Ravings of a Textual Deviant

I have a dear friend who’s a cable installation tech, and she shared this story with us last night. I can’t possibly convey the way she tells it, but it’s too good not to share.

Dogs often react badly to utility workers, so the usual procedure is to ask the customer to put the dog outside for the few minutes it takes to do an internal hookup. K. did so, and the customer (a college kid) did so. The dog went out onto the patio and settled itself down on the icy surface. Not five minutes later, K. glanced out the window to see the dog stand up and start tugging at its paws.

That’s right. It was so cold that the dog froze to the patio.

(Fortunately, the customer was able to get the dog free in short order with a little warm water under the paws, so no animals were hurt in the making of this story.)

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