Boji, a Street Dog That Loves Riding Public Transportation, Becomes Istanbul's Most Famous Commuter

Here's the mid-day Happy Thread. And it's a good one.

A train-hopping street dog named Boji is Turkey’s most beloved travel buddy.
...
And it's always a treat to meet the golden-furred, floppy-eared pooch while patronizing public transit-- trains, buses and even ferries -- throughout Europe's largest metro area.
"You take the train and, suddenly, you see Boji," said Metro Istanbul's Aylin Erol. "You just smile and catch the moment, really."
Municipal officials in Istanbul track the drifting dog's journeys through a microchip, they told Reuters.
"We noticed a dog using our metros and trains and he knows where to go. He knows where to get out," Erol explained, and added, "it's like he has a purpose."
Boji's daily treks extend up to 20 miles as he stops through some 29 metro stations, they also said, including one that recently put him on a boat to the Princes' Islands archipelago, southeast of Istanbul in the Sea of Marmara.
Records of the pup’s pilgrimages suggest his favorite mode of transport is the city's historic tram lines, but he also frequents the subway. The name -- Boji -- was bestowed by Metro Istanbul workers, who noted that the hobo hound preferred to ride the middle of a subway carriage, called boji in Turkish.

I just got an email from Barack Obama: "Actually, in Indonesian, boji means 'meals on wheels.'"

Obama ate a dog, you know.

bojiwithpassenger.jfif

Video of Boji on a bus.

Boji on a ferry.

Boji has to hurry to make this train!

Local news report on Istanbul's favorite commuter.

In a packed passenger ferry travelling between the European and Asian sides of Istanbul, all eyes turns on one commuter, a dog named Boji, who enjoys the view from his window https://t.co/sgORZsRlui pic.twitter.com/SoJgErHqmH
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 6, 2021

The #dog Boji tracked with a #microchip 🐶

📌#Boji traveled 29 stops in one day, and at least 30 kilometers per day by public transport in #Istanbul https://t.co/siuFUjDcQ8 pic.twitter.com/2haf3kECQ1
— Demiroren News Agency English (@dhaenglish) October 2, 2021

Posted by: Ace at 03:55 PM

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1 1st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2021 02:55 PM (m+jkK)

2 And, good doggeh!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2021 02:55 PM (m+jkK)

3 Now to summon The Others.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2021 02:56 PM (m+jkK)

4 Is he an Erdogan fan?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 02:56 PM (kBuGL)

5 Afternoon. everyone

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at October 08, 2021 02:56 PM (8C7+r)

6 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2021 02:57 PM (m+jkK)

7 Why do I have a feeling there are a loooooot of little Boji's out and about?

Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 08, 2021 02:57 PM (mf5HN)

8 Istanbul is also filled with cats. Has been for centuries. They just roam around, people feed them, pet them.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 08, 2021 02:58 PM (XvPQV)

9 "Okay, enough screwing around. Where's that turkey y'all have been talking about?"

Posted by: Boji at October 08, 2021 02:58 PM (Agr8U)

10
Dog with fleas in next seat >>>> Wino with fleas in next seat

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2021 02:58 PM (/U27+)

11 Boji is unmasked. Arrest him!

Posted by: steevy at October 08, 2021 02:58 PM (CYnTg)

12 Istanbul is also filled with cats. Has been for centuries. They just roam around, people feed them, pet them.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 08, 2021

***
I hope that means there are very few rats, and little plague.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 08, 2021 02:59 PM (/XOcP)

13 Boji Boy!

Posted by: DEVO at October 08, 2021 02:59 PM (63Dwl)

14 Also, because this amuses me and all y'all need to recognize, someone got Passenger Let's Go Brandon paged at O'Hare.

https://twitter.com/Brick_Suit/status/1446451556514242561

Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 08, 2021 02:59 PM (mf5HN)

15 Mid-day happy thread is a Covid super-spreader canine?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 08, 2021 03:00 PM (KbCG3)

16 A good change of pace post!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 08, 2021 03:00 PM (/XOcP)

17 8 Istanbul is also filled with cats. Has been for centuries. They just roam around, people feed them, pet them.

Israel too. My sister went there a couple of years ago and came back with many cool pictures. And lots of kittuh pictures.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 08, 2021 03:00 PM (yRved)

18 I'm hungry, dagnabit! Put away the phones and find me a turkey!

Posted by: Boji at October 08, 2021 03:01 PM (Agr8U)

19 Dogs are so fantastic.

Posted by: Beltway Elite at October 08, 2021 03:01 PM (8ADZq)

20 What, no mask for Boji?

This cannot stand.

Posted by: Czech Chick at October 08, 2021 03:01 PM (haWye)

21
Borzoi puppies at harmonica concert

https://youtu.be/-h4H-CsdHZ4

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2021 03:01 PM (/U27+)

22 Boji says;

Bite Joe Bdien

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 08, 2021 03:01 PM (M+Lyo)

23 Was Constantinople, you know.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 08, 2021 03:01 PM (II3Gr)

24 >>> Istanbul is also filled with cats. Has been for centuries. They just roam around, people feed them, pet them.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 08, 2021 02:58 PM (XvPQV)

I'd be dead in a fortnight. Puffed up like a pasty-white balding pufferfish.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 08, 2021 03:02 PM (4D/dn)

25 11 Boji is unmasked. Arrest him!

Posted by: steevy at October 08, 2021 02:58 PM (CYnTg)

Nah, let's just shoot 'im. Better safe than sorry.

Posted by: Aussie Cops at October 08, 2021 03:02 PM (DTX3h)

26 Istanbul is also filled with cats. Has been for centuries. They just roam around, people feed them, pet them.

Israel too. My sister went there a couple of years ago and came back with many cool pictures. And lots of kittuh pictures.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 08, 2021 03:00 PM

Greece, too. Stray cats everywhere. Well fed by the locals, and relatively friendly.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2021 03:02 PM (m+jkK)

27 Was Constantinople, you know.
Posted by: Insomniac at October 08, 2021 03:01 PM (II3Gr)

Why did Constantinople get the works?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 08, 2021 03:02 PM (XvPQV)

28 AtC - that was 2 threads ago, LOL. ;-> (You're still AoS's favorite lawyer.)

Posted by: SFGoth at October 08, 2021 03:02 PM (KAi1n)

29 I find this tale hard to believe.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 08, 2021 03:03 PM (yQpMk)

30 What, no mask for Boji?

This cannot stand.
Posted by: Czech Chick at October 08, 2021 03:01 PM

Fine.

