Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan for January 28, 2010

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    kreole  almost 15 years ago

    That’s worse than Lassie……..

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    alondra  almost 15 years ago

    You had three heads Poncho?

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    roblk  almost 15 years ago

    That is the junkyardiest Cerberus I’ve ever seen!

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    fritzoid Premium Member almost 15 years ago

    Can’t have been Cerberus either, Poncho. He’s still alive and kicking, down in Hades. I don’t think Cerberus CAN die, and even if he could he’d just wind up in Hades again, and could pick up where he left off…

    I think that in a past life Poncho was Crab, Launce’s dog from Two Gentlemen of Verona.

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    carmy  almost 15 years ago

    I think Poncho is a hell of a dog, but I don’t think he really was a hell dog.

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    COWBOY7  almost 15 years ago

    Clear-headed? Poncho? What has he been smoking?

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    pierreandnicole  almost 15 years ago

    Be careful what you imagine, Poncho, you weren’t necessarily a dog in a past life!!!!

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    theR0nin  almost 15 years ago

    Fritzoid, are you sure Cerberus is alive?

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    fritzoid Premium Member almost 15 years ago

    Not 100%, but then again how could you tell? If you are already in the Land of the Dead when you die, where do you go?

    Hercules captured Cerberus as his final labor, but he brought him out of Hades alive (and returned him to his station, afterwards); I’m not aware of any legends saying that anybody ever killed him. Orpheus put him to sleep (with music), but I don’t think “putting a dog to sleep” in the modern sense is what was meant.

    Dante saw Cerberus in his trip through the Inferno, guarding the Third Circle (the gluttons*). If he had lived through the thousands of years separating Hercules and Dante, why should we assume he has died since? (Even though he’d now be around 15,000 in dog years.)

    By the way, my official prediction is that Poncho will turn out to have been a cat in his previous life…

    (*) Speaking of gluttons, I suspect Poncho simply equates three heads with 3x the kibble consumption. Better to dream of being a cow-dog; only one mouth to eat the kibble, but four stomachs to put it in.

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    jaeldid66  almost 15 years ago

    I think dogs take turns being Cerebrus; they are the ones who die protecting their masters. Right now, it’s Farley.

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    fritzoid Premium Member almost 15 years ago

    A three-headed Farley guarding the Underworld? Not exactly the type to strike fear into the hearts of intruders…

    If there’s a snarling three-headed pitbull that meets you at the gates of Hell, there should be a three-tailed Golden Retriever waiting to greet you in Heaven (3x the wagging).

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    glitterygal07  almost 15 years ago

    I’m sure every dog wishes they were Lassie at some point.

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    verdai  almost 15 years ago

    ha ha. he

    i laughed.

    smart.

    not better, just as effective.

    cerebrus, i presume/

    i prefer dogs, especially in the dark or whatnot.

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    Saucy1121 Premium Member almost 15 years ago

    It’s Hagrid’s dog, Fluffy.

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    rubber_wonder_boy  almost 15 years ago

    Definitely not Argus/Argos. (sp?)

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    fritzoid Premium Member almost 15 years ago

    Either Argus or Argos is appropriate for the creature(s) of myth, but the Latin “-us” is more common to distinguish him/them from the province of Argos.

    The dog Argus (as opposed to the many-eyed Argus Panoptes, the guardian of Io) knew his master Odysseus after a twenty year absence, even though he (Odysseus) was in disguise. Argus (who was extremely old by that point - at least 140 in dog years) recognized his master, wagged his tail, and died on the spot.

    That’s DEFINITELY not Poncho. If Chazz were missing for a month, Poncho’s only thought if he turned up safely would be “Did you bring me any food?”

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    jaeldid66  almost 15 years ago

    Thanks all of you who weighed in on the Mythology. I am a lit teacher, and I am off the clock. wiggles toes in the hot tub

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    kreole  almost 15 years ago

    Know what’s interesting about Mythology? It moves forward….A thousand years from now people will view our beliefs of religion as Mythology. The talking snake in Garden of Eden will be myth #1.

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