TROUBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277
Joined Nov 2017
WHEN THE DOGGER FASHIONED A BOOT
Ken-Dogger: Morning Rocco, why the look?
Rocco: What is that black thing on your foot?
KD: Oh that, it’s a boot, looks like the Dogger Man might have broken his toe/foot yesterday.
R: You don’t know? I think I’d know…
KD: No, I know…that’s what the throbbing reminds me it is…
R: Can I see the throbbing?
KD: No, but I can ensure you feel it…
R: I’ll pass bro…
IT AIN'T PRETTY WHEN THE PUPS AND I ARE LEFT TO OUR OWN DEVICES
Ken-Dogger: C'mon Butkus, we didn't party that hard...
Butkus: Speak for yourself Dude...
KD: The Mikster's only been gone 1 day, where's your hangin' stamina?
B: Dude, I am hangin'...ya can't see that bar I'm holding onto?
KD: Nope, can't say I can.
B: Well, it's there and I'm holdin' on by a sliver, but I'm losing...
KD: Thankfully, it's a short fall for ya...
B: Tell the Mikster to come home, I can't hang...
IN NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU B NEIGHBORS
Morning Neighbors,
Ken-Dogger: Something wrong Reggie?
Reggie: More stone? You got more stone?
KD: Yep, didn’t like the look of the black lava, it was more grey lava.
R: You said when we moved West, we would just play all day.
KD: IKR, I didn’t think there would be this much setup.
R: It looked okay before.
KD: We’re in a neighborhood, we want to be neighborly.
R: More stone is neighborly?
KD: Enhancing the community, that is what is neighborly.
A PUPS GOTTA DO WHAT A PUPS GOTTA DO
Ken-Dogger: Happy Valentine's Day to you Sully
Sully: Thanks bro, it's a love day
KD: It IS a love day, what you gonna do?
S: Dude, I'm gonna make everyone love happy...
KD: Sully, a little insight, you can spread happiness and you can send love, peeps gotta make themselves happy
S: I'm a do, what I'm a do...Sending LOVE
KD: That works, it just works...
LOVE'S POWER GONNA WIN
Morning LOVE POWER Nauts,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Shanene, what you got there?
Shanene: A Box of Chocolates, It’s Valentine’s Day you know…
KD: Oh snap, could I borrow them?
S: What will I give Jorge?
KD: Just give him all the love you got, it’s brought you this far.
S: Probably fitting that trial ended yesterday.
KD: How so?
S: We just witnessed POWER loving POWER, today is for LOVE POWER.
KD: And you know what, LOVE POWER’S GONNA WIN.
HEARTS ALWAYS GET 'EM
Ken-Dogger: Ahh, love it when the pups stay in bed...
Ralph and Malph: ZZZ
KD: Would you look at that, you two don't normally sleep like that.
R and M: ZZZ
KD: I know, it's to remind me of something...
R: (one eye opens)
KD: A Heart, that's it, it's a heart...Oh yeah, Valentine's Day tomorrow, gotta get stuff
Ralph to Malph: Dude, hearts always get 'em...
GETTING THE HEARTBEAT RIGHT
Ken-Dogger: Cuddles, what the hey man, what is up?
Cuddles: Dogger, this Valentine’s celebrating has me all confused
KD: My boy it’s all about opening up your heart…
C: I’m hip, you should’ve seen me trying to contort into a heart, but my peeps helped me though
KD: Oh, got it now, cute, the heart circle…
C: Yep, wanted to show how it just warms and completes you…
KD: Embracing the Heart Loop, good job…
SETTING THE PACE
Morning Pacers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Cleo, enjoying the ride?
Cleo: Somewhat…
KD: Somewhat? What’s the problem?
C: Dude, this traffic is intense, and your driving makes it intenser…
KD: Intenser? Is that even a word…
C: I’m a neologismist…But, darn, keep me in the back here.
KD: We gotta get to where we’re going, what do you want me to do?
C: Sometimes, you just need to step off the wheel Bro…
KD: That’s right, up to us to set the pace.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE BECOME ADULTS?
Ken-Dogger: Hey Chauncey, feelin' a little lucky this morning, eh?
Chauncey: What you talkin' 'bout Willis?
KD: Who's Willis? Dude, I'm talkin' 'bout you laying on the cat...
C: Oh...We're buds...we play all the time
KD: But Chauncey, you're normally enemies.
C: Dude, we're kids, we only become enemies as adults.
KD: Sad how that happens...
HEY GUYS, A LITTLE SECRET, IT'S OKAY TO BE SENSITIVE
Ken-Dogger: Morning Fido, what gives?
Fido: That wild lady down the street gives, oh…you meant the rose
KD: Yes, the rose…
F: Valentine’s Day is coming bro, gotta get ready…
KD: Fido, you’re breaking man code, you’re supposed to wait until panic mode sets in
F: Bro, I’m sensitive, I’m breakin’ code for my Lady…
KD: Most of us do Fido, most of us do…
FEMMES...They will wile and beguile
Morning Dutiful Friends,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Baby Girl, Mommy comes home tomorrow.