Sit, Boji! Sit!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2021 03:03 PM (m+jkK)

31 8 Istanbul is also filled with cats. Has been for centuries. They just roam around, people feed them, pet them.

Israel too. My sister went there a couple of years ago and came back with many cool pictures. And lots of kittuh pictures.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 08, 2021 03:00 PM (yRved)

Turkish Vans is a breed you see there a lot

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 08, 2021 03:03 PM (M+Lyo)

32 I like the picture of Boji looking down at the man in the black mask. Boji must have a owner. He looks too well fed to be a stray and he has a collar. Cute dog.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2021 03:03 PM (lQj4a)

33 AtC - that was 2 threads ago, LOL. ;-> (You're still AoS's favorite lawyer.)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 08, 2021 03:02 PM

Bears repeating in every new thread today. Because FJB.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2021 03:04 PM (m+jkK)

34 BOJI!!!

True story, hubby has a cousin nicknamed Boji. And he's kinda crazy in a a**hole way.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (YZG/i) at October 08, 2021 03:04 PM (YZG/i)

35 I feel much safer since all the humans starting wearing muzzles
Boji

Posted by: steevy at October 08, 2021 03:04 PM (CYnTg)

36 I thought the Muzzies had a hatred for dogs.

Posted by: Archer at October 08, 2021 03:04 PM (gmo/4)

37 I thought dogs were Haram? Surprised Erdogan lets him live

Posted by: Greg61 at October 08, 2021 03:04 PM (htLsH)

38 Boji gonna get the red tip and hump your leg. Bad Boji!

Posted by: JROD at October 08, 2021 03:05 PM (0jZnq)

39 27 Was Constantinople, you know.
Posted by: Insomniac at October 08, 2021 03:01 PM (II3Gr)

Why did Constantinople get the works?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 08, 2021 03:02 PM (XvPQV)

That's nobody's business but ours.

Posted by: The Turks at October 08, 2021 03:05 PM (II3Gr)

40 I suspect Boji leaves giant "presents" for the other riders to view and smell.

Posted by: Dr Spank at October 08, 2021 03:05 PM (e/pB2)

41 That is a cute, happy story, Ace. I needed that today.

Thank you.

Don't want to be in Constantinople, but wish I had a doggeh with me right now.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 08, 2021 03:05 PM (2JVJo)

42 I thought the Muzzies had a hatred for dogs.
Posted by: Archer at October 08, 2021 03:04 PM

Not sure about muzzies in general, but the Arabs certainly do.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2021 03:05 PM (m+jkK)

43 AtC - that was 2 threads ago, LOL. ;-> (You're still AoS's favorite lawyer.)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 08, 2021 03:02 PM (KAi1n)

YOU KNOW I NEED ALL THE ATTENTION!

Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 08, 2021 03:05 PM (mf5HN)

44 28 AtC - that was 2 threads ago, LOL. ;-> (You're still AoS's favorite lawyer.)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 08, 2021 03:02 PM (KAi1n)

Fine. Be that way. Patriarchy my ass!

Posted by: Insomniac at October 08, 2021 03:06 PM (II3Gr)

45 Sorry, again I'm late to the threads, but like Ivermectin, I think ACE inhibitors will be next in the list as medicines that help, but 'don't officially help'.

I know I've been beating this drum a lot lately, but I do really hope it's a protective medicine.

Ok, I'll stop now.

Posted by: InCali at October 08, 2021 03:06 PM (jZOLv)

46 Maybe Boji's just looking for his family.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 08, 2021 03:06 PM (NpAcC)

47 Breaking news! Whoopi Goldberg Is A Fat Slob And We Shouldn't Pretend Like She's Not

https://bit.ly/3BqyQZI

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 08, 2021 03:06 PM (d9FiS)

48 I'm so impressed with Boji.

Doggeh would be dead if he got loose on a street - dumdum car chaser

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (YZG/i) at October 08, 2021 03:06 PM (YZG/i)

49 YOU KNOW I NEED ALL THE ATTENTION!
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 08, 2021 03:05 PM

*pushes lemon squares through the USB port*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2021 03:07 PM (m+jkK)

50 Maybe Boji's just looking for his family.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 08, 2021 03:06 PM (NpAcC)

Yeah, I wonder what or who he's looking for, traveling all the time.

Looks like a good dog.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 08, 2021 03:07 PM (XvPQV)

51 Thank you, RMBS. You may have one (1) non-small poxed blanket.

Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 08, 2021 03:07 PM (mf5HN)

52 23 Was Constantinople, you know.
Posted by: Insomniac at October 08, 2021 03:01 PM (II3Gr)

And Byzantium before that.

Posted by: Fox2 at October 08, 2021 03:07 PM (P5U01)

53 14 Also, because this amuses me and all y'all need to recognize, someone got Passenger Let's Go Brandon paged at O'Hare.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (YZG/i) at October 08, 2021 03:07 PM (YZG/i)

54 Thank you, RMBS. You may have one (1) non-small poxed blanket.
Posted by: alexthechick - boobs and hysteria at October 08, 2021 03:07 PM

*inclines head graciously*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2021 03:08 PM (m+jkK)

55 Who feeds him?

Does he go home at night?

Posted by: President Select Decaf at October 08, 2021 03:08 PM (4cXAQ)

56 >>> Sorry, again I'm late to the threads, but like Ivermectin, I think ACE inhibitors will be next in the list as medicines that help, but 'don't officially help'.

I know I've been beating this drum a lot lately, but I do really hope it's a protective medicine.

