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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is SOOOOOO Funny...I'm over here laughin' so
hard--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>there's tears in my eyes!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now I'm gonna be singin' this song all day!
LOLOL!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>dreidel, dreidel, dreidel....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ruth and huckleberry (mom? dere'z sumpin' rong wif
yu!)</FONT></DIV>
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size=2><EM>Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa...oh heck,
happy <BR>holidays to everyone regardless of belief!<BR><BR>Every year
the pups get Hanukkah gifts from my friends in <BR>Massachusetts.
This is always so sweet and fun. I let them "help" <BR>open the
box--left in a non-reusable state afterwards, and then I <BR>reach
inside and divvie up the goods.<BR><BR>Usually the gifts are the typical
stuffed squeaky toys that Della <BR>punctures within 10 minutes and then
manages to de-stuff over the <BR>course of the day. But this time
there was an extra-special squeaky <BR>toy. It is (notice not
past-tense as it's still going strong) a <BR>stuffed dreidel that
doesn't squeak---it plays the first 2 lines of <BR>"Dreidel, Dreidel,
Dreidel." That's it...just the first 2 lines: <BR>"Dreidel,
dreidel, dreidel; I made it out of clay; and when it's <BR>dried and
ready, then dreidel I shall play." Of all dogs, Buford has
<BR>decided that THIS is his toy and that it will NOT be destroyed.
So <BR>here's this 9 year, 11 month, 20 day old basset hound huddling
over <BR>this blue stuffed toy who has quickly learned EXACTLY how to
activate <BR>the voice box inside! He bites, it sings, he lays
there wagging his <BR>tail until the 2 lines of song are over and then
he bites it <BR>again...it sings again, he wags, and then he bites
again.<BR><BR>For the first 3 minutes it was hysterical.....after the hour I
wanted <BR>to go screaming into the night! But don't try to take
it away from <BR>him--that low guttural growl that starts deep within
the soul of <BR>every basset hound begins like a distant thunder and if
you do not <BR>step away from the toy you are going to lose a finger or
two.<BR><BR>Drool to all in need, snooters to everyone!<BR><BR>--heidi (STOP
IT!!!! I CAN'T STAND IT ANY LONGER!!!)<BR>--buford (this is the coolest
thing since peanut butter on a spoon)<BR>--della (peanut butter on a
spoon?! WHERE????)<BR>--guinness (someone open the door so I can
escape...PLEASE!!!!!)<BR></EM></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>