A Funny For You to Enjoy
A friend of mine, Harry - The Magic Man, from bizpreneur.com had this story on his blog and I was laughing and was amazed. He gave me permission to share this story with you for your enjoyment. :-)
Lighten up Will Yah!
Ana Gets her Guns......
I have a little story that I hope will brighten a few faces. I've told this story now a couple of times and I've been convinced to put this on alpaca site. This is more of a lesson of what NOT to do, but it does present a funny situation.
One day before Christmas our dogs in the house started going crazy. I have two Akbash and one Jack Russell. I put them all out assuming they were fussing over the squirrels again. Then I heard a gun shot. It sounded closer than usual. There is a rifle range a few miles away and when the wind is just right you can hear the shots. I decided to head for the barn and just check on things.
I went out into one of the pastures in the back of the barn and notice two orange hunters hats in the distance on our property. Our property, all 30 acres, is dually posted "No Hunting" allowed. It's pretty common knowledge in this town that hunting is NOT allowed near our alpaca farm. In Rhode Island you must get permission from a land owner to hunt even if the land isn't posted. Our neighbors also posted their property to help keep hunters from getting too get close to the farm. As you can probably guess we aren't exactly a "hunter friendly" kind of place. I also happen to know Deer season ended December 1.
I decided to leash up our male Akbash, his name is Kahuna. He's big even for an Akbash. Kahuna is roughly 220 pounds. He thinks he's a lap puppy, much to my husband's dismay, and is normally a very happy go lucky kind of dog. He's so happy that I've found myself wondering how effective he'd actually be guarding and protecting anything.
We meet up with the hunters. If they had licenses they didn't display them as they should have done. So, I decided to ask for their names and phone numbers so I could turn the information over to the police. Hey, you can always try. I told them we have a coyote pack that visits from time to time. I told them that my husband was thinking of hiring a hunter or two MAYBE to help with the predator problem. The guys ages 30+ get all excited. They said, "Yeah lady we'd love to come blow them away for you!". I said, well could you give me your names and phone number so my husband can get in touch with you? They said sure and gave me their names and phone numbers. I didn't bring any paper so I wrote it on my hand. Well, that was easier than I expected.
Now I have to admit I felt pretty guilty because I just basically lied to these guys. We really did think about hiring some hunters in the beginning, but since the coyotes never became a problem we just let them be. As guilty as I felt, these guys are still hunting on my property that was posted and I know they didn't miss the signs. So I decide to proceed further.
I asked one of the guys if I could see his gun. My husband has been trying to talk me into getting one. (This was true.) So the guy gives me the gun! Then I asked the other guy if I could see his gun too, so I could compare them. He also gives me his gun. Now, I'm TOTALLY amazed. I now have both their guns. Not that I would know how to use them. This was totally unexpected. Now what do I do????
I look at the guys and tell them to follow me up to the house. They look around in total confusion. I told them I was going to keep their guns until the police arrived. I told them they were hunting illegally on my property and I wasn't exactly pleased by it.
As you might guess, they weren't happy about the sudden change in the situation. One of them started yelling and made a move toward me. Now I'm thinking, maybe this wasn't the smartest thing I ever done (Understatement!) As the guy takes a step and reaches at me to retrieve his gun, mild mannered Kahuna has decided he has had enough with these guys. He steps in front of him and gets between us with teeth bared growling in a way that even scared me! Kahuna had NEVER done anything remotely close to this in his entire life.
I can only imagine what the hunters were thinking considering I was about to soil my own britches! Then I got even more scared when I wondered how in the world I'd ever be able to stop Kahuna if he did decide to go for these guys. He outweighs me by at least __ pounds. (Sorry, I'm not going to give out my weight!)
The guy backed off, luckily and Kahuna settled down but his eyes never left them. I turned and started for the house. During the trip back to the house, any time Kahuna thought the hunters were getting too close to me he'd stop dead in his tracks and just do a low sounding growl.
I was still feeling guilty that I lied to the guys. On the way back to the house I asked them if they'd like some coffee or Hot Chocolate, sort of a piece offering. They weren't interested.