Ok, I'll stop now.
Posted by: InCali at October 08, 2021 03:06 PM (jZOLv)

Work is my biggest Ace inhibitor. Biden is trying to cure me of that though.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 08, 2021 03:08 PM (4D/dn)

57 DOG THREAD!

I've never seen a straight-up dog thread before. Awesome.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 08, 2021 03:09 PM (+IIqY)

58 Boji seems nice.

He's probably the cleanest animal on the trains.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 08, 2021 03:09 PM (R/m4+)

59 Maybe Boji's just looking for his family.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 08, 2021 03:06 PM (NpAcC)

Yeah, I wonder what or who he's looking for, traveling all the time.

Looks like a good dog.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 08, 2021 03:07 PM

Boji is actually a Turkish ghost doggeh, still travelling to find his lost family. Well known Turkish urban legend.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2021 03:09 PM (m+jkK)

60 Breaking news! Whoopi Goldberg Is A Fat Slob And We Shouldn't Pretend Like She's Not

https://bit.ly/3BqyQZI
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 08, 2021 03:06 PM (d9FiS)
******
LOL

Posted by: redridinghood at October 08, 2021 03:09 PM (NpAcC)

61 Aww what a handsome dog!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at October 08, 2021 03:09 PM (nxdel)

62 What an odd stray.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 08, 2021 03:10 PM (+IIqY)

63 hiya

Posted by: JT at October 08, 2021 03:10 PM (arJlL)

64 I imagine a friendly stray who lives on public transit could lighten up the 'ole commute.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 08, 2021 03:10 PM (+IIqY)

65 Is Boji a Rhodesian Ridgeback?

Posted by: Chuck C at October 08, 2021 03:11 PM (EughT)

66 He looks clean and not starving, so it looks like he's good

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (YZG/i) at October 08, 2021 03:11 PM (YZG/i)

67 I'd say it warmed the cockles of my heart, but I have no idea what cockles are.

Posted by: johnd01 at October 08, 2021 03:12 PM (ukNFU)

68 Want to know the most contaminated surface on the planet right now? Boji's head.

I like Boji's navigation skills. Not the destination planning; the zooming through traffic like a motorcyclist on a highway.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at October 08, 2021 03:12 PM (aXxgO)

69 Boji is looking for Constantinople.

Posted by: goodluckduck at October 08, 2021 03:12 PM (V8zw+)

70 The thing is it is a funny story for us but the dog is searching for the guy that murdered his family

Posted by: Y5 at October 08, 2021 03:13 PM (Co1m8)

71 Can't take ace inhibitors - makes me cough

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (YZG/i) at October 08, 2021 03:13 PM (YZG/i)

72 Someone keep an eye on Sandy. Don't need any dogfights breaking out.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 08, 2021 03:13 PM (TNyrE)

73 NYT says we need a new flag and suggests several.

https://bit.ly/3BpxKNR

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 08, 2021 03:13 PM (d9FiS)

74 Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 08, 2021 03:13 PM (5aFbR)

75 70 The thing is it is a funny story for us but the dog is searching for the guy that murdered his family
Posted by: Y5 at October 08, 2021 03:13 PM (Co1m

===========

This summer, vengeance has quite the bite.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 08, 2021 03:14 PM (LvTSG)

76 I'd say it warmed the cockles of my heart, but I have no idea what cockles are.
Posted by: johnd01 at October 08, 2021

***
I once had a character of mine who malaprops his way through his stories say that something "warms cackles of my heart."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 08, 2021 03:14 PM (/XOcP)

77 Somebody needs to get him out of there before the jihadis get him

Posted by: Y5 at October 08, 2021 03:14 PM (Co1m8)

78 1. Wake up
2. Run around and get pet
3. Ride trains and get pet
4. Ride buses and get pet
5. Bathe in the Bosphorus
6. Ride more trains and buses and get pet
7. Sleep

Posted by: Boji's Schedule at October 08, 2021 03:14 PM (+IIqY)

79 Boji looks like a mastiff

Posted by: Archer at October 08, 2021 03:14 PM (gmo/4)

80 Who pays for all this free transportation? It costs money to drag a dog around

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2021 03:14 PM (2JoB8)

81 Cuteness overload!!

Posted by: Lizzy/i] at October 08, 2021 03:14 PM (bDqIh)

82 >>> Can't take ace inhibitors - makes me cough
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (YZG/i) at October 08, 2021 03:13 PM (YZG/i)

My wife had the same problem but there's a different related kind that works similarly but won't make you cough. She told the Dr. and he changed to the other one.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 08, 2021 03:15 PM (4D/dn)

83 I MUST FIND BOJI

Posted by: John Wick at October 08, 2021 03:15 PM (bDqIh)

84 Turks called. Sed MYOB.

Posted by: Klaftern at October 08, 2021 03:15 PM (taPSh)

85 >>>75 70 The thing is it is a funny story for us but the dog is searching for the guy that murdered his family
Posted by: Y5

haha

Posted by: ace at October 08, 2021 03:15 PM (0G13K)

86 This is a happier (it appears - though Y5 might be on to something...) story than Hachiko, who waited for his dead master to get off the train every day years for years.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 08, 2021 03:15 PM (+IIqY)

87
I have a certain set of skills. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.

Posted by: Boji the Hound of Vengeance at October 08, 2021 03:16 PM (0G13K)

88 In southern dialects, boji is a slang term for clown boner.

Posted by: Turkish Institute of Language at October 08, 2021 03:16 PM (cdOV8)

89 What's interesting to me is that Boji appears to be a lone wolf. He doesn't seem to have any animal companions that follow him onto transport. And he seems to tolerate human contact well enough but to be a little indifferent to it.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 08, 2021 03:16 PM (QU5/8)

90 Fuck Joe Biden

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at October 08, 2021 03:16 PM (pYLmT)

91 And now he's going to have a hole in his ear from the tracker they placed.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 08, 2021 03:17 PM (NpAcC)

92 >>> Who pays for all this free transportation? It costs money to drag a dog around
Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2021 03:14 PM (2JoB

I always thought it was kind of funny that it pretty much doesn't cost that much to move people. You are paying a lot to move the train and it just so happens to have people in it.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 08, 2021 03:17 PM (4D/dn)

93 Cok iyi!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2021 03:17 PM (axyOa)

94 Hey wait a minute. Turkey has a 98+% muslim population and muslims hates dogs.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 08, 2021 03:17 PM (JUOKG)

95 The thing is it is a funny story for us but the dog is searching for the guy that murdered his family
Posted by: Y5 at October 08, 2021

***
There is a creepy story about Wully the "yaller dog" in Ernest Thompson Seton's Wild Animals I Have Known. Wully appears to be a loyal canine companion, but he has a little habit of hunting and killing sheep at night, and very cleverly too. I don't think Boji is like that, but your comment reminded me of the ETS story.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 08, 2021 03:17 PM (/XOcP)

96 Make Constantinople Constantinople again. Make St. Sophia a Christian church again.

Posted by: Archer at October 08, 2021 03:17 PM (gmo/4)

97 73 NYT says we need a new flag and suggests several.o

New one? Did something happen to Mayor Pete?

