this morning, i was chatting with a couple of people in the main office about dogs. one of the IT guys, who has three pugs, was showing them off. then he tried to convince me that pugs “originated in the old west” where they were used in groups of thousands to bring down buffalo. i related this ridiculous tall tale on twitter, to hilarious responses:
“And as the clouds opened, a great plague of pugs descended on the earth, ravaging the land, leaving no buffalo remaining. It’s true! I read it in Pugalations! 23:2-23:17″
“What you don’t know is that they were originally german shepherds that became smooshed and shortened from buffalo stampedes.”
“Trying to imagine a swarm of pugs, 1000 deep, bearing down on a lone buffalo. The barks. The snortled breathing. And the eyes! Dear god, I forget about the eyes! I’m going to have nightmares now of ridiculous numbers of pugs attacking me tonight, chewing me down from the toes, eyes pointing all over.”
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