dog toss

you've heard of a coin toss...drawing straws...rock, paper, scissors...well, ladies and gentlemen, may i introduce...the dog toss. it's a new way of making decisions that we have started using at our house.

calm down, calm down. no animals were harmed during the implementation of this method of decision-making. in fact, no dogs were actually tossed. let me explain. jeremy and i were sitting on the couch discussing something. we couldn't agree on a decision so we decided to toss a coin. we didn't actually have a coin in our pockets, so we came up with the dog toss. you see, rookie typically lays on the ground in a type of "c" shape, all curled around with his head near his tail. at other times, he curls around the other way, in a backwards "c" shape. he was nearby during our discussion, so we picked him up, chose our sides (i chose the backwards "c", jeremy chose the regular "c") and then set him down again (gently). he walked around for a while and then laid himself down....in a backwards "c"!!!! victory was mine! jeremy argued that it was rigged, of course, saying that i tilted him towards the side he chose when i set him down. this is simply not true and i am insulted by the accusation.

the dog toss is easy, fair, and since our dogs are always around, it requires very little effort. i like it. the dog toss stays!