Posted by: Azjaeger at October 08, 2021 03:17 PM (3/XaG)

98 Stupid dog

Posted by: BurtTC at October 08, 2021 03:17 PM (YV6PJ)

99 Is Boji a Rhodesian Ridgeback?

Posted by: Chuck C at October 08, 2021 03:11 PM

No.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 08, 2021 03:17 PM (JUOKG)

100 Boji looks like a mastiff
Posted by: Archer at October 08, 2021 03:14 PM (gmo/4)

Reminds me of an Anatolian sheepdog. They are pretty big.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 08, 2021 03:18 PM (M+Lyo)

101 90 Fuck Joe Biden
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at October 08, 2021 03:16 PM (pYLmT)

Fuck Joe Biden, Brother

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:18 PM (kBuGL)

102 Glory be, I am off the phone. Duration: approximately seven hours.

PHEW. My ears hurt.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 08, 2021 03:18 PM (+IIqY)

103 You know, that greeting might be a bit problematic for the 'ettes.

'May Biden get fucked' suggested change for the distaff?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:19 PM (kBuGL)

104 WHO WAS DOG?

Posted by: cREEPY pASTA at October 08, 2021 03:19 PM (bDqIh)

105 You will frequently see men in Turkey walk around with the heels of their shoes crushed down and their heels exposed. The story goes that the man who gets scratched on his heel will become the next Attaturk.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2021 03:19 PM (axyOa)

106 Fuck Joe Biden

Hooray, I'm getting laid!

Posted by: Joe Biden, Old Man Balls and Desperation at October 08, 2021 03:20 PM (QU5/8)

107 Boji looks like a mastiff
Posted by: Archer at October 08, 2021 03:14 PM (gmo/4)

Reminds me of an Anatolian sheepdog. They are pretty big.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 08, 2021 03:18 PM (M+Lyo)

Yep. I think you're right.

Posted by: Archer at October 08, 2021 03:20 PM (gmo/4)

108 The dog is cleanest thing on those trains.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2021 03:20 PM (3HsMo)

109 bear with asymmetrical balls: "What's interesting to me is that Boji appears to be a lone wolf..."

Boji marches to the beat of a different drummer. His name? Jazz McCool.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at October 08, 2021 03:20 PM (aXxgO)

110 105 You will frequently see men in Turkey walk around with the heels of their shoes crushed down and their heels exposed. The story goes that the man who gets scratched on his heel will become the next Attaturk.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2021 03:19 PM (axyOa)

So all shoes are flip flops?

Xanadu for ace.

Hell for the rest of us.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:21 PM (kBuGL)

111 She told the Dr. and he changed to the other one.
Posted by: banana Dream at October 08, 2021 03:15 PM (4D/dn)

You mean an ARB? That's what I take.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (YZG/i) at October 08, 2021 03:21 PM (YZG/i)

112 Cok iyi!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2021 03:17 PM (axyOa)

Is that Fremin?

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at October 08, 2021 03:21 PM (nscx6)

113 Most every dog loves riding in a car. He's figured out how to do that all day every day. Look at him sticking his head out the bus window or over the rail of the ferry to get the air.

Posted by: the dandy at October 08, 2021 03:21 PM (5vfx1)

114 Actually a cute story, seems Istanbul is a odd place for it to happen.

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2021 03:22 PM (2JoB8)

115 107 Boji looks like a mastiff
Posted by: Archer at October 08, 2021 03:14 PM (gmo/4)
Reminds me of an Anatolian sheepdog. They are pretty big.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 08, 2021 03:18 PM (M+Lyo)

Yep. I think you're right.

Posted by: Archer at October 08, 2021 03:20 PM (gmo/4)

Kind of matches the face, iirc. Aren't they a bit heavier built though?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:22 PM (kBuGL)

116 Fuck Joe Biden

Hooray, I'm getting laid!
Posted by: Joe Biden, Old Man Balls and Desperation at October 08, 2021 03:20 PM (QU5/

As if he could get it up with all the meds he must be on

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 08, 2021 03:22 PM (GPwVZ)

117 But does Boji know how to use the men's room?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (YZG/i) at October 08, 2021 03:22 PM (YZG/i)

118 Crap.
To finish...
The story goes that the guy who gets scratched on his heel by a cat, will become the next Attaturk.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2021 03:22 PM (axyOa)

119 Most every dog loves riding in a car. He's figured out how to do that all day every day. Look at him sticking his head out the bus window or over the rail of the ferry to get the air.

Posted by: the dandy at October 08, 2021 03:21 PM (5vfx1)

Well, that is because, Turks stink!

- My Macedonian Grandfather

Posted by: Archer at October 08, 2021 03:23 PM (gmo/4)

120
I just stumble across something that made me say, "Well, dip my balls in sweet cream and holler 'Here, kitty, kitty!'"

There is a paper out that finds some unexpected immune cross-reactivity between poliovirus and Covid. They've found that recent vaccinees of the IPV (inactivated poliovirus vaccine) have a significant response against the Covid virus.

This is just, well shit.

So, would you believe that the IPV, the modern incarnation of the original Salk vaccine might do more good against Covid that the current vaccines?

