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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Peter Moylan Newsgroups: alt.usage.english,rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: 7 Words That Dogs Can Understand (And 4 That No Dog Can) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:15:44 +1100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <5m79sj1m031j62v551rdjv9i17t4d1g85h@4ax.com> <67d29292$0$5202$426a34cc@news.free.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 01:15:47 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1f84607526babc0ac86f5bd9c88ff8db"; logging-data="197497"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+t8gNDQqiXHt0T7bxd4JQS" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; Warp 4.5; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.8.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:dC8NCMzpcEkDNErgqxm+/zqft/o= In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2576 On 14/03/25 00:59, Janet wrote: > In Australia, they use real dogs to herd sheep > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Kelpie In the TV show I mentioned, the teasers ask whether the collies or the kelpies will win in the Dog Trials. I guess I'll hear the answer eventually. The Dog in Footrot Flats, a popular NZ comic book series, is a collie. > Scotland's kelpies are much bigger and tougher. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kelpies I do admire creative ideas in sculpture. Australia has, unfortunately, gone overboard in the matter of giant animals. I think it started with the Big Merino, a giant statue of a sheep just outside Goulburn in NSW, but by now lots of towns have introduced their Big Things. In Hexham, just near Newcastle, there's a horrible-looking Big Mosquito, in recognition of the denizens of the Hexham Swamp[1]. [1] I think the politically correct term now is the Hexham Wetlands, but everyone I know calls it the Hexham Swamp. -- Peter Moylan peter@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.org Newcastle, NSW