On Dogs and cussing

Dogs - they are our friends and companions. Germans LOVE their four legged pets and bring them pretty much anywhere and everywhere - to bars, into shops, to work... Yes. We realised this weekend that both Jack and I have dogs at our work. In my case it's a female manager who ended up with her "friend" after a divorce and in Jacks case it's the boss' girlfriend who brings it to work. My work dog Bonnie used to spend most of its day running around the office and yapping like crazy, but now it came down a bit and you don't hear it as much. Jack's work dog seems to just be a canine form of Unix... lazy, sleepy and relaxed. But I ask you - is it really appropriate to bring your dogs to work?!

As some of you may know after turning 27 I took a vow of "no swearing". The main reason behind it was a realisation that I really lack adjectives in my life. And I must report that I have been doing rather well, spiffy, excellently, not too bad at all. The occasional curse word does get in occasionally, but is quickly shadowed by an abundance of non-curse synonyms :))

THE STRANGER : "Thankie. . . Just one thing, Dude. 
D'ya have to use s'many cuss words?"

The Dude looks at The Stranger as if just now noticing
how out of place the cowpoke is.

DUDE : "The fuck are you talking about?"

The Stranger chuckles indulgently and pushes off from the bar.