The effect is only there for a short time after IPV injection, apparently. I'm digesting this paper, now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at October 08, 2021 03:23 PM (Mzdiz)

121 But does Boji know how to use the men's room?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (YZG/i) at October 08, 2021 03:22 PM (YZG/i)

Do most men?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 08, 2021 03:23 PM (GPwVZ)

122 We also call him "Boji the Typhus Spreading Hellhound."

Posted by: Illium at October 08, 2021 03:24 PM (JUq7n)

123 Skip: "Actually a cute story, seems Istanbul is a odd place for it to happen."

Istanbul? Istanbulldog. Amiright?

Posted by: Try the Veal at October 08, 2021 03:24 PM (aXxgO)

124 And it's always a treat to meet the golden-furred, floppy-eared pooch while patronizing public transit-- trains, buses and even ferries -- throughout Europe's largest metro area.
++++
Is Turkey really European?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 08, 2021 03:24 PM (+IIqY)

125 During the depression, the term "walking on his heels" meant that someone was having a hard time, and had to walk favoring the heel of the shoe because the soles were worn out.

I saw it used in an old movie and it took me a while to find the meaning. So let me share that here to spread the knowledge.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at October 08, 2021 03:24 PM (cdOV8)

126 Hey NGU! I see you managed to avoid getting arrested - good for you!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (YZG/i) at October 08, 2021 03:24 PM (YZG/i)

127 The effect is only there for a short time after IPV injection, apparently. I'm digesting this paper, now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at October 08, 2021 03:23 PM (Mzdiz)

Even dead for 25 years, Jonas Salk does more good for man than Fauci.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:25 PM (kBuGL)

128 The effect is only there for a short time after IPV injection, apparently. I'm digesting this paper, now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at October 08, 2021 03:23 PM (Mzdiz)
++++
Like the COVID vaccines, then...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 08, 2021 03:25 PM (+IIqY)

129 91 And now he's going to have a hole in his ear from the tracker they placed.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 08, 2021 03:17 PM (NpAcC)

Can't be any worse than the gauges idiots put in their ears.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2021 03:25 PM (W2Pud)

130 Hey NGU! I see you managed to avoid getting arrested - good for you!
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (YZG/i) at October 08, 2021 03:24 PM (YZG/i)

Days not over and I still have to pick my daughter up in NY soon.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 08, 2021 03:25 PM (GPwVZ)

131 Boji: That the Way He Rolls

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 08, 2021 03:26 PM (d9FiS)

132 124 And it's always a treat to meet the golden-furred, floppy-eared pooch while patronizing public transit-- trains, buses and even ferries -- throughout Europe's largest metro area.
++++
Is Turkey really European?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 08, 2021 03:24 PM (+IIqY)

I still get a smile whenever I think of attending mass and the Priest mentioning 'Constantinople being in the news today...' (this was only a couple of years ago.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:26 PM (kBuGL)

133 This been posted yet?

rumble.com/vn12v1-attorne

Pretty fucking stunning.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 08, 2021 03:26 PM (gdOwC)

134 Days not over and I still have to pick my daughter up in NY soon.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 08, 2021 03:25 PM (GPwVZ)
++++
Enjoy the subsequent escape from NY!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 08, 2021 03:26 PM (+IIqY)

135 And it's always a treat to meet the golden-furred, floppy-eared pooch while patronizing public transit-- trains, buses and even ferries -- throughout Europe's largest metro area.
++++
Is Turkey really European?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 08, 2021

***
I always thought Turkey was technically in Asia, but that part of the Istanbul metroplex is on the other side of the Bosporus, and so could be thought of as European?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 08, 2021 03:26 PM (/XOcP)

136 The effect is only there for a short time after IPV injection, apparently. I'm digesting this paper, now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz)

This has been known for a while. IIRC, they were aware of this effect for some other diseases, although the reason was not well understood. So they investigated and it applied to the coof as well.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at October 08, 2021 03:27 PM (cdOV8)

137
You will frequently see men in Turkey walk around with the heels of their shoes crushed down and their heels exposed. The story goes that the man who gets scratched on his heel will become the next Attaturk.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2021 03:19 PM (axyOa)

According to John Ringo, that's common to mohammedans, because it's a lot easier to put your shoes on after prayers if the heels are flattened into slip-ons. When you bang your head on the floor 6 times a day, that shit gets old in a hurry.

Also means that out of habit, mohammedan men shuffle their feet when they walk, regardless of the type of shoes they wear.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2021 03:27 PM (n+4am)

138 If Boji could speak he would surely say Fuck Joe Biden...

Posted by: steevy at October 08, 2021 03:27 PM (CYnTg)

139 Completely O/T: At 8.00pm EST tonight, TCM is showing the 1967 TV special Movin' With Nancy, starring Nancy Sinatra and guest Sammy Davis Jr. It will be shown with original commercials included.

Might be a nice way to while away an hour. I'm recording it for later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 08, 2021 03:27 PM (2JVJo)

140 Wonder who clean up the dog doo and puke.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 08, 2021 03:27 PM (KZzsI)

141 Istanbul? Istanbulldog. Amiright?
Posted by: Try the Veal at October 08, 2021 03:24 PM (aXxgO)

Constantinople!

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at October 08, 2021 03:28 PM (nscx6)

142 >>Most every dog loves riding in a car. He's figured out how to do that all day every day. Look at him sticking his head out the bus window or over the rail of the ferry to get the air.

Heh, I managed to find the one dog who does not like cars. Ours used to puke on every ride, no matter how short. Dogsitter friend recommended using a soft-sided crate, which works like a charm - doggeh has his own safe space travel pod in the back seat. NO head out window!

Posted by: cREEPY pASTA at October 08, 2021 03:28 PM (bDqIh)

143 "I always thought Turkey was technically in Asia"

A minor detail.

Posted by: goodluckduck at October 08, 2021 03:29 PM (V8zw+)

144 Wonder who clean up the dog doo and puke.

It must work out somehow. They got all those free cats roaming around pissing and shitting everywhere.

