January 31. Today is Scotch Tape Day. A day to celebrate that incredibly useful
invention that was first made in 1930.
And while it IS useful, it strikes fear in the hearts of the dogs in
this household. Seriously. Well – not
all the dogs. Just me. And Paxton too. Frodo just barks at Scotch Tape. Paxton and I leap backwards when shown a
piece. I think it started with our
curiosity with lint rollers – those devices that most dog owners should have
stock in. One of us no doubt went to sniff
the roller and that sticky feeling was not pleasant – so we decided we didn't
like it. And that fear extends to any
kind of sticky tape. If my human was
clever and she wanted to end our counter surfing once and for all, all she
would have to do is line the edges of all the counters with tape. Admittedly it wouldn’t look very pretty – but
no worries about us stealing her toast in the morning. Hey – I bet if she put tape all over the
floor in front of the DFZ, we would never try to sneak in there! Or our jumping skills would get much better.
My human found this
old website that shows sculptures made with tape. I think those people have WAY too much time
on their hands.
There are a variety of
things that humans can do with tape – related to dogs. You can make a collar:
You can make
boots. Although you would never catch
any of US wearing these things:
AND tape supposedly
can help to remove ticks. And no doubt, a big hunk
of your dog’s coat, too.
So that’s my story on
Scotch tape. Personally, I wasn't really
stuck on the idea of writing about tape but since I didn't get in any sticky
situations yesterday, it’s the best I could do.
OK – time to roll along! My
goodness – this is whole story is getting tacky. I had better adhere to my
standards and just wrap this up.
Have a happy Sunday!
© Linda Wozniak
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