Thursday, May 22, 2008

Abracadabra!

So I've discovered a trick to disguise the fact that Paco is practically naked from the waist down. Just add shirt and, voila!


Studies have shown that the human mind is good at "creating stories" that make sense when there's missing information. For instance, the reason we always fall for the woman getting cut in half trick.

In another study, they had a stranger go up and ask for directions. While giving directions, two construction workers carrying a large sheet of plywood would walk in between the two people and the direction-asker would be switched out for a new person. In almost every case, the direction-giver never noticed the switch, even when the new asker was a completely different race. The theory is that the brain just reasoned away any inconsistency and filled in the gaps. For instance, "Huh, I thought he looked different when we first started talking. Oh well, I'm just unobservant."

So, since I've had Paco in the shirt, nobody's noticed his hairless ass.

[To be fair, it is growing back. . . slowly. There have been two comments in 24 hours to substantiate this. Last night Aaron said, "It's not so disturbing anymore," and today Jane said, "It's looking a lot fuzzier," so we're making progress]

2 comments:

Home2K9 Pack Leader said...

You're brilliant. Perhaps there's some canine Rogaine out there somewhere that could partner with your shirt trick... I don't have the answer to this. My Boxer is quite bald due to Alopecia.

Anonymous said...

I'm really glad that Paco is doing well. :)