Can't be worse than downtown Houston's scenic bum shit.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 08, 2021 03:29 PM (QU5/8)

145
Boji looks like a mastiff
Posted by: Archer at October 08, 2021 03:14 PM (gmo/4)

_______

More like an Anatolian Shepherd or Kangal Shepherd.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2021 03:29 PM (OKadM)

146 Istanbul? Where's the ottoman?

Posted by: wth at October 08, 2021 03:30 PM (v0R5T)

147 Istanbul? Istanbulldog. Amiright?
Posted by: Try the Veal at October 08, 2021 03:24 PM (aXxgO)

Constantinople!
Posted by: Napoleon XIV

Constaninopoodle!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 08, 2021 03:30 PM (d9FiS)

148 143 "I always thought Turkey was technically in Asia"

A minor detail.
Posted by: goodluckduck at October 08, 2021 03:29 PM (V8zw+)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:30 PM (kBuGL)

149 "I always thought Turkey was technically in Asia"

A minor detail.

Posted by: goodluckduck at October 08, 2021 03:29 PM (V8zw+)

But, if China attacked Turkey from the rear, would Greece help?

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at October 08, 2021 03:30 PM (CjHGv)

150 Constantinople!
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at October 08, 2021 03:28 PM (nscx6)
++++
Constantinopug!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 08, 2021 03:30 PM (+IIqY)

151 Is Turkey really European?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 08, 2021 03:24 PM (+IIqY)

Depends on which side of the Straights you are on.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2021 03:30 PM (axyOa)

152 You will frequently see men in Turkey walk around with the heels of their shoes crushed down and their heels exposed. The story goes that the man who gets scratched on his heel will become the next Attaturk.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2021 03:19 PM (axyOa

They invented Crocs?

Posted by: Just a side note at October 08, 2021 03:31 PM (2DOZq)

153 Istanbul? Where's the ottoman?
Posted by: wth at October 08, 2021 03:30 PM (v0R5T)

What's that about anyway? An entire empire based on putting your feet up?

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at October 08, 2021 03:31 PM (h5TKJ)

154 But, if China attacked Turkey from the rear, would Greece help?
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at October 08, 2021 03:30 PM (CjHGv)

Would the Turks appreciate the 'help?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:31 PM (kBuGL)

155 I would guess Boji is also smart enough to have figured out that if he wants to ride he better not do his business anywhere he's not supposed to. I'm sure he passes plenty of parks in between stops.

Posted by: the dandy at October 08, 2021 03:31 PM (5vfx1)

156 Cenk said he would kick that dog's ass.

Posted by: Just a side note at October 08, 2021 03:32 PM (2DOZq)

157 I'm wondering where Boji goes at night when transportation isn't moving, does he have a home.

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2021 03:32 PM (2JoB8)

158 The thing is it is a funny story for us but the dog is searching for the guy that murdered his family
Posted by: Y5 at October 08, 2021 03:13 PM (Co1m

===========

This summer, vengeance has quite the bite.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 08, 2021 03:14 PM (LvTSG)

I wanna see Boji bark 'Where are they?!'

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 08, 2021 03:32 PM (XvPQV)

159 The heal crushed down - my Iranian neighbor did that because he was too lazy to put his shoes on the normal way because they dont wear their filthy shoes in the house.

We dont wear outdoor shoes in our house but we're not so lazy to not lace our shoes like white men and women.

Posted by: Illium at October 08, 2021 03:32 PM (JUq7n)

160
Also means that out of habit, mohammedan men shuffle their feet when they walk, regardless of the type of shoes they wear.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2021 03:27 PM

that explains a lot about Dearborn & Hamtramck

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 08, 2021 03:32 PM (DUIap)

161 You will frequently see men in Turkey walk around with the heels of their shoes crushed down and their heels exposed. The story goes that the man who gets scratched on his heel will become the next Attaturk.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2021 03:19 PM (axyOa)

Huh, I used to see that all the time in Silicon Valley with Chinese and Taiwanese guys (not as often now). I figured it was mostly because they're used to slides back home, but felt compelled to wear Western fashion like Nike's. So this is the compromise. Don't think there's any other reason for them besides not being used to regular shoes. And standing on the toilet seat to squat.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at October 08, 2021 03:32 PM (wAnMi)

162 But, if China attacked Turkey from the rear, would Greece help?
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at October 08, 2021 03:30 PM (CjHGv)

Would the Turks appreciate the 'help?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021

***
They could employ the Golden Horn.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 08, 2021 03:32 PM (/XOcP)

163 Obama ate a dog, you know.
........

Married one, too.

Posted by: wth at October 08, 2021 03:33 PM (v0R5T)

164 Cenk said he would kick that dog's ass.
Posted by: Just a side note at October 08, 2021 03:32 PM (2DOZq)

I'll end that dog on the metro. I been riding public transportation my whole life.

Posted by: Cake Bugbear at October 08, 2021 03:33 PM (QU5/8)

165 "I always thought Turkey was technically in Asia"

Only the section on the other side of the Dardanelles

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 08, 2021 03:34 PM (GPwVZ)

166 164 Cenk said he would kick that dog's ass.
Posted by: Just a side note at October 08, 2021 03:32 PM (2DOZq)

I'll end that dog on the metro. I been riding public transportation my whole life.
Posted by: Cake Bugbear at October 08, 2021 03:33 PM (QU5/

Boji looks to be what, 120? 150? 125 lbs of lean, four legged muscle against a 300 lb, fatty, soft, pig like critter?

My money is heavily on Boji.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:35 PM (kBuGL)

167 Think he is an Anatolian Shepherd. I saw them in Azerbaijan, in rural areas, being used .... well, as shepherd dogs. You don't see many dogs in most countries, most of them are still working dogs. Even in canine-unfriendly cultures, though, you see the honest hard-working versions, still.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at October 08, 2021 03:35 PM (OTzUX)

168 We dont wear outdoor shoes in our house but we're not so lazy to not lace our shoes like white men and women.
Posted by: Illium at October 08, 2021 03:32 PM (JUq7n)

Ditto. A lot of people have slippers/slides/flip flops by the exit doors to get on/off quickly when they go into the yard or something. My shoes come off - and since I'm officially a lazy bum these days wear a lot of slip-on type shoes to make it easier.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at October 08, 2021 03:36 PM (wAnMi)

169 MP4 I just sent you an email.

Posted by: Jewells45 at October 08, 2021 03:36 PM (nxdel)

170 But, if China attacked Turkey from the rear,
......

What was that, a mosquito?

