Thursday, June 12, 2008

Kristin Dueberjohnson? I hope this is you.

I received this e-mail from a stranger today:

Kristin Dueberjohnson? I hope this is you. Kerrie was reading your e-mail about wanting to see pictures of our new dog, and I said I'd send them to you, but I didn't have your e-mail address. So I glanced and tried to remember your e-mail address. Of course, it never occured to us to simply forward the e-mail from Kerrie's account to yours. Derf. If this isn't you, then to whomever you are, these are pictures of our new dog. Isn't she cute?

Below that was a long list of email addresses and the e-mail they forwarded to "Kristin Dueberjohnson":

This is our new dog, Nelly. She was named in a moment of inspiration when we declared that no dog named "Muffy" or "Gigi" was ever gonna step foot in our house, but "Tupac" , "Snoop Dog", and "Biggie" weren't quite appropriate for a dog that wasn't going to get much bigger than the 5 pounds she is now. "Nelly", we decided, was actually a nice name for a small female dog. Kerrie wanted to name the dog "Cujo", and believe it or not, I was actually the one to say, um, no. Nelly is a 5-month old papillon-pomaranian mix. She has a very nice disposition, rarely barks, and mostly wants to lie down next to you, which is the polar opposite of most dogs her size. She has also been learning that the bed is too high for her to jump on, despite her best efforts at a running leap, and this occassionally results in her bouncing off the side of it like a tennis ball. She is, however, fluent in poop. We're working on that.

1 of 10 photos sent by stranger:



Strangers have a cute puppy. I wonder who my new friends are...


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