Friday Chat w/ Vlad
Hey, it’s Vlad. Well, it’s past Memorial Day and I guess that means everyone can wear white again until Labor Day. I’m not sure who made this rule and I’m quite sure it doesn’t apply to foxes. Even if it did, I’m a cross fox which means I am mostly orange, black and silver. I do have a white tip on my tail which I would proudly display before summer just to stick it to the man. Arctic fox Freddie snowball on the other hand is white during the whole winter, a walking fashion faux pas. He is a color morph called a shadow, so at least he gets to be white in the summertime. Most Arctic foxes lose their white fur and turn dark in the spring.
This “fashion rule” is just one of the many things that makes no sense to me. Like why a fly is called a fly but an ant is not a crawl, or an orange is an orange but a lemon isn’t a yellow or why do you bake cookies but cook bacon? Of course the most nonsensical of all, the thing I just can’t wrap my head around no matter what is a platypus. I will admit I don’t understand the need for fashion altogether. The fashion rules are probably made by someone sitting in some ivory tower figuring out ways to get you to buy more stuff. These are the same people trying to convince you that my fur, looks better on you, than it does on me.
Another thing to look forward in summer is barbecues. When management fires up the grill they always will share with us hard working ambassadors… I say “hard working” but the truth is we do have a few slackers in our ranks, I’m sure you could guess who they are. Anyway, as far as the BBQ, chicken hot dogs are the favorite around here. Now I know what you are thinking, “Vlad aren’t those full of chicken parts like beaks and chicken combs?”. You bet they are, the best parts. You know what they say about chicken combs? “Bet you can’t eat just one”.
It will be an exciting summer at JABCECC. Between the opening of the healing path dedicated to dogs, to the arrival of some new rescued ambassadors… FYI, management did tell me about these new arrivals, probably due to the hissy fit I threw about being left in the dark about Shaka and crew, the jackals.
Vlad out.