Posted by: Turkey at October 08, 2021 03:37 PM (v0R5T)

171 >>>Here's the mid-day Happy Thread. And it's a good one.

It IS a good one. And he's a good boy.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2021 03:37 PM (TZgEk)

172 If Che was captured today, that means tomorrow is 'Die you Greasy Commie Fuck!' day.

Oh thank goodness, I haven't missed it.

*opens window*

Boy, go buy the biggest turkey you can find!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:38 PM (kBuGL)

173 But, if China attacked Turkey from the rear,

Wouldnt that be a front?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2021 03:38 PM (axyOa)

174 The way he cocks his head, I thought for a second he was imitating Jake Tapper.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2021 03:38 PM (TZgEk)

175 In that last picture Boji is saying "Take off that mask, stupid. You look like an idiot."

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 08, 2021 03:38 PM (CcOog)

176 Where does he go? You know, "go". All dogs gotta go.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 08, 2021 03:39 PM (KAi1n)

177 172 If Che was captured today, that means tomorrow is 'Die you Greasy Commie Fuck!' day.

Oh thank goodness, I haven't missed it.

*opens window*

Boy, go buy the biggest turkey you can find!
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:38 PM (kBuGL)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at October 08, 2021 03:39 PM (TZgEk)

178 Hey Mark, you have email. Finally.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 08, 2021 03:39 PM (II3Gr)

179 175 In that last picture Boji is saying "Take off that mask, stupid. You look like an idiot."
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 08, 2021 03:38 PM (CcOog)

You have bacon. Give it to me.
-Boji

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:39 PM (kBuGL)

180 Today, we are announcing an investigation of the domestic terrorist "Boji".

Posted by: Merrick Garland at October 08, 2021 03:40 PM (6Yh/m)

181 Not really on-topic, but ace thread, and not that far off (I think the Senate parliamentarian would easily rule this germane), but came across some video of Tblisi, Georgia the other day (not far from Istanbul!).

Couldn't believe my eyes. Spent lots of time there, back when it was unimproved Soviet version (after the USSR), gunfire at night, you didn't drive in many areas after dark (checkpoints with drunk "sentries"), power was an occasional thing. You could buy very good art from local painters/sculptors, for pennies.

I'm sure the whole country doesn't look like central Tbilisi. But still.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at October 08, 2021 03:40 PM (OTzUX)

182 Most every dog loves riding in a car.

That's something I've wondered about. To be an almost universal behavior, there must be some evolutionary factor in favor of it, right? Dogs will often face into the wind to catch scents but where in their evolutionary history would they have found an advantage in facing into a 60 mph head wind often enough to select for it?

Posted by: Oddbob at October 08, 2021 03:40 PM (nfrXX)

183 Zho Bai Dim: "If the train travel is good enough for a mangy, homeless flea-bit dog....it's good enough for me!"
"look at that dog...riding all over IstanScranton"...

Posted by: hutch1200 at October 08, 2021 03:40 PM (B3SkM)

184 >> Like the COVID vaccines, then...

But with a much, much better and well-known safety profile. :-)

Here's the paper, for those interested:
https://tinyurl.com/4sj9jtw6

Here the mechanism. Antibodies elicited by the IPV inhibit Covid RNA synthesis.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at October 08, 2021 03:40 PM (Mzdiz)

185 Boji...that's my job.

Posted by: Kumala at October 08, 2021 03:40 PM (mNhhD)

186 Why isn't that dog wearing a mask?!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at October 08, 2021 03:41 PM (RoIW/)

187 Most every dog loves riding in a car.
........

Same with people. Just hope they don't get too used to it.

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 08, 2021 03:41 PM (v0R5T)

188 Boji was a rolling stone
Wherever he laid his bone was his home

Posted by: JuJuBee at October 08, 2021 03:42 PM (mNhhD)

189 This busty blonde with a big smile just saw Boji and it brightened her day:
https://is.gd/5fAIr9

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 08, 2021 03:42 PM (+IIqY)

190 That's something I've wondered about. To be an almost universal behavior, there must be some evolutionary factor in favor of it, right? Dogs will often face into the wind to catch scents but where in their evolutionary history would they have found an advantage in facing into a 60 mph head wind often enough to select for it?
Posted by: Oddbob at October 08, 2021 03:40 PM (nfrXX)

I think they like the sensation of the wind on their face and ears, honestly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:42 PM (kBuGL)

191 12 Istanbul is also filled with cats. Has been for centuries. They just roam around, people feed them, pet them.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 08, 2021

***
I hope that means there are very few rats, and little plague.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 08, 2021 02:59 PM (/XOcP)

This is true: they are ratters.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2021 03:43 PM (TZgEk)

192 Oh, shit, I almost forgot of Che Death Day!

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 08, 2021 03:43 PM (Y5qcH)

193 MP4 I just sent you an email.
Posted by: Jewells45 at October 08, 2021 03:36 PM (nxdel)

Got, read and responded, Jewells.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 08, 2021 03:44 PM (2JVJo)

194 I hope that means there are very few rats, and little plague.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 08, 2021 02:59 PM (/XOcP)

This is true: they are ratters.
Posted by: m at October 08, 2021 03:43 PM (TZgEk)

Conversely, there would have to be a lot of rats/rodents/vermin in order to support that size population of cats.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:44 PM (kBuGL)

195 When my dogs couldn't put their head out the window they'd put their nose up to the ac vent to sniff that.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 08, 2021 03:44 PM (4D/dn)

196 190 That's something I've wondered about. To be an almost universal behavior, there must be some evolutionary factor in favor of it, right? Dogs will often face into the wind to catch scents but where in their evolutionary history would they have found an advantage in facing into a 60 mph head wind often enough to select for it?
Posted by: Oddbob at October 08, 2021 03:40 PM (nfrXX)

I think they like the sensation of the wind on their face and ears, honestly.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:42 PM (kBuGL)

But do they sit in front of a room fan?

