{"id":746,"date":"2009-10-18T08:06:35","date_gmt":"2009-10-18T12:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lstr.net\/blog\/?p=746"},"modified":"2009-10-22T16:08:36","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T20:08:36","slug":"puppies-of-jenkintown-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lstr.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/18\/puppies-of-jenkintown-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Puppies of Jenkintown: Rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week — or maybe two weeks ago, it all has become very hazy really, that immediate passage of time thing — Julia and I walked up the hill to see an open house jointly hosted by Jenkintown’s fire companies. <\/p>\n

(Yes, a town exactly one square mile in area has two fire companies because, as it turns out, Catholic houses burn too) <\/p>\n

We took a few pictures, but I really don’t have the time to post them all at once, so here is a new friend (with a cameo by Julia’s thumb) that we met at the town square. His name is Rocket<\/p>\n

Rocket
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\nRocket was named rocket because he, as a puppy, ate a rocket. A toy rocket, mind you, not an Estes model or anything. <\/p>\n

That’s a charming naming convention that, if applied universally, would have disastrous consequences. Puppies named Coffee Grounds, Used Condom and Own Shit would flood the borough. <\/p>\n

Thankfully, our citizens have some sense of restraint and don’t use those names in public. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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