The Dog Ate My Homework
Friday, January 4th, 2008
The dog ate my homework.
It’s one of those cliches that you just know isn’t true.
Kinda like the cheque is in the mail. (I need that money - bad!)
Or I’ll respect you in the morning. (Won’t fall for that one again…)
But sometimes it is true. A couple of weeks ago, Boston Red Sox player Jonathan Papelbon revealed that his bulldog Boss ate the World Series baseball from the final out of Boston’s 2007 sweep. Papelbon was quoted as saying, “He tore that thing to pieces”. I think I’d be tearing Boss to pieces if that were my ball.
My high school boyfriend’s cousin’s dog ate my leather shoes once. I had just come from church and changed out of my Sunday best into my shorts. The next thing I know, their Jack Russell is all over my shoes like a fat kid on a Smartie. No one warned me he was a shredder. No one replaced my shoes, either.
What valuable item has your child or pet ruined? Share your pain in the reply section below. Responses will be posted on my blog, so make sure you check back later. Your Jack Nation bonus code is DAMNDOG. It nets you 100 points, but only if you enter it before midnight on January 6th.