"This is why we can't have nice things"

[tularetom]

Words uttered by Mrs. T when our grandson opened the door and let in one of our Labs who ran into the living room and knocked a vase off the coffee table with one wag of his tail.

Well, maybe so, but I'd rather have dogs.

[sazemisery]

1. "Nice Things" don't love you 24/7 either.

:hi:

[tularetom]

7. I wouldn't trade these dogs for the world

Two Christmases ago the other Lab chewed up my nephew's cowboy hat. We all still get a chuckle out of that one.

BTW, Merry Christmas and be safe and warm there in my Dad's home town.

[Ikonoklast]

11. I never had a 'thing' curl up in my lap, purring, on a cold winter's night.

If there is one success in my life, it is in teaching my kids that having 'things' is vastly over-rated.

[undeterred]

2. The best of both worlds...

my current dog has a naturally docked tail so "nice things" don't get knocked off the coffee table much.

[david13]

3. Who wants vases anyway? No one. Blame the vase, not the dog.

Dogs are supposed to do those things.
A dog is a nice thing.
There are shelves and places where a vase cannot be knocked over. Or what they call earthquake tape to hold it down.
Yes, an earthquake could break a vase, urn, etc.
dc

[marzipanni]

4. Joy to the world, the dog has come!

He was so happy to be included, his exuberance shattered glass. Bless his heart. :loveya:

[tularetom]

9. They're big boisterous dogs and they live mostly outside

but they know when something's going on inside the house and it's not right to exclude them since they are part of the family too. We just can't let both Labs in at the same time - no house is big enough for two 100# plus dogs.

Far as I'm concerned it's worth a vase or three just to see him so happy.

[LuckyLib]

5. My Dad's line when we were kids and invariably something got broken was

"You can't have a damned thing with kids." It was hurtful and we all remember it well.

[crispini]

6. My poor, long-suffering mother

has two dogs (my Dad's idea). The dogs, although charming dogs, are very badly trained. My father won't help train them, so my mom does her best. The dogs piss everywhere and generally make her life a living hell. All she's ever wanted is a living room where she can have her friends over -- one where she's not embarrassed by plastic wrapped around the legs of the furniture, or the piss smell in the house.

Just saying, there are two sides to every story.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. We say that about our kids all the time.

[kimi]

10. I say that about my cats sometimes

but in the end, I'd rather have scratched up antique chairs and stained carpets to clean and a few less knick-knacks than not have my fur kids.

[backwoodsbob]

12. hmm

joy to the world the dogs have come
and make the owners sing

let every one
prepare the room

and breaking of vases wrought
the love of dogs who fought
they wither without the food you brought

dogs rule the world
you cannot stop
the slobbering mess they make
the ham and stuff they take
they tell you to feed them or they'll bite your leg

all I can think of now

someone keep it going