My friend, Tom, who is really, really good looking and has a nice voice and good taste in shoes (let’s just get all that out there right now), was over the other night to “learn” some photo editing tools from me. I, of course, don’t know much about these tools other than some of them are simple buttons and, oh yeah, that one tool is CS2 that will magically remove the big red pimple on your face in a photo. Oh, that I know. But other than that, yeah, not so much. But Tom is too cute to not lie to about my skills and so I said “sure, come on over.”
Tom and I, who’ve known each other for years and have not dated and will not, were sitting at my desk with our laptops unfolded and just clicking around with a few photos. He would ask something smart like “how can I lighten this foreground?” and I would reply with something like “ummm, try clicking on that button with the arrow.” So we’re going through photo after photo and Tom gets up to go to the bathroom or something and I lean over to his laptop to scan through and try to find another photo for us to “fix.”
I’m flipping through and there are mountains and dogs on mountains and Jeeps and other rugged, manly things and then I click onto a photo of a woman. Standing on a bar. I don’t need to elaborate more but rather just tell you that, of course, as life always works, Tom walks back in at that precise second and I turn around and look at him; and though there are no less than seven million words going through each of our minds at that moment, not one of us can say anything.
The room is silent, the clock on the wall is stunningly audible. And just then, as if sent from above, my dog, who’s sitting at my feet, lets out the biggest, loudest fart I have ever heard. Silence broken. Positions at own laptops resumed.
Don’t let anyone ever tell you there aren’t endless reasons why owning a pet will enrich your life.
Dawn says:
Awkward! Then awesome! Great doggie.
November 29th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
JACC says:
The MaleRecumbantDNAEmoterManbuilder9000kfifty is almost finished. Just imagine what happened in the movie The Fly, but instead of a freakish monster out pops the perfect male.
A perfect specimen cloned from the best traits of your farting dog and Tom.
P.S., I’m looking for investors.
November 29th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
anne says:
I was good and ready to head to bed and saw a new post from you, so I figured I could give it a few minutes. Boy I am glad I did. That was AWESOME!
November 29th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Bre says:
Haha your dog has impeccable timing! I hope you gave her lots of treats later for saving the day!
Also … Tom? What’s the story there
November 29th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
backofpack says:
Gotta love the puppy!
November 29th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
barbara bruederlin says:
Let me get this straight. Are you SURE that Tom knew it was the dog?
November 29th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
Exception says:
That was great! I came back from a very serious and overwhelming briefing to read this… Thanks!
Got to love pets!
Ok, so did you and Tom ever talk about the picture?
November 30th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Craig says:
I guess there is a reason they call them man’s best friend. This was the best laugh of the day.
November 30th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
Nicole says:
Okay, the dog we know is great and all, but why won’t you date Tom. Tom is a great name for starters and you seem to have a lot of the same interests by his other pictures.
Anyway, my tom said he would give you picture/computer tips anytime - just email me. He loves photoshop and is great with it.
December 1st, 2007 at 6:38 pm
OC says:
Good doggie! Did you both laugh or just pretend it didn’t happen and continue on?
December 2nd, 2007 at 9:40 am
Airam says:
That is hilarious!!! And of course he’d come back while you were on THAT picture!! Saved by the fart!
December 2nd, 2007 at 10:09 am
singleton says:
God I love it!
December 2nd, 2007 at 1:13 pm
girlgoyle says:
Just when you thought that it’s never a good time to rip a fart…the dog proves you wrong. Yay for pooches!
December 3rd, 2007 at 4:13 am
Joe says:
Hehe, funny story. Is there anything dogs can’t do?
> My friend, Tom, who is really, really
> good looking
No, you are mistaken, my name is Joe, not Tom.
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:43 am
sizzle says:
dogs have great timing sometimes.
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Diesel says:
Dogs are friggin’ gross. People too.
December 3rd, 2007 at 5:27 pm
Danielle says:
Not to mention pets are great for blaming for the smell that may or may not have actually come from them!!
December 5th, 2007 at 9:34 am
Database Diva says:
I can’t believe my life got so crazy busy that I somehow managed to miss this post. I’m pretty sure that before the Internet, television and radio, dog farts were the main source of evening entertainment. This one certainly entertained me! Thanks for sharing (we sometimes say that to Jasmine when she “entertains” us)!
December 5th, 2007 at 9:51 pm