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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today when Vernon Q Basset, Paddi B Basset and I
were taking our morning constitutional around the neighbourhood, I was struck by
a curious phenomenon.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Should it happen that Vern's lease (or Paddi's, for
that matter) gets somehow twisted around and ends up under Vern's tail, he will
go no further. He simply stands until the leash is removed, then proceeds as
normal.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does everybody's basset do that, or is this a Vern
Thing? It never seems to slow Paddi B down, but then nothing does... that would
be in most cases how the leash ends up twisted around Vernon Q's dignified
bottom in the first place!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mary, Paddi B and Vernon Q (who would really prefer
that his bottom not be discussed on a public list.)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>