October 16, 2002

4:01 PM

A mummified hound dog in Georgia, "carefully preserved by the resin of a hollow chestnut oak," finally gets a name.
posted by anathema (15 comments total)

300 entries and the best was "stuckie"?
[shudders]
posted by quonsar at 4:18 PM on October 16, 2002

I think dog_resin would have been better.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:25 PM on October 16, 2002

Had to find a picture.
Make sure and bring the kids for this one.
posted by 2sheets at 4:33 PM on October 16, 2002

Wow. I was so depressed by the thought of the dog slowly starving to death or esphyxiating in the tree, and his asshole coon hunting redneck owner, just leaving him up there to die and wandering off, until I saw 2sheet's photo, and then all the sadness got replaced by an overwhelming sense of being creeped out of my skin.
posted by jonson at 4:39 PM on October 16, 2002

"City Forgives Walletboy!"
posted by holloway at 4:39 PM on October 16, 2002

Skinner said her suggestion

Boy, she got stuck with a name, Skinner, but as a girl?
posted by thomcatspike at 4:40 PM on October 16, 2002

I was most amused by the banner ad. Finally, an appropriate use for Hobo!
posted by dhartung at 4:47 PM on October 16, 2002

Maybe they'll sell souvenir mummy dog t-shirts, 3 for $10. If you're unfamiliar with Stuckey's, they're a dying breed of roadside convenience stores. Wanna learn more? Read the book.
posted by Frank Grimes at 4:50 PM on October 16, 2002

I love my home state.
posted by Hall at 4:50 PM on October 16, 2002

Thanks (I think) for the follow up, 2sheets.
posted by anathema at 4:53 PM on October 16, 2002

Po' Stuckie, trapped in a tree.
Oh Stuckie, where could he be?
Dear Stuckie, proud coon hound dog,
Lil' Stuckie, named after a pecan log.
Forty years back, that squirrel got away,
Now calcified, petrified, mummified you're out on display.
Po' Stuckie, tired mummy pup,
Oh Stuckie, eternally curlin' up.

[apologies]
posted by kokogiak at 4:56 PM on October 16, 2002

For a hundred bucks, you could always adopt one.
posted by MiguelCardoso at 5:07 PM on October 16, 2002

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

sorry, it just had to be done
posted by dchase at 7:26 PM on October 16, 2002

they just found the dog's owner fifty metres away down a well and are now parading him down mainstreet... on a stick
posted by holloway at 10:07 PM on October 16, 2002

Holloway... heh.

I think that is the first "Get a Life" reference I've seen here.
posted by BobFrapples at 11:48 AM on October 17, 2002