Long time since I've posted... lack of a working computer does that to you... anyway, back to the subject line. A couple of weeks ago, I was going to a friend's house, and the drive involved a stop on a very steep hill. My truck isn't running great, so it stalled. In the process of putting it into park, from a dead stop, my truck rolled backwards and tapped a pick up in back of me. Now we're talking a very slow roll, with a rear mounted tire on my bronco also. I'd be surprised if this roll was over 1 MPH. The driver of the pick up gets put, and goes bezerk, screaming how I'm an F***ing a**hole, how his truck is a 50K$ rig and mine is a f***ing peice of junk and so on. I mean he was out of control. Anyway, he inspects his truck, sees no damage (I don't think I even disturbed the dust), and tells me again that I'm a f***ing idiot, and drives away. Well, the road from then on turns more flat, but very curvy. He's towing a boat, and can't take the curves very fast. Pretty soon I'm behind him. I don't want to provoke him, so I don't get close, but he stops anyway, pulling across the road to block both lanes (oncoming and our lane), and starts raving again, with lots of F-words in his rant. Meantime, my beardie, who had been peacefully resting on some laundry I had brought with me, climbs up on me, crawls across to my left shoulder (close to the window) and well, I have never seen him get that angry! His beard gets huge, deep, deep black and he hisses at the guy! I've never heard him make a noise before, and he hissed at this guy. The guy back right off, asked me if he bites, and I said (truthfully) that he had never bitten anyone, but I hadn't seen him this angry, so I couldn't promise anything. My beardie tactfully hissed again at the right moment, and this guy ran back to his truck. Then my beardie looks at me, as if to say no more disturbances, and crawls back on top of my laundry. What great road rage protection!!
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Beardie as road rage protection
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I had a good laugh after reading your post. Your dragons better than a guard dog! lol.
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GREAT!!!!!!
I have always belived that many animals if around humans learn to "Read" our body language much as we learn to "Read" them....
so when this person was loud, threataning etc.... and you were upset by this... when the "Threat" came closer to "His" territory (the truck and you) he did *EXACTLY* what his insticnt told him to do .... defend his home and "Mate" (in the aussie way -- buddy, friend etc... )
so he was telling the fool....
Don't mess with us see how big and nasty we are !!!
and the really funny thing is the dork took it hook line and sinker!!!! YEA!!!!!
he did'nt know it was just a bluff..... but he sure "Read" the threat display correctly as your dragon intended ....
Very Cool!!!
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