Mean Landlord Wonít Let You Get A Dog?
Well, read your lease closely. Does it say ìno petsî or ìno dogsî? Because the second best thing to a black lab might be a rust-colored goat. Naturally, this link was spotted by the inimitable Ken Layne, who seeks to deny his poor wife her dream of a dog to run with, in hopes of getting the lawn mowed gratis, plus bargain goat cheese.
ìWhat is a dog?î he asks (and answers)-- ìa loud, stupid shitting machine. Nobody needs that.î Hereís Kenís ìyes to goatsî argument:
ìGoats are not only smarter and funnier than dogs -- they'll eat all the weeds in our back yard, and maybe even produce that expensive goat cheese my wife always buys at the Trader Joe's. (I'm not sure exactly how this works, but in my mind the goats will actually produce those 8 oz. packages of "Silver Goat" and put 'em in the fridge while we're sleeping.)î
You probably won't read this because it's an older blog (yeah, I had stuff to do on the weekend that didn't include worshipping the Advice Goddess of my heart), but...dang! I want a goat! And goat cheese! I think they're cute and funny, and, I'm serious, I actually go to the goat pens at the fair when it's in town just to see the little guys. Sure they'll eat anything you put in front of them and they're smelly, but then you don't need a paper shredder and you don't have to buy fertilizer for your garden...
he's just so cute.
Clarkified at August 11, 2003 7:53 AM
Oh, I get around!
Amy Alkon at August 11, 2003 8:27 AM
Hmmm . . . can you have a baby goat? Is there some sort of size limitation to pets allowed?
discrimination by landlords at March 6, 2004 6:37 AM