[nagdu] Re The Canine Sigh

Cathryn Bonnette cathrynisfinally at verizon.net
Tue Jun 22 12:22:11 UTC 2010


Such a great story!/smile/
/
My Shepherd, Kita, would wait quietly during an opening prayer in graduate
school. As soon as the professor said, "Amen." She would bark once. The
lecture hall always broke up with laughter. We decided she was saying "Amen"
in dog.
Cathryn (& Abby)

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Linda Gwizdak
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 6:13 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Re The Canine Sigh

Hey, Elizabeth, I sure enjoyed that story in the courtroom!  Good thing the 
judge had a sense of humor! LOL!!

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Rene" <emrene at earthlink.net>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 2:27 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Re The Canine Sigh


> You're right about those vocalizations!
>
> I'd forgotten   about the canine moo.
>
> "The guide dogs are lowing, the baby awakes ... "
>
> Let me tell you about a famous Labrador yawn.
>
> My Fiesta went to court with me every day as an Assistant Prosecuting 
> Attorney in Seattle, as I neared the end of my stint as a criminal trial 
> lawyer.  On one of my last days in Municipal Court, I had been trying a 
> much too lengthy DWI case.  The public defender had been going on ad 
> nausium to discredit my blood gas chromatography evidence of intoxication,

> and had finally launched into an endless closing argument to reinforce his

> point. Suddenly, though discreetly lying under my counsel table, Fiesta 
> opened her mouth as wide as she could and let loose with a long, loud 
> yawn.  The courtroom exploded into raucous laughter.  The PD jumped up and

> shouted, "I object, I object!"  The judged banged his gavel and growled, 
> "On what ground, Counselor?"  When it was my turn for rebuttal, I 
> approached the jury, without Fiesta as usual, and said, "Ladies and 
> gentlemen, you've heard the evidence and the Court's instructions.  Now 
> render a just verdict." Then I sat down.  Fifteen minutes after being 
> excused, the jury came back and found the defendant guilty.  There was no 
> appeal.
>
> Elizabeth
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> nagdu mailing list
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> nagdu:
>
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/linda.gwizdak%40cox.n
et 


_______________________________________________
nagdu mailing list
nagdu at nfbnet.org
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nagdu:
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/cathrynisfinally%40ve
rizon.net
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com 
Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2953 - Release Date: 06/21/10
06:36:00




More information about the NAGDU mailing list