Scalded Dog

[Willow]

I read recently that someone's bike ran like a scalded dog.  I've heard the expression many times.  Has anyone actually scalded a dog to see how it runs?

And that pig in a poke thing; when was the last time somebody actually bought a pig in a poke?

[Slick]

I've also heard it referred to as running like a Raped Ape- I don't wanna know-

[Fritz The Cat]

Dunno about a scalded dog but when I was a kid I did an Incredibly stupid thing. I was taking a TV picture tube apart in the middle of the living room, I wanted the thick piece of glass in the front. I had no idea it had a vacuum inside nor was I old enough to have any idea when this implied. Yep, you guessed it, it imploded sending glass flying all over the living room and beyond. The family cat, Jasper, who was sleeping on the couch vanished into thin air. No doubt a scalded dog is a ground sloth by comparison. I think Jasper broke the speed of sound and made more noise than the the implosion. By the grace of god, neither of us was seriously injured and lesson learned on my part, I lived to do other incredibly stupid stuff before my sense of self preservation matured.  

[hubcapsc]

when was the last time somebody actually bought a pig in a poke?

2006, for sure... it looked like a pretty normal Valkyrie in the single picture on the eBay
auction, it looked like a pretty tired Valkyrie in real life...



It cleaned up OK, though... 



-Mike

[R J]

Yes sir, I have seen a scalded dog.

Farmers used to boil water to scald hogs to get the hide to come off of the carcass.

My little black and white bull dog was playing catch so to speak.     I'd throw a stick and he'd try to catch it in the air.

I heaved it as hard as I could just as grandma was dumping the boiling water out of the cast iron pot.    Blackie ran right through the middle of this poured water.

Believe me, a scalded dog can do the 1/8 mile in under 8 seconds.

Blackie lost a lot of hair, and wasn't given a chance in hell of living.    Blackie looked in my eyes with that don't let them do it to me look and I rebelled and grandpa gave in, with the understanding that I treated his wounds twice daily.   Took Blackie close to 8 weeks to heal, but he did and he lived for another 9 years.

We were inseparable before and after the accident.

[Grumpy]

Is that like putting turpentine on a cats rear end, heard they can go really fast. 

[BIG--T]

when was the last time somebody actually bought a pig in a poke?

2006, for sure... it looked like a pretty normal Valkyrie in the single picture on the eBay
auction, it looked like a pretty tired Valkyrie in real life...



It cleaned up OK, though... 



-Mike

Hey Mike,

Ya still got those highway pegs? BTW , Where is Rough Butt?

[R J]

Yup, did that once.   That I might add was the last time also.

I couldn't set down or sleep on my back for a couple of weeks.

Dad used the razor strap on me.

If parents did that today, they would all end up in jail for cruelty.
Don't know about being cruel, but it sure straightened my arse out in a hurry.

[lacon]

BTW, RJ, The boiling water for hogs is to shave the hair off.  We leave the skin on when butchering - in Alabama anyways.

Back when I was a teenager in the '60's, my friend's dog got the mainge.  He had heard that sulfer & motor oil would cure the mainge.  He came up with the sulfer, but us being as frugal as we were, could not bring ourselves to use new oil.  My oil ('52 Ford) needed changing so we decided to do so & use the old oil for the mainge cure.  Should be just as good.  We didn't really consider how hot the old oil was.  Our chosen application was to work the sulfer into his dogs hair, then give him a good quick dousing with the bucket of oil while the other held him down.  Probably pretty close to being scalded.  He did recover from the mainge too.

[sugerbear]

i once shot a dog in the butt  with a 410 while he was fighting with my dog.
hit the gravel just behind him. last i saw he was running off on his two front legs yowling like crazy.
never saw him again ???

[fon1961]

BTW, RJ, The boiling water for hogs is to shave the hair off.  We leave the skin on when butchering - in Alabama anyways.

Agreed, had to do this before, not near as much fun as eating the thing several hrs later.

[BIG--T]

Is that like putting turpentine on a cats rear end, heard they can go really fast. 

When I was a kid I had a water gun with alcohol in it, pulled the cat's tail up, couple of squirts....and i think it broke the speed of sound!!

