Free Range by Bill Whitehead for December 14, 2021

His Master’s “Choice”.

Sittin’ in the mornin’ sun

I’ll be sittin’ when the evenin’ comes

Watching for ships roll in

Then the next day start to watch again, yeah

I’m sittin’ on my butt at the bay

Watchin’ the tide roll away, ooh

I’m just sittin’ on my butt at the bay

Wastin’ time

So is he waiting for Chris to return to Spain, or did CC leave him in….wherever it was he landed?

No boffo laughs this time, but loads of heart.

Columbus probably raped his dog, too, the filthy swine!

Philip J. Fry’s dog, Seymour………

That’s just plain sad!

Undying love and devotion. What did humans ever do to deserve such loyalty?

Sniff Sniff

When Chris returns that will be one happy, excited pup, like when military soldiers come home to their doggies.

I heard there’d be treats from the new world!

I doubt he had one. He was a thoroughly nasty individual even by the standards of the time.

“Day” is the pooch’s name and that is how we got the holiday.

Columbus returns and offers him a “treat.” What is this, he thinks, as he sniffs the corn cob…

Mutt as well move on.

Hard to believe a dog would be that loyal to a person like that

“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” My mom always confused things by adding “In 1493, Columbus sailed the deep blue sea.” She said he had to get home somehow!

I wonder if his dog was a genocidal racist heathen like modern woke history is portraying his owner as?

This is so sad :-(