The Most Amazing Tale....or should that be tail

The most humourous moments in one’s day can be the ones that appear when we least expect them. Today I was talking to a man who had dog trouble and as a result, had to front up to the local police station in his home town for a “please explain”. The man detailed with cheeky pride how his fox-terrier had taken a naughty but playful, liking to a blow-up doll, normally found in an "adult’s only" store, which was on display at a local markets. Apparently the doll glittered with sequins and shiny buttons on her whip and hand cuffs and was attached to the side of a display stand. The little dog barked several times at the life-sized doll however, the stall vendor was too busy to stop what she was doing to investigate.

A number of minutes later the little dog had caught the doll by the leather whip that she was holding and was frantically tugging at it until the display stand gave way and collapsed. Horrified the stall vendor and customers climbed out from under the booth’s roof (seemingly made from shade cloth) to find the dog dragging the sex aid through the market place. Bystanders and other onlookers responded with a mixture of laughter and embarrassment, some pretending not to notice the incident at all, other simply stepped over the dog and doll and made no eye contact with anyone else as they hurried away lol.

The man who told us the story, was with his wife looking at goods in the market stall next door when this all happened and was at first aghast when he realized what had transpired. Though when he realized that his dog was being chased by a group of people he was quick to spring to the dog's rescue. Eventually after being caught, the man pried the deflated blow-up doll away from the dog and offered to pay for the damages. The stall vendor was outraged and called the police who now want a “please explain” from the dog’s owner as to why the animal was unleashed. Fair enough I thought although it did take me some time to stop laughing. I wondered why the stall vendor simply did not accept monetary compensation from the dog’s owner rather than dragging the law into it, maybe, just maybe he was a tad embarrassed lol.

The photos are of some hermit crabs. There are always dozens and dozens of them around the beach here and they can be fascinating little critters to watch. Some are very sociable creatures and will crawl on your hands and others prefer to hide inside their shell until the coast is clear or bury themselves in the sand.