Retriever Rescue

A local business was looking for office help. They put a sign in the window saying: "HELP WANTED. Must be able to type, must be good with a computer and must be bilingual. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer."
A short time afterwards, a golden retriever dog trotted up to the window, saw the sign and went inside. He looked at the receptionist and wagged his tail, then walked over to the sign, looked at it and whined. Getting the idea, the receptionist got the office manager. The office manager looked at the dog and was surprised, to say the least. However, the dog looked determined, so he led him into the office. Inside, the dog jumped up on the chair and stared at the manager.
The manager said, "I can't hire you. The sign says you have to be able to type."
The dog jumped down, went to the typewriter and proceeded to type out a perfect letter. He took out the page and trotted over to the manager and gave it to him, then jumped back on the chair.
The manager was stunned, but then told the dog, "The sign says you have to be good with a computer."
The dog jumped down again and went to the computer. The dog proceeded to demonstrate his expertise with various programs and produced a sample spreadsheet and database and presented them to the manager. By this time the manager was totally dumbfounded! He looked at the dog and said, "I realize that you are a very intelligent dog and have some interesting abilities. However, I *still* can't give you the job."
The dog jumped down and went to a copy of the sign and put his paw on the part about being an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The manager said, "Yes, but the sign *also* says that you have to be bilingual."
The dog looked at him straight in the face and said, "Meow."

LOVE IT.

Wonder if it was Sam.

Hi Lynn!
Why would I be surprised - he's such a clever lad!
Best wishes - Samsmum (Joyce).

You know, every time I read something on the message boards here, I wind up thinking, "I've got one just like that at home!!"

Last night we decided to drop into a pub for a quickie on the way home from the supermarket. Molly disapproved of the loud music inside so we went out into the garden......where she proceeded to charm no less than ELEVEN semi-drunk men over the course of 40 minutes. It's amazing how many semi-drunk men have had a retriever at some time in their lives. Did the dogs drive them to drink or are they just drowning their sorrows at not having one now? Anyway, the point is...Molly's second language is 'semi-drunk-male-ese'.

Love the joke. I'll be passing it on asap!

Just love that. It could be any one of our dogs

Molly did well entertaining her audience for so long.

On that note Jan, perhaps Julie should be hiring Molly out, MALE PULLER. Mind you, semi drunken men are nearly as bad as the old retrobates.

I agree with you Lynn

when we first got our dog, we took him for a walk past a pub where several semi drunk men were outside, and its true one by one they were all telling me that sometime in there lives they have all had retrievers. One even said that a few times when he had lost his dog it had always run to the pub ( second home). We don,t often go past that pub, mainly because its at the edge of a woods and there is a pond next to it with ducks,
I will set the scene for you.
Semi drunk men standing outside, me chasing my dog through the woods, yelling come here and the dog running into the pond to chase the ducks.
I,m sure Jasper does it to embarrass me.

OUCH! Jasper's taking all the prizes today. Bunnies, ducks, ponds and making mum a spectacle for the drunken man brigade.

Tut tut, Jasper!

I like that story......Meow....very good.

Talking of men and drink...... when I used to work a night shift, we would park the car, me to work for 8 hours and the other half would have a drink !!!! then after about an hour or so, he would collect Ceili from our car (in a secure car park I hasten to add) and walk her a mile and a half back home, I often wonder how the conversation went all the way home and if Ceili understand him.