December 12 - Riddle Me This

What do the following things have in common?

• 1 large bag of hoagie rolls


• 1 cantalope [uncut]


• 5 uncooked ears of corn


• 1 box of instant grits


• 1 slice of banana bread


• 1 box of tampons


• 1 loaf of bread


• 1 bag of sugar

Scratching your head? Have you figured it out yet?? Come on..wager a guess!

Okay, okay. I'm sure the suspence is killing you. I'll give you a few hints...long black hair...obsessed with fetching...slightly arthritic....yep, I am talking about G-Man!!

We always knew Guinness had an obsession for fetching. Whenever anyone comes to our house one of the first things we say is "Do not throw the ball, he will not stop." (we are not exaggerating) We also knew he loves bread, so we try to keep food out of his reach. What we didn't know-he is pretty thrifty and sneaky about other food and misc items as well. He is very smart..we've never seen him so much as jump on on the counter or sniff the garbage while we are home.

His latest conquest was the bag of sugar. To get that, he had to pull out a bin full of dry goods and dig to the bottom of it (there were other things piled on top of the sugar). Then, he put the bin back were it originally was!! I probably wouldn't have known he ate it except he left a few scraps of sugar bag laying around (and had a few specs of sugar stuck in his beard). Well-after this latest incident (which required a lot of cleaning..we don't want ants and bugs!) we decided he can't be loose in the house when we aren't there. He is just too sneaky! Well-yesterday we put in the crate (it was raining, otherwise we would have put him outside) and the little devil somehow escaped out of the crate TWICE!! Sneaky AND one smart pooch!

So, if you have seen previews for the movie 'Marley and Me'..Guinness is giving Marley a run for his money!!