Did you ever have a dog do a double take at you? I was minding my own business walking the Backbay and I happened upon a guy and his dog. The guy was weird, no doubt (he may actually live on Bamboo Blossom Lane although I’ve never seen him). Dressed in black nylon head to toe with a black backpack with plastic bags tied to it—Savon bags I think--maybe for doggie doo. He looked like a big walking (or jogging, rather) lawn and leaf bag. There was a long green tube that stretched from the backpack to somewhere in the front but I was scared to look at it closely enough to figure out what it was for. He made swishy noises when he jogged, what with all the plastic he was wearing, and I gave him a pretty wide berth--you never know about Backbay People. What I can’t figure out is how he could stand to jog in that outfit. It was 80 degrees and full sun. He must have been totally soaked under all that plastic. A big black jogging water balloon.
But I digress. None of that seemed to bother the dog. The dog was a regular looking beagleoid type: white with brown and black spots and big brown eyes. He looked cute so as I passed them (they had stopped for some reason) I turned my head a little to get a better look at the dog’s face. He looked up at my face, then he did this big double take! You could just hear his little doggie brain doing a big Scooby Doo “huunh?” noise but he had a twinge of fear in his eye too—what was that all about?
I kind of laughed and kept going but as I thought about it later it began to haunt me. What the heck? I didn’t even know dogs did double takes! What was he thinking? What was he SEEING? Did I look like I had cat fur on my face or a small bird in my mouth? Did he think he knew me from somewhere? Geez, now I’m paranoid. That dog has something on me and his owner is not to be reckoned with. Another Backbay weirdo and his weirdo dog.
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