Not at all. I love hearing about your experience with them. In Shanghai, it is very similar weather conditions to Alabama or Arizona (except we have humidity in the 80-90%, similar to Alabama) and temperatures of about 100 at the hottest, so he sheds a lot, too. Fortunately, we have an underground parking garage, so when it gets that hot, we can walk him there and it is pretty cool. Am also very sorry to read about your dog passing as well. Unfortunately, they are like many larger dogs and have a shorter life span. Bernies average 7 years, which is pretty short. Ours was in the vet hospital last week for surgery. I found blood in his urine and come to find out that his prostrate was very swollen and he had cysts on his bladder. So bad that it was impacting his bowels. If we had waited much longer he would have had major problems. Surgery fixed it though and he is as good as ever now. Again, very sorry for your loss.

So, she says, "I'll ignore the sign that says, stay back, and saunter down here, wearing my flip flops and park my butt on that tiny, slippery rock, fifteen feet above the rushing river and start texting my friends."

It reminds me of the sign, right in the middle of the crest of Vernal Falls in Yosemite NP, that says, "stay back, if you go over the falls, you will die." There have been many who thought to prove the sign false, only to take a plunge and not live to tell about it.

If you have any of your own examples of stupidity, please post them here so we can all have a good chuckle.