Posted by: m at October 08, 2021 03:44 PM (TZgEk)

197 nood

quickies

Posted by: banana Dream at October 08, 2021 03:44 PM (4D/dn)

198 Most every dog loves riding in a car.

That's something I've wondered about. To be an almost universal behavior, there must be some evolutionary factor in favor of it, right?

I'm moving so fast! This is great! What's to eat?

- A dogs thought process

Posted by: Archer at October 08, 2021 03:44 PM (gmo/4)

199 Boji was a rolling stone
Wherever he laid his bone was his home
Posted by: JuJuBee at October 08, 2021 03:42 PM (mNhhD)

This, too, is the story of Hunter Biden.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 08, 2021 03:44 PM (2JVJo)

200 194 I hope that means there are very few rats, and little plague.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 08, 2021 02:59 PM (/XOcP)

This is true: they are ratters.
Posted by: m at October 08, 2021 03:43 PM (TZgEk)

Conversely, there would have to be a lot of rats/rodents/vermin in order to support that size population of cats.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:44 PM (kBuGL)

Rats come in on ships.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2021 03:45 PM (TZgEk)

201 Most every dog loves riding in a car.

That's something I've wondered about. To be an almost universal behavior, there must be some evolutionary factor in favor of it, right? Dogs will often face into the wind to catch scents but where in their evolutionary history would they have found an advantage in facing into a 60 mph head wind often enough to select for it?
Posted by: Oddbob at October 08, 2021 03:40 PM (nfrXX)

My dog does a happy dance whenever she knows I'm about to take her for a ride. She likes sticking her head out the sunroof.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at October 08, 2021 03:45 PM (yyfQG)

202 But do they sit in front of a room fan?
Posted by: m at October 08, 2021 03:44 PM (TZgEk)

Ajax likes wind in his nose. He will stuff his nose in an air vent in the car as much as he sticks his head out the window.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021 03:45 PM (kBuGL)

203 178 Hey Mark, you have email. Finally.
Posted by: Insomniac at October 08, 2021 03:39 PM (II3Gr)

Woot!
Thanks, I'll go check it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 08, 2021 03:46 PM (XvPQV)

204 I think they like the sensation of the wind on their face and ears, honestly.

But why? If the evolutionary biologists are right*, such a universal preference should have some purpose related to survival or procreation.

* and I'm not saying they are or aren't...

Posted by: Oddbob at October 08, 2021 03:46 PM (nfrXX)

205 But with a much, much better and well-known safety profile. :-)

Here's the paper, for those interested:
https://tinyurl.com/4sj9jtw6

Here the mechanism. Antibodies elicited by the IPV inhibit Covid RNA synthesis.
Posted by: publius

Is it possible that maybe the reason why kids don't get covid? They are more recent on the polio vaccine even if it's opv they're still protected.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 08, 2021 03:46 PM (Vxu+H)

206 I hope that means there are very few rats, and little plague.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 08, 2021

This is true: they are ratters.
Posted by: m at October 08, 2021

Conversely, there would have to be a lot of rats/rodents/vermin in order to support that size population of cats.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 08, 2021

***
There will always be rats. They breed like, well, like rats.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 08, 2021 03:47 PM (/XOcP)

207 NOOD

(Boji already marked it as his territory)

Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at October 08, 2021 03:48 PM (OUMaO)

208 Most every dog loves riding in a car.

That's something I've wondered about. To be an almost universal behavior, there must be some evolutionary factor in favor of it, right? Dogs will often face into the wind to catch scents but where in their evolutionary history would they have found an advantage in facing into a 60 mph head wind often enough to select for it?
Posted by: Oddbob at October 08, 2021 03:40 PM (nfrXX)

My mom's cocker loved riding in any conveyance until they got rear ended on the freeway in the white shark (1983 Mercedes 300SD) nearly killing the dogs in the backseat. She was extremely skittish of cars (not golf carts) after that. Her cousin couldn't care less. I figure travelling in a car for a dog must be like the space-pod scene from 2001 A Space Odyssey, except instead of swirling psychedelic colors it's all scents whizzing by.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at October 08, 2021 03:50 PM (wAnMi)

209
Here the mechanism. Antibodies elicited by the IPV inhibit Covid RNA synthesis.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at October 08, 2021 03:40 PM (Mzdiz)

In a normal world this would be the biggest thing ever. Of course we are in a clown world where evil clowns are trying to create a world wide evil empire of misery, but still, I think we should all go and get our shots to travel to Cote d'Ivoire next month.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 08, 2021 03:51 PM (KbLYZ)

210 From a dog's usual perspective (low to the ground, moving at walking/running speed), riding in a car, high off the ground at tremendous speed with so much scenery flying by must feel exhilarating.

Posted by: the dandy at October 08, 2021 03:54 PM (5vfx1)

211 >> In a normal world this would be the biggest thing ever.

Just imagine: I don't know how long this cross-effect lasts. But suppose, even if it's temporary, it's sufficiently sterilizing. Ie, keeps replication and transmission down enough.

So, all we would've had to do is just give everybody a booster of the polio shot -- which is very safe -- and we could've killed Covid.....

Don't know if that would be the case. Depends on how close to sterilizing and how long the effect is.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at October 08, 2021 03:55 PM (Mzdiz)

212 Wait! Where did my friends go?

Posted by: Boji at October 08, 2021 04:06 PM (Agr8U)

213 I had to giggle when I saw this. In Korean, Boji (Bo Gee) means pussy.

Posted by: Bill R. at October 08, 2021 04:31 PM (wzzJf)

214 ...
Is it possible that maybe the reason why kids don't get covid? They are more recent on the polio vaccine even if it's opv they're still protected.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 08, 2021 03:46 PM (Vxu+H)

Questioning it further: if COVID-19 was genetically modified (Gain-of-Function or other wise), is it possible that some of the modifications were based off the Polio virus, among others?

Posted by: Another Anon at October 08, 2021 04:32 PM (bW28E)

215 The Vietnam photo has always pissed me off for the reasons mentioned. It's the classic case of Western media inventing its own reality for political gain.

Posted by: CppThis at October 08, 2021 05:51 PM (UewuT)

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