[Moonshot_1]

Sadly, I too have a sordid story to add to this collection.

Was probably 8 years old at the time. Living in Hawaii. Had a large back yard at the place my folks were renting. Long chain link fence at the back. The neighborhood was getting into the rural area at the time.
So on the other side of this fence was a guy who was keeping some animals. Farm animals. I remember a horse and the star of this show, a large billy goat.

This guy decided one day to tether his goat to our fence in the back yard. On his side of course. I’m sure the plan was to have his goat eat the brush that was accumulating on his side of the fence. And as I recall, there was a lot of it.

What we had on our side of the fence was a little bush. Almost like a little tree actually.
Full of the hottest peppers on the planet and possibly the universe.

At first we were being quite nice and feeding the goat just the leaves off this little tree. And the goat absolutely loved’em. Just sticking them through the fence. Then I wrapped one of the peppers in the leaf and fed it to the goat. Goat happily began munching on it and then kinda stopped for just a second and went into an epic grand mal seizure.  Banging it’s head on the ground, banging it’s head into the fence, bellowing and jumping around. 10 to 15 seconds of a grand fit and then he’d settle down. We all got a good laugh out of that one.

So I did it again. And the goat once again happily began munching and then “Wham!” the same result.

And again
And again

There were 4 of us there and we were taking turns.

Man, the goat sure did like them things. Kept coming back for more. Threw a fit every time too.

My Mom finally looked out the back window and seen what we were up to and that ended that.

Don’t know how fast the goat would have run if he wasn’t tethered to the fence.
I would guess like a scalded dog.

[YoungPUP]

When on the FD found that cats ( just like deer) have mastered time travel. When the pager went off, the cat would Vanish. Middle of the room , on the bed, in the window, always ended up under the bed, but so fast that no ever saw it.

[fordmano]

Is that like putting turpentine on a cats rear end, heard they can go really fast.  

Real fast when there is a bottle rocket in place first,,,,DO NOT ASK HOW I KNOW????





Sorry kitty.      Come on now, I was about 7-8y/o on Vacation in N.E.Texas on our summer property with my much older cousins.

[R J]

BTW, RJ, The boiling water for hogs is to shave the hair off.  We leave the skin on when butchering - in Alabama anyways.

Agreed, had to do this before, not near as much fun as eating the thing several hrs later.

I remember mom scalding the chickens after their head was snapped off.   I know, I watched her de feather the chickens, so I assumed that was what they were doing to the hog. I was only like 5 years old, so I really didn't know the why, what for's of the scalding water.    That was just an assumption on my part, however, thanks for setting me straight.      They always say if ya don't learn something everyday then you are not living up to our standards.

So, Thanks again for setting me straight.   Besides, trying to remember what something was for 75 years ago is almost impossible, for me anyway.        LOL   

[Jabba]

The Striped Assed Monkey is the fastest animal on the planet bar none.

Ever SEEN one??  I rest my case.

Jabba

[FLAVALK]

When I was a kid we had a bitch boxer dog. Once when she was in heat, I walked around the corner of our house to see her locked up with a male dog butt to butt. I just so happened to have my trusty Daisey pump BB gun with me and put one right in that dogs pecker  Needless to say, that broke up the romance rather quickley. I never saw that boy dog again 

[bigguy]

BTW, RJ, The boiling water for hogs is to shave the hair off.  We leave the skin on when butchering - in Alabama anyways.

Agreed, had to do this before, not near as much fun as eating the thing several hrs later.

In Arkansas, we scrape it off, careful to pull the follicle out. We were careful to NOT shave and purposefully used a dull knife. We also put lye in the water. When we finished and dumped the barrel, worms would crawl up out of the ground where we dumped the dip.

[R J]

Is that like putting turpentine on a cats rear end, heard they can go really fast. 

Creosote work real good also for SPEED.

[Master Blaster]

Is that like putting turpentine on a cats rear end, heard they can go really fast. 

Only if you use a corn cob to rough it up first.

[dallastar]

same thing but different
how about "she's built like a brick shithouse"   lol  that can be taken many different ways

[Psychotic Bovine]

How about "happy as a clam".  Now, that's a myth I want the Mythbusters to tackle.