The Nudge Turns Four
Happy birthday to The Nudge. He turns four today. I took him for an extra long skate, all the way up to the pier. And everyone we passed who said, “Hello!” or “What a pretty dog!” (usually big Orange County Chopper-like men who utter the latter), I would respond with “It’s his birthday!” I could see the look of confusion on everyone’s faces. They seemed to be thinking, “…his birthday? Now what did that dude think I said that made him reply with ‘Thanks. It’s his birthday?'”
We also ran into a dude from New Orleans (“Nawlins” he said) who chatted us up real good. He essentially talked on for about 30 minutes non-stop. He would come to a logical conclusion about one subject and without breaking say, “…and I’ll tell you another thing…” and carry on. Topics included (in this order):
- Dogs
- New Orleans (general)
- Pasadena
- New Orleans (slums)
- Hurricanes
- New Orleans (restaurants)
- Architecture
- Chino
- New Orleans (“titty bars”)
- New Orleans (“strip joints”) (separate subject)
- The Shane Davis/Chad Hendrick Feud
The dude was totally awesome and I would have listened to him hours.
Also a big happy birthday goes out to my twin nieces who turn 13 today. 13?!?! No way.
Hey! Happy birthday, The Nudge!!!! And Happy birthday Red Beard and Coco!
For the record, I think I’m on Shani Davis’s side here.
I also forgot to mention The Random Prophet. There is a dude who appears from time to time, always on the northeast corner of PCH and Main. He holds what I assume is a battered old Bible, but I like to think is a book of cajun recipes and then spends all day letting everyone know who is blessed. Once when my wife, Mirnada Kopfschmertzen and I rode by on the tandem it was, “Blessed be the tandem bike riders.” When The Nudge and I skated by yesterday it was, “Blessed be the rollerskaters…and their dogs.” Awesome. Thanks Random Prophet.
wow…that dawg looks strikingly like a pit bull in the light of your kitchen. what’s with the weird pigeon toe stance? i thought he hated the birds…
We prefer to say that he is “pigeon-pawed.”