Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Topeka Exports

The researhers here at LandThieves dug up a video of Reveille VIII and asked me to comment.

First of all, the dog is from Topeka, KS. A quick tour of Wikipedia lists the following as Topeka's exports:

a) Kansas, the 70s-80s rock band; b)
Mark Turgeon, current TAMU hoops coach; c) Katrina Leskanich, lead singer of Katrina and the Waves; and d) Annette Benning, actress

In a nutshell, this dog is the biggest thing to leave Topeka in 25 years. Which is truly stunning, considering how leaving Topeka would presumably be a popular thing to do.

In terms of the video, the reporter keeps talking about a life unlike other dogs. Let's not forget the death is different, too. Most dogs in Kansas get thrown out on a dirt road after they die, or maybe buried next to a hamster in the backyard. The carcass of Reveille VIII, when appropriate, will be buried outside Kyle Field so it can "watch the football game". Like the freaking dog's got x-ray vision. Hello? She's dead. If she had those sort of superpowers, she would have done something a little bit more extraordiary than be drug around Texas by a couple of boys with no social life.