h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Can anyone suggest a possible explanation or context for the following sentence I just overheard in the street?

"Unless your dog sweats profusely and wears sunglasses, other dogs are gonna sniff its arse anyway..."

QOTD?

I haven't got a dog. Do I have to wear sunglasses instead?

Hipster start-up whispey bearded types in an retro cafe that is so cool its unaffordable, in Shoreditch, discussing their latest idea about web design?

The reference to seating profusely may mean that the dog in question is an athlete. The need to wear sunglasses means (a.) it's a sunny day, or (b.) the dog is such a gifted athlete that it is a celebrity.

Maybe dogs give celebrity dogs a wide berth? Or they are too pooped to smell each other's rears on a very hot day?

is Shoreditch a real place? I've only ever heard it mentioned in a children's song about bells, as a passing reference in Orwell's "1984."

rephrase that using the picture of this link:
http://www.index-dvd.com/torrente-el-brazo-tonto-de-la-ley-caratula-delante-20233.html

so it means: unless your dog looks like Torrente (see link) , other dogs will follow their natural instinct...

Oh dear. Poor Torrente looks as though he has been sniffing a dog's bum.

PP.

If I were a dog, I *might* be deterred by the gun in Torrente's hand, and the expression on his face that indicates that me might well be wiling to use it . However, dogs are less likely than humans to understand how dangerous guns are.

Wanna bet?

Have you ever tried to 'gun train' a hunting dog?
It ain't easy

F S

Just imagine the sensory overload of gunfire on a dog.
Not just the startling and painfully loud noise to their
very sensitive hearing but the heightened olfactory awareness
of the acrid smell of exploded gunpowder. It is estimated that
dogs have 10,000 times the olfactory sensors of humans. It would
be like the unimaginable "sulphuric fires of hell".

~jwf~

They are lying to us about Cillit Bang.

That isn't BARRY SCOTT you know. BARRY SCOTT is an actor who isn't called BARRY SCOTT at all. BARRY SCOTT is played by an actor called Neil Burgess.

PP.

shocking the lengths some people will go to

Dang wrong thread!

PP.

I was too polite to say

Its clearly in code........ the meaning.... one can only guess..... we need a code-breaking expert

Not a lot of people know this, but Cillit Bang was Cilla Black's real name, before she became famous.

Cillit Bang's two ingredients are sulfamic acid and phosphoric acid. I would not want to date such a caustic celebrity -- unless I had greasy dishes that needed cleaning.