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Old 30 January 2008, 08:14 PM
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Fright Dog chewed toes as paralyzed owner slept

A paralyzed man was rushed to the hospital after he woke to find his dog had chewed off parts of his toes.

http://www.kentucky.com/454/story/302103.html
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Old 30 January 2008, 08:58 PM
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Someone please tell me that I'm not alone in reading the headline initially as a dog who chewed his own toes off.
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Old 30 January 2008, 09:26 PM
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Am I going to hell for thinking of the slogan "Finger Lickin' Good" ?

My mind has a very twisted self-defense mechanism.
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Old 30 January 2008, 10:10 PM
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No, you're going to hell because you led me to wonder whether he called ... wait for it ... a toe truck.
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Old 31 January 2008, 05:51 AM
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Someone please tell me that I'm not alone in reading the headline initially as a dog who chewed his own toes off.
You're thinking of the old joke about the (insert butt-of-joke-ethnicity here) dog that was laying by the fire chewing a bone. When he got up his leg fell off.
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No, you're going to hell because you led me to wonder whether he called ... wait for it ... a toe truck.
Well then you're going too because you made me spit Pepsi all over the monitor.

Not to mention YOMANK.
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Old 03 May 2008, 12:12 AM
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This reminds me of the case a few years ago where a puppy chewed and mangled the foot of a sleeping baby. Link here.
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Old 19 May 2008, 08:04 PM
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Also reminds me of a woman who recieved a partial face transplant.. She had taken sleeping pills, woke up and her lab had chewed off the bottom part of her face... here: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n1774281.shtml
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