Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for June 10, 2024

Forever and a day

Easily made in Samsung Watch Face Studio.

the difference between a watchdog and a watch dog

About five minutes human time.

My dog sleeps while I’m gone, I know because she didn’t hear me come in and I caught her.

I think my cat’s watch says: (Yawn) Oh, did she leave?

Gotta pee, gotta pee, gotta pee, gotta pee…

Probably no more than five minutes.

yep, that’s moms puppies alright. :j

What would a cat’s watch say?

From her to eternity.

A long time,,, get scratching on that door!

It’s like this all the time.

kinda sad how little domesticated animals have to live for

“He’s got a watch with a minute hand,

Millennium hand and an eon hand;

And when they meet it’s a happy land…"

—J. Linnell

Ha! It seem even slower when you look at it.

“Where the heck are my snacks???” time according to my cat Oliver

I have an “I am leaving the house now” routine for my dog and my previous pets. I also have an “I am back home” routine, and once they learn it, they deal with it very well. But at first, it’s like, “You were gone forever!” “I took out the garbage.” or “I went to the mailbox.” Everything calms down once they learn the routine. Or I learn a new one.

A cat would care only if they could see the bottom of their food bowl.

When I came back from a month-long business trip, one of my cats ran up to me, followed me around and meowed for the thirty minutes it took to find the other cat. His attitude was, “Oh, it’s you. If it’s really you, you’ll know where the food is kept.” Cats!