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millivanilli said:
Good morning everybody and a happy happy New Year! Finally everybody reached 2017 with cigarettes from Nova Scotia (unbelievable beautiful place!), put their memories into time capsules (was the party good?) had their books finished, the romantic movie running, the fireplace going and tasted good bear. I Hope I didn't forget anybody and I hope too that all dogs who were terriefied by NYE did good and with as less stress as possible.

Now let's have a pretty walk on bays, woods and empty streets and plot some plans for 2017, to rule the world;)
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:tup::hbeat::yahoo::hugs::heart::heart::heart:
 
#10,427
millivanilli said:
ahhh that hurts!!!. And they become relentless once they want to slap or bite you, there is no way out, they will get you. I once had a goose, safed from becoming a christmas dish. Once in a year she sat on her own eggs and the eggs the chicken gave her (!!!) and became pretty nasty once my husband or my daughter entered the barn as she knew they would try to take away the eggs (no, no animal cruelty over here, those eggs explode after a while and believe me, you never smelled anything worse in your life). Biting, slapping the wing into the face..snorling, spitting, yelling, the whole program. Once she was so mad, that she attacked me too- so the whole family went in bruises and was hurt ;)). Smart animal though. She would came to the front door, leading the chicken there and knocking for salad and noodles and had her walk through the village we lived in in that time until my dog guided her home. But that biting.... well that was really like hell broke loose. We gave her to a nice groups of geese once we moved out. Now she has little geese and slaps everybody in the face... hehee.
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Oh dear! I have never met a goose, didn't even know they bite....
I am already scared of insects, birds, everything that flies :nuts::nuts: among lots of other things..:blush:
Will have to add geese to the list, now.:shocked:
Live and learn..:sad:
 
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Ok, I thought you might want to have a good laugh- but it will only work if you know Sissi (the movies):

yesterday I decided that a running TV might smoothen the noise of the firecrackers for my dog. Best movie, I decided, would be Sissi due to a constant sound (not those new ones where you panicly fish for your remote control as the special effects are sooo loud and the spoken text is soo hard to understand). So the TV run from 08:00 till 01:00 o'clock with Sissi (you know that terribel old movie with Romy Schneider)while I was in the bathroom and my husband and my daughter had to watch it.

Now my husband forces me to watch Sissi. Everytime I would stand up he would stop the movie and say " SIT DOWN AND WATCH SISSI!!! I DID THAT 3 times, you have 2 times to go!".

I'm typing secretly.. once he'll see that I type messages, he'll take the computer away.

Fun fact: the real Sisi had a tatoo. I am a hughe fan of her. A really emancipated woman if you dig deeper.
 
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millivanilli said:
Ok, I thought you might want to have a good laugh- but it will only work if you know Sissi (the movies):

yesterday I decided that a running TV might smoothen the noise of the firecrackers for my dog. Best movie, I decided, would be Sissi due to a constant sound (not those new ones where you panicly fish for your remote control as the special effects are sooo loud and the spoken text is soo hard to understand). So the TV run from 08:00 till 01:00 o'clock with Sissi (you know that terribel old movie with Romy Schneider)while I was in the bathroom and my husband and my daughter had to watch it.

Now my husband forces me to watch Sissi. Everytime I would stand up he would stop the movie and say " SIT DOWN AND WATCH SISSI!!! I DID THAT 3 times, you have 2 times to go!".

I'm typing secretly.. once he'll see that I type messages, he'll take the computer away.

Fun fact: the real Sisi had a tatoo. I am a hughe fan of her. A really emancipated woman if you dig deeper.
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I have never seen the movie, but Romy Schneider is one of my favourite actresses.
Is Alain Delon in the picture?
Both were such a stunning couple!:loveeyes::loveeyes:
A few days ago, I heard Delon say he cannot watch a movie with Romy.
Much too painful memories...
 
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Mariapia said:
I have never seen the movie, but Romy Schneider is one of my favourite actresses.
Is Alain Delon in the picture?
Both were such a stunning couple!:loveeyes::loveeyes:
A few days ago, I heard Delon say he cannot watch a movie with Romy.
Much too painful memories...
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no he isn't. I just read an article about Romy Schneider and Alan. I didn't know that he was the one who called her to Paris while she would be a SAM.
She is one of my favorite actresses too but only in the later films-Sissi (the movies) don't do her justice. Actually afaIk it was all about her mother Magda Schneider and nobody thought that her daughter would ever be recognized.
Just saw that her daughter is an actor too, I didn't knwo that.

