217;s a picnic being the boss?\u00a0 Hold on&#8230; Minnie stop your panting&#8230; you&#8217;re fogging up the windows and this car is beginning to smell like dog breath&#8230; <em>and you-know-who<\/em> will complain!<\/p>\n<p>Hey!\u00a0 What&#8217;s going on here?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;ROWF, ROWF, ROWF&#8230; GRRRrr. Bark, bark. BBBbbaaaak, BARK, BARK, BARK&#8230; Grwwuff, grwuff, grwuff&#8230; grrrrrr, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK&#8230; ahwoooooo, BARK, BARK&#8230; wuh, wuh, wuh&#8230; GRWWUFF&#8230;. wuh, wuh, wuh!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stupid shits&#8230; think you know so much?\u00a0 This ain&#8217;t no hybrid!\u00a0 This is a pure bred &#8220;S&#8221; Class: 8 cylinders, 4.8 liter displacement with 400 HP, torque 369 lbs and with a compression ratio of 12.5:1!\u00a0 Go back to your Honda Accord, fuck face&#8230; and take your numb nuts buddy with you!<\/p>\n<p>Oh geeze, Minnie&#8230; enough with the panting, and now you&#8217;re rolling your eyes!\u00a0 Hey, not for nothin&#8217;, can&#8217;t you help a dude out and throw an occasional bark or snarl?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, just look at this!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wuh, wuh, wuh&#8230; BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>*whew*\u00a0 I need to lift my leg!\u00a0 A good bark always does that to me!\u00a0 Where the fuck is Marge?\u00a0 Oh, now what!\u00a0 Minnie!\u00a0 Is that a drool on the tan leather seats?\u00a0 Don&#8217;t <em>tuppy <\/em>your feet, I&#8217;m talking to you!\u00a0 And stop that panting!\u00a0 *uch*\u00a0 I still have to take a wicked piss and mark some territiory!\u00a0 Where the hell\u00a0is Marge!\u00a0 Now<em> <\/em>I&#8217;m tuppying <em>my<\/em> feet *uch*<\/p>\n<p>I know it&#8217;s Martin!\u00a0 It has to be that spoiled rotten kid!\u00a0 How long can it take to pick out a pair of sneakers?\u00a0 Geeze louise&#8230; sneakers!\u00a0 OK!\u00a0 When we get home, and the Little Prince is sleeping&#8230; Minnie, I want you to go into his room and rip his new sneakers to shreds!\u00a0 To SHREDS!\u00a0 And I know that you can do it!\u00a0 Then I&#8217;ll lift a leg on his bed spread and take a dump in his L.L. 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