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Friday, August 31, 2007

What exactly does Chihuahua mean? I know that cucaracha (la cucaracha, la cucaracha) means cockroach, which makes a person wonder why you sing an upbeat little tune about a bug you can’t kill, even with an anvil…

However, does Chihuahua mean literally “tiny shaking canine”, or “timid dog barely larger than an obese rat”???

Personally, I favour dogs that I could sit at the bar and have a beer with…manly dogs. Give me a retriever or a German Shepard any day of the week. When I see those hairy little lap dogs, I can’t help but think how much more handy they’d be as the floor-end of a mop. I always start to look around for an empty broom handle…

I know I’m bucking the trend with that opinion. Lap dog are freakin’ everywhere now. Even steroid-enhanced Bunyans can be spotted on the street walking a little Shih Tzu. There’s something disturbing about a Macy Parade balloon out walking a dust-bunny that pees.

And why do these little dogs always have to have their flippin’ tongue hanging out? They’ve already got me lathered up by being so small and yappy, then they have to aggravate me even further by looking like a slobbery Swiffer??

Actually, now that I think about that comparison, they really do look like Swiffer dusters…wonder if there’s a glue factory somewhere…

Ah, I’m probably just imagining thing now…

At any rate, one man’s opinion. Me, I’ll always prefer a burly beast of a dog – the kind I could have help me with dry-walling a basement. Lapdogs – if they ever come up with a fashion accessory for kneecaps, I vote for a pair of them critters…

Chow for now!!

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Chihuahua means "land piranha" in old Aztec because they hunt in packs of 150 and tear down anything in their path.

ThatDanGuy said...

Thanks Anonymous!

I truly had no idea......

Nmwise said...

Land piranha? Makes sense to me!

Unknown said...

you and me both Dan

Anonymous said...

Just asking where the information about "Land Piranha" can be found at? Thank You

Engineer George said...

Having lived a few years in Chiwawa, Chiwawa, Mexjco for 5 years and hearing this expression regularly I will explain it. This expression is generally used to express surprise. It became popular from a Mexican movie.

Anonymous said...

Chihuahua is nauhtl-aztec for dry sandy place, it is the name of a city. Conquistadors found many of the dog at the city, so named the dog and the state after the city. They only have 4% native dog dna from a domesticated breed used for human consumption and religious feasts. Like a chicken.

Anonymous said...

The native breed was hairless