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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Here in the UK basset Hounds are comparitively rare
- well they are where I live anyway.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>As a result, I forever hear children and adults
busily describing Rolph and Clara as "sausage dogs" ie dachshunds.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>So prevelent is this idea that one of my daughters
threatened to make me a Tshirt saying They are basset hounds not
sausages.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>On top of that, Rolph, with his manly curls, is
frequently presumed to be female - he would rather be thought of as a
dachshund.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Drool to all in need</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sally, with Pw Rolph OEBE and Clara,
UK</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>