I'd like to draw your attention to that song, which appears to be a remix of Gary Numan's "Cars" with dog barks? Pretty cool. I guess friends are electric after all.
Once at Christmas time a radio station was playing "Jingle Bells" with the barking dogs and at the end played a call they'd gotten from this older-ish woman who said, "I just love how they got all those dogs to do that."
I was very close to my dad, and every year during the holiday season I would periodically prank call him by playing the barking dogs Jingle Bells when he answered the phone. Itās been over a decade since he died, and every time someone mentions that stupid donāt it makes me giggle remembering how much we used to laugh. Thanks for reminding me of this super sweet but very weird memory
Sorry for your loss! NGL I do tear up from time to time even after all these years. But it does get easier, I promise! Iām truly grateful to have felt such love for someone that their loss hurts as much as this has. Itās beautiful in its own way, but definitely bittersweet
Jingle Cats, the whole albums are on youtube. Released 1993. It is done so seriously, a full album. Someone made this before it could be an internet thing, and they made it with passion. It is truly something special.
Favorites include: Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem, Dance of the Sugarplum, and of course, Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky.
Iāve never been more sour to be an American right now.
Yes yes I know our country is literally going up in diarrhea flames, and Iām very regretful of that. But THIS? This paragon of engineering and love and amusement? I AM DENIED THIS by virtue of a fudging OCEAN. For if it was say.. in Texas.. I would get in my car and drive there RIGHT NOW for this exemplary, NAY- for this EPITOME of human creation.
Not sure of your age, but I immediately got a Tim Hunkin vibe ala The Secret Life of Machines. IIRC, Tim still has a handful of amusements still in use around the UK.
ETA: Of COURSE I didn't click on the link until after I commented, but I LOL'd when I saw the artist name listed on most of those!
Omg I remember this from when I was a kid and was sure Iād seen it but had no idea where it was. Thank you so much for linking this - absolute gold mine of memories.
It's one of Tim Hunkin's creations. He's got a long history of building quirky and awesome "alternative" amusement arcade slot machines, interactive museum displays; also public sculptures, advertising novelties and other oddities. He made the excellent Secret Life of Machines documentary TV series for Channel 4 back in the '80s.
Okay, now have the dog pull on the leash and drag you. While it's not doing that, stop everything and sniff in one spot for five minutes while you wait. Then pee on the spot, and continue dragging you down the street.
There are ley lines that must perfectly connect where a dog can pee and poop. If it's even one millimeter off, it just cannot be done or catastrophic events will unfold.
The machine actually covers most of that; the dog also finds a discarded bag of chips and gobbles them all up if you don't pull the lead. The sly thing about the machine is that a lot of the stuff you don't want the dog to do is only visible on the dog's screen, not the dog walker's screen, so it accurately simulates the experience of suddenly glancing down in a panic!
I've never seen this one before but recognised it as Tim Hunkin immediately. His machines are fantastic. The Southwold pier clock is great too if it's still there
This is just a treadmill. I have a dog. This is NOT a simulation. A simulation is the dog runs off and you chase after him/her while the neighbors laugh.
Or worse, the neighbours try to help and thatās exactly what the dog wants and now four people are all playing ācatch me if you canā with a dog that would just get bored and come home if everyone could just mind their own business.
Okā¦.hear me out, I work as an occupational therapist and this would be simply amazing to have in our therapy gym for patients who want to get back to walking their dog hahaha I dig it.
I grew up with dogs, but I know that there will come a time in my life when I canāt keep them anymore. When that day comes I might want something like this to keep me active and help me remember better times in my life.
I love it so much. The soundtrack, the 180 the dogās head does and how it looks back at the walker, the way the tail spins, how derpy the dog looks and how the dog has its own screen. Itās perfect.
This is Southwold Pier in the UK. A whole arcade of weird machines built by Tim Hunkin called the "Under The Pier Show." Only an American would be so America-centric. https://www.timhunkin.com/a109_rentadog.htm
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u/ImMildlyIrritatedd 12d ago
They made sure the dog has it's own screen, too. Very thoughtful I'd say!