I didn't mean to...
When I was about 16 I joined a ballet class to try and re-live some of my childhood. Being out of practice, the other few members of my class were a few years younger than me. Halfway through a lesson one day, we were sitting about stretching and chatting. One particularly sweet and innocent blonde girl was recounting a story told to her by a friend...
Said friend’s family had gone to the seaside on a day out, and the friend was playing a game with their pet dog, whereby she would skip along pavement at the top of the beach and the dog would jump over the little wall between the pavement and the sand, over and over again like some seasidey Crufts challenge. Well, when the pavement bit started to rise up a slope towards the (much higher) street level, the game was abandoned and the girl and dog ran up together. As they reached the top, the dog decided to resume the game and jumped over the wall, promptly falling 20ft back to the beach.
As one, the other nicey-nicey ballet girls took a sharp inhalation of breath and collectively gasped about how terrible it was. I, on the other hand, burst out laughing. I didn’t mean to – it was a tragic story (although the dog survived, which may have eased my guilt somewhat) but the mental image of this happy dog accidentally throwing itself off a cliff just got me... even now, some ten years later, it still makes me snigger a bit.
(Sinister Carp doesn't mind the gap, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 17:31, 3 replies)

rh-oops!
I love stupid dogs (ie all dogs). they always sound like scooby doo in my head. great story!
(dyllon nice beaver., Thu 22 Jul 2010, 17:43, closed)

It would have been superhuman not to laugh. I wasn't there but can see it perfectly.

( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 18:14, closed)

Yeah...
...I have a similarly stupid mutt who exhibits no concern for his personal safety (nor the resultant vet bills that this frankly irresponsible behaviour brings...)

Day-in, day-out, he careens down a particularly steep hill at the local park chasing his toy and is unable to stop when he hits the bottom. He usually barrel-rolls (much to my hilarity) or skids on his face, but he's caught his front leg underneath his body a couple of times.

He's also got a thing about patio doors - he runs right into them. He can't work out that it's glass and not vacant space.

Dumb animal, but then again, he is a Boxer.
(god_is_a_ghoti Carpe Deum., Thu 22 Jul 2010, 18:23, closed)