Uh, have to finish, my husband saw me typing and said " would you kindly mind not surfing the Internet and watching the movie instead FOCUSED! I'll examine your knowledge after the movie stopped!"
 
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millivanilli said:
no he isn't. I just read an article about Romy Schneider and Alan. I didn't know that he was the one who called her to Paris while she would be a SAM.
She is one of my favorite actresses too but only in the later films-Sissi (the movies) don't do her justice. Actually afaIk it was all about her mother Magda Schneider and nobody thought that her daughter would ever be recognized.
Just saw that her daughter is an actor too, I didn't knwo that.

Uh, have to finish, my husband saw me typing and said " would you kindly mind not surfing the Internet and watching the movie instead FOCUSED! I'll examine your knowledge after the movie stopped!"
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Sounds your husband is thinking of a MCQ test! :smile:
 
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Ludmilla said:
Hope party was fun and you did not need the crab face. :p
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Won charades game.:tup:
Host's unruly & massive dog peed on 1 guest's leg/shoe. TWICE. Even after he'd changed outfits.:wtf:
A child let me play with new nerf machine gun he received from Santa.
We killed a hat & several decorations in hallway.:tup:
No ice cream or face painting.:tdown:
millivanilli said:
And they become relentless once they want to slap or bite you, there is no way out, they will get you.
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Great story!
More about killer geese:
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/01/dinosaur.html?m=1
millivanilli said:
put their memories into time capsules (was the party good?)
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I received a box of car care products, in gift exchange.
Whereas man in my life received scented candle.
Obviously, the last dregs of 2016 had more hijinks up their sleeves.:giggle:

millivanilli said:
poor dog. As you can read German, there is a pretty interesting article about NYEs anxiety in dogs in German. We tried the eggnogg thing this year. Helped, but I had to stay in the bathroom with my dog for 4 or 5 hours, can't remember anymore as this is the most quiet room. Pretty uncomfortable. Next year we go to Sylt or something like that. No more batahroompartying for me, please.
http://www.tierarzt-rueckert.de/blog/details.php?Kunde=1489&Modul=3&ID=19740
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In US, thunder shirts are popular. For frightened/anxious dogs.
I understand actually helps, but have not used personally.
http://www.thundershirt.com/
 
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Mariapia said:
Sounds your husband is thinking of a MCQ test! :smile:
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I failed terribly. Have to do a retake. Will watch Sissi 1, 2 and 3 to be prepared :D

remainsilly said:
Won charades game.:tup:
Host's unruly & massive dog peed on 1 guest's leg/shoe. TWICE. Even after he'd changed outfits.:wtf:
A child let me play with new nerf machine gun he received from Santa.
We killed a hat & several decorations in hallway.:tup:
No ice cream or face painting.:tdown:
Great story!
More about killer geese:
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/01/dinosaur.html?m=1
I received a box of car care products, in gift exchange.
Whereas man in my life received scented candle.
Obviously, the last dregs of 2016 had more hijinks up their sleeves.:giggle:


In US, thunder shirts are popular. For frightened/anxious dogs.
I understand actually helps, but have not used personally.
http://www.thundershirt.com/
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Hahhaa the story of the killer goose made me laugh so hard!
How come no icecream? :( No face painting but care products made me think--- perhaps this is the new way to do facepainting? The adult way? I'm not so into that adult-business. Missed the classes.

Thank you for the link with the thundershirt. They become popular over here too. I didn't think that I'd need one- it's this dog's second NYE on earth (and the one I had before was like " ah firecracker.. well, then, is there a cookie in it? Otherwise I don't care), the first was at the place we lived before where nearly everybody had cows and or horses and or chicken so everybody cancelled the firecracker thing. Now, in the city... ohh boy. Next year: thundershirt and NYE in an area where firework is forbidden.

Sherlock!! I was so happy reading that Sherlock returns. Sadly no Sherlock for us except on amazon but earliest tomorrow. So I'll join you mentally;)
 
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