Duffy dog challenges chess-playing cat to game of Scrabble
By Gary Bogue
Friday, November 14th, 2008 at 1:38 pm in Cats, dogs, Games.
Scrabble dog photo by Bob Carlton, Walnut Creek, Calif.
Dear Gary:
OK, we’re not going to take a chess-playing cat lying down. Here’s our dog, Duffy, playing Scrabble with our son Craig and myself back in 1974. He didn’t win too often because his vocabulary was somewhat limited (ride, walk, out, etc.). He did know the word “squirrel” but he couldn’t spell it.
Bob Carlton, Walnut Creek
Dear Bob:
Tell Duffy “it” is spelled I … T. /Gary
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November 14th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Congratulations. I just saw your puppies on MSNBC.
November 16th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Scrabble? I doubt there are any feline takers. No cat worth it’s genes will admit to comprehending any human language, though saying “vet” in my household produces an instant absence of cats, and “dinner” produces the opposite. I think they understand damn near everything we say. It must take a lot of energy to continue pretending otherwise; that’s why they always claim to be hungry, despite the ever-present dishes of dry cat food.