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“Anybody who doesn’t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.” —Franklin P. Jones, “I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.” —Rita Rudner, “You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you they will be there long before any of us.” —Robert Louis Stevenson, Outside of a dog a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read - Groucho Marx, Roo, Rosie
Esme's Cloud 
I wish people would love to hear my voice as much as my cats seem to be excited to hear me speak when I awake in the morning. That seems to be the cue to jump up, run around, meow, and head butt me as much as possible. Hugs
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You have one of the most soothing voices I’ve ever heard Scottie, if you orated some audio books I’m sure you’d be quite a hit! I’m laughing at your cats antics here.
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Her Mistress’s Voice?
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See?
Esme explaining it all to Hariod with Rosie at her side
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Hold your horses little Miss Smarty Pants; it was me alluding to the HMV thing with Nipper!
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Sadly, it came across as you asking what the title meant, as I had already called the post ‘Her Mistress’s Voice’
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Oh shit, I never noticed. Well, n’er mind, you can’t expect me to read every bloody thing you write on the page. I’ve got important things to do you know young lady! Anyway, it proves we’re on the same wavelength, frequency-wise, even if there’s a bit of latency in my reception. [Mad face]
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Perish the thought anyone would have to go to the trouble of actually reading the title as well as looking at the pictures! Hahahahaha. I’ll concede to your conclusion though, yes, we both immediately had the same thought. – cross-eyed gurning face back ❤
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I had to chuckle at your response, Esme. Hubby’s favourite reading material – something with lots of pics!! 🙂
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Hahahahaha. If you can’t be phenominally rude to your friends you have the wrong friends I say.
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Cheers for the chuckle. I’ve now half, half-inched your line and have modified it (@hariod) especial use—for when my uptake’s on a downer.
“Come again?… I’m a latent receptionist.”
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It gets worse as you get older, MM, believe me. I first began noticing it almost a decade ago when I turned 85, and it’s . . . what were we talking about . . . ?
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Jovially joining the jolly jape — variations on a theme of Nipper — here is one by Banksy:
http://www.whatsonyourwall.com/banksy-graffiti-25/banksy-hmv-nipper-rocket-canvas-10917.htm
Michael: Hey, Torgo, where’s the phone? Yes, Alexander Graham Bell, you know, telephone?
Torgo: There is no phone here, sir. The Master does not approve of such devices.
Margaret: Then… then where is the nearest phone?
Torgo: The nearest phone is at the crossroads. That’s ten miles.
Margaret: Ten miles? Might as well be ten THOUSAND miles!
Michael: [getting mad] Easy, honey! It won’t help to get mad!
🙂
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Hello Bill, Banksy eh? I counter his offering with this one, as it makes me laugh;
Here’s the only apparent photograph of Nipper, what a sweetheart he looks too.
Could have been a raving beast at the weekends mind you, so would fit right into that horror film!
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I had actually quite forgotten how prone I am to non-sequiturs — there’s not a whit of context in my comment. Dang it all to heck!
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Fear not Bill, you’re in the right place for streams of consciousness that jump any such hurdles as logic. That’s very much why The Cloud is such a comfortable place to be I reckon. beams at him laughing
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My chakra thanks you for your incomparable putupwithedness, Esme. Hence does every cloudly visit a muchly valued memory make. I like the brilliant feng shui of the smiling Roo too 🙂
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Hahahaha, always a pleasure sir, making sense all the time is really no fun at all.
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Bill, who did Alexander Graham Bell call when he invented the phone?
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Hello Hariod, I’m thinking Tom Watson and I’m thinking John Watson and I’m thinking the impossible IBM Watson, and I’m thinking ‘no one’ because he invented the phone before calling, but I shall go with “a talk-show host” on the basis of this meme: https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/telecommunications-alexander_graham_bell-invents-invented-inventors-inventions-ggm070725_low.jpg
However, I am also most happy to stand corrected. Yes and indeed 🙂
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Does this fella have a name too? He’s wonderful. 🙂
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Nipper! Hopefully not named for biting people. Hahahahaha
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-waves back at Esme, Rosie and Nipper-
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Looks like she’s thinking, “Not another picture!” 🙂
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She is. As soon as the camera comes out she goes frim smiling broadly to slightly pissed off, hahahahaha.
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Nice composition. Fond memories.
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Thank you Ben, I enjoy photography, and this one is definitely in the ‘fond memory making’ folder methinks.
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I was in fact referring to fond memories of listening to HMV LPs when I was rather younger. 🙂
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Both works for me Ben – beams. I think of photographs as collecting memories and have taken a few billion of them in my time, for the purpose of a line in time. I’m glad to have sent some fond ones your way.
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Always loved the RCA dog! Rosie is so cute!
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Thank you, she’s ridiculously cute all the time, I often get stopped on the street so people can say how lovely she is. The original dog was too, Nipper was his name.
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The RCA Victor logo is exactly what I thought of first Esme! And then it reminded me of one particular scene in one of my all-time favorite films, Out of Africa. Denys (Redford) has the phonograph out with the monkeys and tells Karen…
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Well spotted Professor! I get your Out of Africa link, and how I love the soundtrack to that film, the landscape is something to behold too. Epic stuff.
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I remember that logo – Most of my parents’ record collection was of that brand (I’m referring to the late 50s, early 60s.
BTW apart from the ears, Rosie could be a ring in for the HMV terrier.
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Yes itis so nostalgia filled isn’t it? I have many records for the gramaphone, it’s a unique sound that appears. Rosie is a bit bigger than Nipper, but I can see what you mean as she does have a very similar look to him in the photo.
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“Beautiful Joe’s Paradise” is a story about dogs in heaven. My grandmother did not have a large collection of books, so I read that.
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I do read everything you write on the page.
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That’s a lovely thing to find out Clare, I’m pretty sure there’s plenty who don’t. Thank you dearie ❤
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” ― Will Rogers
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Awww, Rosie! What a sweet photo. ❤
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Thank you Bela, she has a tendency to look quite mournful so she’s practically giddy on this pic hahahahaha
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HA! Giddy 😉 She looks precious. ❤ ❤ ❤
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“I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.”
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
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I know! Hahahahahahaha
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