Thanks, Lemon

February 21, 2016 7:35 AM

In which Hank Green muses on the loss of his greyhound Lemon, as the camera remains fixed on his feet. [slyt]
posted by Glinn (11 comments total)

That was lovely. Thanks for posting.
posted by pushing paper and bottoming chairs at 7:43 AM on February 21, 2016 [1 favorite]

I watched this the other day when he released it and the line that stuck with me was:

"Nothing matters but to each other and Lemon mattered to me."

I feel the same way about my fuzzies. So here's to Sammy, Betty, Cookie and Pippy. Might as well throw in Ozzy and Izzy the cats while we're at it even though they don't need me that same way.
posted by drewbage1847 at 8:34 AM on February 21, 2016 [1 favorite]

Some wonderful insights. Thanks for posting...

/BRB, gotta go hug the dog....
posted by HuronBob at 8:42 AM on February 21, 2016

Beautiful, and wonderfully thoughtful.
posted by voltairemodern at 8:48 AM on February 21, 2016

My pup is curled up at my feet and I seem to have gotten something in both of my eyes.

On another note, I can't not read that title in Alec Baldwin's voice.
posted by Gaz Errant at 8:54 AM on February 21, 2016 [3 favorites]

He was walking along a familiar route, to a grass field, without his dog.
posted by the Real Dan at 9:30 AM on February 21, 2016 [1 favorite]

I still mourn my last (to date, maybe not last ever) dog, Lolly, especially when I see depictions of similar dogs in appearance and temperment (and I regret how under-documented her life was, even though it was all pre-YouTube).
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:05 PM on February 21, 2016

Full on sobbing tears. (I have a greyhound, and have lost one.)
posted by misskaz at 1:59 PM on February 21, 2016

I lost my dog at the beginning of my ongoing divorce, so I'll watch this to the end another time. For now, I'll imagine the story is what I first pictured...someone has dropped a lemon onto the floor of a Greyhound bus. It's rolling around under the seats and he has the camera pointed at his feet, musing on the predicament; the lemon might roll back within reach.
posted by bonobothegreat at 4:22 PM on February 21, 2016

.

My dog's getting old. These things shred me.
posted by DigDoug at 8:09 PM on February 21, 2016 [1 favorite]

I want to watch, but my grey is curled up next to us on the couch. We still miss our first one (and you all helped us outfit him.)
posted by canine epigram at 5:58 PM on February 22, 2016