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Dale of Green Gables's avatar

Belly rubs in humans not quite the same, either from an anatomy or psychological standpoint. Now, back scratches, back rubs and a dram or two of Scotland's finest are different matters and far higher on my list of somatic pleasures.

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Kitchen Cynic's avatar

No crimes against humanity this time. I agree with you about Scotland’s finest—single malts and not blended. Ardbeg and Scapa are high on my list.

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Terri Smith's avatar

Glenmorangie. But alas migraines have prevented me from drinking anything but gin (why gin, God only knows) in a long time. So I will go with Forager Gin, made in Frederick, MD

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Kitchen Cynic's avatar

Have you tried Citadelle Jardin D’Ete, from France? It’s fruity and flowery, well suited for gin and tonic.

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Terri Smith's avatar

No will put it on the list

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Dale of Green Gables's avatar

Having shown yourself to have at least one redeeming quality, the tribunal is reconsidering your sentence for repeated and unremorseful crimes against humanity, known popularly as puns. Both superb choices. Mine is Caol Ila unpeated.

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Joyce Hennessee's avatar

Laphroaig and Balvenie

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Suzanne S Barnhill's avatar

I've had a crick in the neck since Saturday and could definitely use a massage!

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Leslie Franson's avatar

I feel the need to give a belly rub to my dog right now! Love the faces on Lexi!

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Just Lil Ole Me's avatar

Who’s a good girl? Lexi’s a good girl. What a cutie.

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Audrey Liebross's avatar

Gosh, Gene, why don’t you send pictures of YOUR face when you get a belly rub?

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SnarfyNewcomerOpinesBasically's avatar

oh gosh please NONO

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Dale of Green Gables's avatar

I was going to suggest Pat sit down with a cold compress, but perhaps a belly or back rub will work just as well. It appears her beloved semicolon is becoming endangered. A recent analysis and survey discovered that the use of the semicolon in English language books has long been declining, culminating in a dramatic drop in the last 20 years. A student survey found that many are not intentionally rejecting the semicolon; they’re just afraid of using it incorrectly. Unlike that. There's now an Apostrophe Protection Society. Is one for the semicolon, controversial almost from its first reported use in the 15th century, in the offing?

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Sasquatch's avatar

Semicolon. noun. What Ronald Reagan had after removal of cancerous polyps.

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Louise's avatar

It's not surprising that the semicolon is falling out of favor; the official usage guidelines are self-contradictory.

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Carol McDonald's avatar

I was going to say pretty much anyone, but then the events in Minnesota over the weekend changed my mind. So only a loved one and that includes my dogs, Chester and Lily, and our eight cats (I won’t name them all).

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Muriel Nicol Amsden's avatar

My cat goes into similar ecstasy when I rub her belly. She actually comes and demands it!

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Kitchen Cynic's avatar

We had one cat who loved belly rubs. All our others would claw-slice your hand if you so much as tried.

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Lynne Larkin's avatar

Oh, our little one lures us in, gets some love and then, “It’s a trap!”

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Dan Shaughnessy's avatar

Reminds me of when I............................

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I'll Do Fleas's avatar

Should have read all of the comments first. Sadly, no dogs were at hand so why not cats. First up? Fabio since he was splayed out on his back. I don't think he was into it as he rolled over and curled into the shape of the growing tip of a fern frond. Next up Nosfuratu. The name should have been a clue. Definitely not ino it. I'll need stitches and probably tetnus and rabies shots. Hmmm something squishy in my shoe. AWWWWW GROSS

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Archer Macy's avatar

That is one shameless dog! (Reminds of that time in The Navy on a port call overseas where...)

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Sasquatch's avatar

Say no more.

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Dennis Alter's avatar

Rather give one than get one

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Sasquatch's avatar

Fine, but what's in it for the cat? I refuse to call her "Grandpa." Come on, give her a decent name, else I may have to start calling your life partner Ralph.

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Gene Weingarten's avatar

Rachel would be honored to be called Ralph.

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Dale of Green Gables's avatar

Pronounced as "Rafe" in the British (Old English) manner, of course.

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Sasquatch's avatar

Too bad she's not a composer. She could take the surname Vaughan-Williams. But...she is an actor (actress?), so she could take the surname Fiennes.

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Sasquatch's avatar

Okay. Ralph she is.

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Melissa's avatar

never liked my belly rubbed. Is your dog a katahula (probably spelled wrong) but my daughter is now living with her boyfriend and his dog which looks like yours except the white belly. It's a shelter dog so probably not purebred.

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Gene Weingarten's avatar

Lexi is about 90 percent Plott Hound. Look 'em up. Pretty much her.

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Lisa Polsby's avatar

I prefer back rubs

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SnarfyNewcomerOpinesBasically's avatar

somehow I cannot imagine females wanted in tummy rubs from just anyone. Sorry Gene but I think you missed the boat on this one.

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SnarfyNewcomerOpinesBasically's avatar

to continue: just this past week I've found people 'accidently " beign a bit too close behind me, "thinking I was their wife", etc. Not to mention when being pregnant somehow makes your belly an open invitation for complete stranger to maul you....

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Sasquatch's avatar

Please confirm that you bitch-slapped them.

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SnarfyNewcomerOpinesBasically's avatar

I find a look of outrage is sufficient to shame them and make them crawl.

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Karl Stoltz's avatar

Surprised to see my vote (Yes! Anyone will do!) get so few votes at a time when I feel that our entire nation needs an extended belly rub. And a wee dram of Scotch too.

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