We got back to the house and Kahuna is still pretty upset with these guys. I asked them again if they'd like to come in for some coffee. They both looked at Kahuna who was looking back at them and said no. So Kahuna and I when into the house. Kahuna is now in the house just watching them through the window. The guys decided to have a seat in the lawn chairs on the front porch.
I called the police department and asked them to please hurry over to pick-up these hunters as I had to get the kids to school. The officer on the desk asked where the hunters were. I told him they were on the porch. "The hunters are just sitting there? Why would they be just sitting there?" he asked. "Well, because I have their guns" I said. He said, "you have their guns??!!". I said yeah. So I related the story to the officer. When he stopped laughing he said he would send up a car.
About 10 minutes later two officers pulled up. One stayed with the hunters and the other came in the house. You can hear one hunter saying to the officer outside "That dog was going to kill us! It should be put down, it's vicious!" He was saying this as the other officer was in the house petting and being licked to death that mean and vicious dog. Kahuna was back to his happy go lucky lap puppy personality.
When I related the story to these officers, they both just started laughing. They kept looking at thehunters shaking their heads and saying, "Guys, you gave her your guns?"
As the officers were putting the hunters into their police car, they just kept repeating "you gave her your guns? I can't believe you gave her your guns!"
Even though the police officers were laughing almost uncontrollably, they did manage to give me a lecture about the perils of doing this sort of thing ever again. I got another from my husband, Floyd. Floyd wasn't quite as amused.
The hunters were charged with hunting without a license and using high powered rifles which is illegal anywhere in this state. The police have called since then and asked me to consider not pressing charges for criminal trespassing. They felt the humiliation of being disarmed by a woman was enough of a punishment.
So now I have to ask myself who has the higher IQ? The hunters who gave up their guns? Or the dog who protected its owner from a lapse in judgment?
I vote for the dog....
-- Harry, The Magic Man
http://www.e4l.biz/money.htm?harryjoseph
Mary's response - LOL LOL I vote for the dog too, and kudos to the woman!!!!
Lighten up Will Yah!
Ana Gets her Guns......
I have a little story that I hope will brighten a few faces. I've told this story now a couple of times and I've been convinced to put this on alpaca site. This is more of a lesson of what NOT to do, but it does present a funny situation.
One day before Christmas our dogs in the house started going crazy. I have two Akbash and one Jack Russell. I put them all out assuming they were fussing over the squirrels again. Then I heard a gun shot. It sounded closer than usual. There is a rifle range a few miles away and when the wind is just right you can hear the shots. I decided to head for the barn and just check on things.
I went out into one of the pastures in the back of the barn and notice two orange hunters hats in the distance on our property. Our property, all 30 acres, is dually posted "No Hunting" allowed. It's pretty common knowledge in this town that hunting is NOT allowed near our alpaca farm. In Rhode Island you must get permission from a land owner to hunt even if the land isn't posted. Our neighbors also posted their property to help keep hunters from getting too get close to the farm. As you can probably guess we aren't exactly a "hunter friendly" kind of place. I also happen to know Deer season ended December 1.
I decided to leash up our male Akbash, his name is Kahuna. He's big even for an Akbash. Kahuna is roughly 220 pounds. He thinks he's a lap puppy, much to my husband's dismay, and is normally a very happy go lucky kind of dog. He's so happy that I've found myself wondering how effective he'd actually be guarding and protecting anything.
We meet up with the hunters. If they had licenses they didn't display them as they should have done. So, I decided to ask for their names and phone numbers so I could turn the information over to the police. Hey, you can always try. I told them we have a coyote pack that visits from time to time. I told them that my husband was thinking of hiring a hunter or two MAYBE to help with the predator problem. The guys ages 30+ get all excited. They said, "Yeah lady we'd love to come blow them away for you!". I said, well could you give me your names and phone number so my husband can get in touch with you? They said sure and gave me their names and phone numbers. I didn't bring any paper so I wrote it on my hand. Well, that was easier than I expected.
