<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Amanda,<br><br>I am so very sorry to read of Mell, damnbeagle's final journey. No matter how many we have lost before losing a loved pet never gets any easier on our hearts.<br><br>We are sending Buckets of Mending Drool to help mend your broken heart. I am sure Bobby was there at the Bridge Gates just waiting for Mell with a big smile and wide open arms.<br><br>Wishing you a Merry Christmas,<br>Ellie<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 12/15/11, giggle@amanda-s.net <i><giggle@amanda-s.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: giggle@amanda-s.net <giggle@amanda-s.net><br>Subject: [Dailydrool] Once upon a time..<br>To: dailydrool@lists.dailydrool.org<br>Date: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 8:24 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">The DAILY DROOL<br>An internet
mail list designed to<br>entertain and inform basset hounds<br>and their people.<br><br><br>------------------------------------------<br><br> ----<br> / \__<br>|\ / @ \<br>\ \_______| \ .: O<br> \ ##| | \__/<br> | ####\__/ \<br> / / ## \|<br> / /__________\ \<br> L_JJ \__JJ<br>-----------------------------<br><br>Daily Drool Website:<br><a href="http://www.dailydrool.com" target="_blank">http://www.dailydrool.com</a><br><br>Vote for Basset of the Week: <a href="http://www.dailydrool.com/botw.html" target="_blank">http://www.dailydrool.com/botw.html</a><br><br>Dictionary of Common Drool
Terminology:<br><a href="http://mysite.verizon.net/msrandolph/" target="_blank">http://mysite.verizon.net/msrandolph/</a><br><br>Daily Drool Archives:<br><a href="http://lists.dailydrool.org/pipermail/dailydrool-dailydrool.org/" target="_blank">http://lists.dailydrool.org/pipermail/dailydrool-dailydrool.org/</a><br><br>Old Daily Drool Archives:<br><a href="http://oldarchives.dailydrool.org/dailydrool/" target="_blank">http://oldarchives.dailydrool.org/dailydrool/</a><br>...the Goose Gaggle Giggle had Mr. Peabody, Cera, Brie and Freddie, and<br>life was full and rewarding. The mom drove the DROOLMBL to Yonkers to<br>pick up a Basset Hound for someone on Long Island. There was a young<br>Beagle at the shelter who'd escaped euthanasia twice but was coming close<br>to his time. Against all reason, the mom agreed to take the beagle and<br>place it. The Basset settled calmly on the seat. The beagle stood on the<br>seat back,
jumped excitedly back and forth among the seats, and shrieked<br>his approval at his release. Thus the mom learned the term, "Damn Beagle."<br> Stop, halt, Lie DOWN, SIIIITTTTT, and various vowel and consonant sounds<br>failed to stop the verbal and physical activity. "EL" caused a temporary,<br>millisecond break.<br><br>The Daddy was furious because he'd always wanted a beagle (news to the<br>mom). Daddy and beagle sat opposite each other in recliners, beagle<br>resting chin on table and fluttering his beautiful long lashes. Daddy<br>announced beagle was staying and named him Mell - like Little Nell of<br>Dickens fame.<br>Brie thought Mell was a treat just for her, a boy toy. Cera gracefully<br>added another dog to the pack. Mr. Peabody opened an eye and continued<br>sleeping. When Mell jumped on the couch and settled his butt next to a 13<br>year old nose, Freddie lifted his head and gave a long, calculating look.<br>Mell
didn't budge. Ever practical, Freddie lifted himself, turned around,<br>placed his butt next to Mell's, and continued watching the 2000<br>Presidential debates.<br><br>Mom and Dad quickly learned that "damn Beagle" was an alternate name, and<br>that "Mell" was almost always pronounced with clenched teeth.<br>Counter-cruised? Either Brie or damnbeagle. Tablecloth pulled? Damn<br>beagle, Brie would never bother with something so obvious. Insane shriek<br>that burst eardrums and caused glass to shatter (okay not really but felt<br>that way?) Melllll with deep throaty growl. Damnbeagle. Charming grace<br>notes at the top of the daily howl? Okay, Mell did have that. Tireless<br>fence inspector who enjoyed his work and uncovered numerous escape routes?<br>Damnbeagle, damn that dog. Jumped x-pen gating off dining room and<br>discovered standing in middle of table? Mell!!! - one loud syllable.<br>Damnbeagle,
how did he do that?<br><br>Watched Mom put a half eaten roll in the glove compartment, took hour and<br>a half walk on beach, eagerly was first into car, avidly ate leather<br>covering off glove compartment to get at the roll? Damn that beagle. <br>Found Dad's $2500 hearing aid on night stand and checked it for hidden<br>food? Meeellll- at least 4 syllables to this name - Damnbeagle. Found the<br>replacement on night stand and checked IT for hidden food? MELL! Damn<br>Beagle! Daddy! don't you learn anything!? Ever vigilant for open gate -<br>found one, took Baby and tracked lovely smells across the main road? Oh<br>crap, where are they? Came right to nice man, abandoning Baby without a<br>thought? Damn beagle. New fences, new escape routes, predictable behavior<br>- damnbeagle.<br><br>Mell the Beagle was the grace note at the end of the Goose Gaggle Giggle<br>signature, accepting every new Basset as a
friend. However, he took<br>offense at Corkie's debonair poise. On the beach, where Mastiffs and<br>Great Danes would trail the terrier's behind, Mell would loudly cuss<br>Corkie out for pretending to be the boss.<br><br>Mell went to the Rainbow Bridge today, freed from cancer of the mouth<br>diagnosed in early June. He was preceded this year by Lily, Janey and<br>Corkie the not-a-Yorkie. At 13, Mell lived a happy, carefree live, used<br>to hearing "Mell! damnbeagle!" frequently but knowing that Mom and Dad<br>dearly loved him. Mell is certainly already in the middle of the buffet,<br>excitedly trying to gulp everything down at once.<br><br>And he ate happily ever after...<br><br>Amanda and the decidedly male, much decreased Goose Gaggle Giggle, Baby<br>Ruth and Sherlock<br>With dh Bobby, Mr. Peabody, Cera, Sherman the C@t, Brie, Freddie, Toby,<br>Lucy, Ginger, Mama Dog the Beagle/Chihuahua, Bailey the Cairn,
Eve,<br>Twinkie, Corkie the Not-a-Yorkie, Maggie the 2007 BW Door Prize, Molly,<br>Janey, Boombox, Dolly, Lily the amBassedor and Mell reunited at the<br>Rainbow Bridge<br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Dailydrool mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Dailydrool@lists.dailydrool.org" href="/mc/compose?to=Dailydrool@lists.dailydrool.org">Dailydrool@lists.dailydrool.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.dailydrool.org/listinfo.cgi/dailydrool-dailydrool.org" target="_blank">http://lists.dailydrool.org/listinfo.cgi/dailydrool-dailydrool.org</a><br></div></blockquote></td></tr></table>