Dixiee: Good, some normalcy can return…
KD: What do you mean? What hasn’t been normal?
D: Your sweet tooth…
KD: This was a test wasn’t it?
D: Yep, care for a do-over?
KD: Naw, I’ll just do extra cleaning before she returns, wait a minute?
D: What?
KD: She leaves and I clean, how did that happen?
D: The Femmes, they’re wily creatures…
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Dolby, why the look?
Dolby: Dude, today’s the Big Game…
KD: Yep, Super Bowl, it should be awesome.
D: I’d agree about the game, it’s the other stuff…
KD: Other stuff?
D: The weaponization, the angst of all the stuff not in the actual playing.
KD: Would be cool if we could just enjoy the combatants on the field and just love the competition.
D: Can I get odds on that?
GOING TECHNO - WHATEVER WORKS
Ken-Dogger: Hey Chopper, you tired buddy?
Chopper: Well, yeah...
KD: This playing in the backyard is good for you.
C: Dude, I get the benefit, could we work on the metering?
KD: Metering?
C: Dogger-Man, Rome wasn't built in a day, these legs aren't growing overnight...Muscles grow during rest, not during stress.
KD: Okay, I'll back off, didn't have to go all techno on me...
C: I'm resting...whatever works dude, whatever works.
LAUGHING - THE BETTER PART OF VALOR
Ken-Dogger: Morning guys, hey Momma, you takin’ care of Dutch?
Momma: Yep, the lessons continue…
KD: Catching up on the news?
M: Nope, teaching him the nuance of comics…
Dutch: Yea, comics are weird…Why do peeps make fun of each other?
KD: It’s a way of dealing with some of the issues we have in the World.
D: By laughing?
KD: Sometimes, it’s the better part of valor…
Dixiee kept me out of trouble
Morning Rocking Friends,
Ken-Dogger: Dixiee, stop with the Bob Seger
Dixiee: What? You tired of ol’ time rock and roll?
KD: We’ve done the sliding cross the floor thing…
D: You didn’t call the hookers did you?
KD: NO…just cause the Mikster is away, it doesn’t mean all Hell breaks loose…
D: Where’s that song ‘Raise a little Hell, raise a little Hell…”
KD: Listen, I can do trouble on my own…
D: Just channeling the fun, bro, just channeling the fun…
NEEDING MORE HEADS IN THE GAME
Morning Citizen Leaders,
Ken-Dogger: What up Faust?
Faust: Where we headed today?
KD: Well, I’m working, not sure what’s on your agenda.
F: It’s not about my agenda, it seems to only be about the masses now.
KD: Masses?
F: Yes, those who keep wagging tails, like that is what we need to catch.
KD: You don’t want to catch some tail?
F: Nope, I’m looking to catch heads…We need more HEADS in the game, not wagging tails.
GETTING MY WAGGISH ON
Morning Whimsical Ones,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Cleo, what up?
Cleo: Hey Dogger…Well, I’m going out on a whim.
KD: Don’t you mean going out on a limb?
C: What’s that?
KD: It’s when you take a risk or a daring step.
C: Nope, that’s NOT what I mean, way too much daring risk going on. I’m going for playfully quaint, waggish even.
KD: Well, aren’t you steppin’ out.
C: Today, I’m getting’ my play on.
KD: You go on with your whimsical self Cleo, whim on.
CREATING EMPHASIS
Ken-Dogger: Hey there Crusoe, what’s going on?
Crusoe: I heard complaints
KD: Complaints?
C: Yes, peeps fussing about how I act and do things, they can go pound…
KD: Whoa boy, so you’re gonna talk with them about it?
C: Yep, I’m gonna talk alright…see this here?
KD: Yep, why the gun?
C: Emphasis, bro, emphasis…
BE WARY
Ken-Dogger: Morning guys...oops, they're still sleeping
4 Pups: ZZZZ
KD: How cute, love watching them sleep, they look so peaceful...Hughie, Dewey, Louie, and Stewie
4 Pups: ZZZZ
KD: Wait a minute, I see Hughie, Dewey, and Louie, but hey, that don't look like Stewie...MIKKI, he's done it again
Mikki: What's that my fine stud honey?
KD: Stewie's made another jailbreak...Gotta put a bell on that boy
Mikki: Get 5
KD: But there's only 4 pups...oh, I get it
Focusing on a DIAGNOSIS
Ken-Dogger: Brutus, you're looking a little sad today.
Brutus: I am, but I'm not sure whether I should be happy or sad.
KD: Why's that fella?
B: Well, I've been diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder(SAD) so normally I'm sad in winter
KD: Okay, get that, so why the imbalance?
B: Dude, you've seen this weather, cold one day, hot the next, I'm not thinking it's SAD, I'm thinking I'm cyclothymic...
KD: Brutus, it's still seasonal...
TROUBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277
Joined Nov 2017