Now I have to admit I felt pretty guilty because I just basically lied to these guys. We really did think about hiring some hunters in the beginning, but since the coyotes never became a problem we just let them be. As guilty as I felt, these guys are still hunting on my property that was posted and I know they didn't miss the signs. So I decide to proceed further.
I asked one of the guys if I could see his gun. My husband has been trying to talk me into getting one. (This was true.) So the guy gives me the gun! Then I asked the other guy if I could see his gun too, so I could compare them. He also gives me his gun. Now, I'm TOTALLY amazed. I now have both their guns. Not that I would know how to use them. This was totally unexpected. Now what do I do????
I look at the guys and tell them to follow me up to the house. They look around in total confusion. I told them I was going to keep their guns until the police arrived. I told them they were hunting illegally on my property and I wasn't exactly pleased by it.
As you might guess, they weren't happy about the sudden change in the situation. One of them started yelling and made a move toward me. Now I'm thinking, maybe this wasn't the smartest thing I ever done (Understatement!) As the guy takes a step and reaches at me to retrieve his gun, mild mannered Kahuna has decided he has had enough with these guys. He steps in front of him and gets between us with teeth bared growling in a way that even scared me! Kahuna had NEVER done anything remotely close to this in his entire life.
I can only imagine what the hunters were thinking considering I was about to soil my own britches! Then I got even more scared when I wondered how in the world I'd ever be able to stop Kahuna if he did decide to go for these guys. He outweighs me by at least __ pounds. (Sorry, I'm not going to give out my weight!)
The guy backed off, luckily and Kahuna settled down but his eyes never left them. I turned and started for the house. During the trip back to the house, any time Kahuna thought the hunters were getting too close to me he'd stop dead in his tracks and just do a low sounding growl.
I was still feeling guilty that I lied to the guys. On the way back to the house I asked them if they'd like some coffee or Hot Chocolate, sort of a piece offering. They weren't interested.
We got back to the house and Kahuna is still pretty upset with these guys. I asked them again if they'd like to come in for some coffee. They both looked at Kahuna who was looking back at them and said no. So Kahuna and I when into the house. Kahuna is now in the house just watching them through the window. The guys decided to have a seat in the lawn chairs on the front porch.
I called the police department and asked them to please hurry over to pick-up these hunters as I had to get the kids to school. The officer on the desk asked where the hunters were. I told him they were on the porch. "The hunters are just sitting there? Why would they be just sitting there?" he asked. "Well, because I have their guns" I said. He said, "you have their guns??!!". I said yeah. So I related the story to the officer. When he stopped laughing he said he would send up a car.
About 10 minutes later two officers pulled up. One stayed with the hunters and the other came in the house. You can hear one hunter saying to the officer outside "That dog was going to kill us! It should be put down, it's vicious!" He was saying this as the other officer was in the house petting and being licked to death that mean and vicious dog. Kahuna was back to his happy go lucky lap puppy personality.
When I related the story to these officers, they both just started laughing. They kept looking at thehunters shaking their heads and saying, "Guys, you gave her your guns?"
As the officers were putting the hunters into their police car, they just kept repeating "you gave her your guns? I can't believe you gave her your guns!"
Even though the police officers were laughing almost uncontrollably, they did manage to give me a lecture about the perils of doing this sort of thing ever again. I got another from my husband, Floyd. Floyd wasn't quite as amused.
The hunters were charged with hunting without a license and using high powered rifles which is illegal anywhere in this state. The police have called since then and asked me to consider not pressing charges for criminal trespassing. They felt the humiliation of being disarmed by a woman was enough of a punishment.
So now I have to ask myself who has the higher IQ? The hunters who gave up their guns? Or the dog who protected its owner from a lapse in judgment?
I vote for the dog....
-- Harry, The Magic Man
http://www.e4l.biz/money.htm?harryjoseph
Mary's response - LOL LOL I vote for the dog too, and kudos to the woman!!!!
posted by Mary Leedy @ 5:11 PM
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