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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Animals Re: Mmm... Delicious... You Must Have Stepped In Vomit On Your Way to the Airport, Am I Right?

Posted by Charles Mudede on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 7:49 AM

With one dog, it's the vomit on the sole of a shoe; with another dog, it's...

A dog in the US caused his owners a panic after swallowing a diamond worth $20,000 in a jewellery shop.

A diamond dealer had brought the precious stone to the store but dropped it and Soli the golden retriever wolfed it down.

Owners George Kaufmann and Robert Rosin had to wait for nature to take its course before returning the diamond to the dealer.

That dog is very lucky. There are a lot of people out there (people feeling on all sides the pressure of the recession) who would not have waited for "nature to take its course."

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These gents own the jewelry shop and bring their dog in every day; with gem dealers dropping in routinely, they must have thought this might happen at some point, no?

Posted by gloomy gus on March 16, 2010 at 8:06 AM

God damn goldens. Too stupid for their own good.

Unless the dealer had gotten peanut butter and jelly on it. Stupid dealer.

Posted by STJA on March 16, 2010 at 8:10 AM

Most would have waited. People hold their pets in high regard.

Posted by The Amazing Jim

on March 16, 2010 at 8:15 AM

Dogs suck.

Posted by And You're Stupid If You Like Them on March 16, 2010 at 8:16 AM

There *are*

Posted by Your Name on March 16, 2010 at 8:19 AM

@3 Also there are these things called laws. You can't just chop a fucking dog open.

Posted by kersy on March 16, 2010 at 9:02 AM

I'm just surprised the dealer let the dog leave! Wouldn't have surprised me if he remedied the situation by feeding the dog laxatives and watching it like a hawk.

@6 There are third world countries where the owner of the diamond would have slit the dog open without a second thought. I think that's what Charles was getting at.

Posted by UNPAID COMMENTER on March 16, 2010 at 9:24 AM

If it was a pig, of course, it would be totally okay to chop it open right there.

Really, it's not about who's "third world" and who's not - it's just about which sentient critters are "pets" and which are "food".

Posted by shabadoo on March 16, 2010 at 9:58 AM

@7 I would have thought the same thing but he brought in the recession. That's a 1st world country "pressure."

Posted by kersy on March 16, 2010 at 9:59 AM

If it was me, those folks would have paid for the diamond on the spot. A diamond covered in shit is not the same thing as a diamond that's not. Goddamn dogs do not belong in stores.

Posted by Fnarf

on March 16, 2010 at 10:37 AM

Maybe they can sell it for MORE money now, like that weird kinda pooped-out coffee...... You know, that kopi luwak stuff...

This is probably the world's only luwak diamond...

Posted by merry on March 16, 2010 at 11:25 AM

i've never tried it before but i hear diamonds can be washed with soap and water -- even autoclaved if you're so inclined! -- after which it is no longer covered in shit and has been restored to its original, shit-free value.

Posted by blip on March 16, 2010 at 12:47 PM