{"id":2458,"date":"2014-01-23T11:17:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T18:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2014-01-23T11:17:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T18:17:47","slug":"what-does-the-fox-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/?p=2458","title":{"rendered":"What does the fox say?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringerding!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-paw!<\/span><\/p>\n

Have you seen this video by Ylvis that I’m quoting from?\u00a0 It’s hard to\u00a0describe; It\u2019s too bizarre to be believed.\u00a0 It starts out with a cocktail party where all the attendees are dressed as animals whose \u2018sounds\u2019 can be clearly defined.\u00a0 (For example, the elephant goes \u201ctoot.\u201d\u00a0 Yes, “toot.”\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 How\u00a0do YOU think an elephant goes?!)<\/span><\/p>\n

Then we switch to a shot of waitresses-from-high-end-steakhouses dancing in the woods and wearing fox ears while the lead singer (in full\u00a0fox regalia, natch)\u00a0asks the eternal question: What does the fox say?\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

At some point Santa\u00a0appears.\u00a0 It’s dress-down Friday and he\u2019s sitting in a rocking chair with a boy on his lap and they\u2019re reading from a book about what the fox says.\u00a0 (Joff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!)\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Eventually a query is made\u00a0as to\u00a0how the fox would communicate should it\u00a0ever meet a friendly ho-o-o-o-rse.\u00a0 (Hint: It would\u00a0communicate by mo-o-o-o-rse.)\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Oy vey.\u00a0 Ok, I can\u2019t go on anymore with this.\u00a0 It makes it\u00a0sound like there was a bad \u201ctrip\u201d somewhere in my recent past.\u00a0 So suffice to say, you\u2019ve gotta see this video for yourself, if you haven\u2019t already: <\/span>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hey!\u00a0 Speaking of foxes\u2026heh-heh-heh, funny how that works.\u00a0 Get your own blog if you want a smoother segue<\/em>\u2026we have two foxes in our backyard that spend their days tormenting my dog.\u00a0 Especially when they tip-toe along the top of the fence like massive, overgrown squirrels.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In return, the poor dog spends his<\/em> whole day gazing out the window.\u00a0 Or sitting on the back porch.\u00a0 Waiting\u2026waiting\u2026sniffing\u2026sniffing the air…and waiting\u2026for these creatures to show up and 1) totally ignore him or,\u00a02) drive him bonkers.<\/span><\/p>\n

[And if you think the dog\u2019s day sounds eerily similar to mine, then you can just shut it!\u00a0 SHUT IT!\u00a0 Because \u2013 while there may be some\u00a0“waiting for creatures” and a good deal of\u00a0“being\u00a0driven bonkers” by same\u00a0\u2013 there\u2019s NOT actually a lot of “sniffing” in my day.\u00a0 So there.\u00a0 Well\u2026except for when I\u2019m cleaning the bathrooms.\u00a0 But I\u2019d consider that more \u201cgagging\u201d than \u201csniffing.\u201d\u00a0 So, SHUT IT ALREADY!<\/em>]<\/span><\/p>\n

As a side note, the foxes’\u00a0fur is GORGEOUS.\u00a0 Now I can see why people would wear it wrapped around their neck.\u00a0 With the little foxy face still attached.\u00a0 \u2018Cause that\u2019s what I\u2019d <\/em>do if I ever got my hands on a fox.\u00a0 And its\u00a0fur.\u00a0 Or maybe I\u2019d go in more of a\u00a0muff direction?\u00a0 So I could have a place to stick my cold hands??\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s hard to say.\u00a0 But it’s nice to know I have options.\u00a0 (Settle down, PETA.\u00a0 I’m joking.)<\/span><\/p>\n

But even\u00a0after all this quality time the dog and I have been spending with the foxes, I still<\/em> don\u2019t know what they\u00a0say…but\u00a0I do know how they\u00a0smell.<\/span><\/p>\n

The secret of the fox?\u00a0 The ancient mystery??\u00a0<\/em> Is that it smells like hell.\u00a0\u00a0Skunk-hell to be exact.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Ok, I lied.\u00a0 Are you happy?\u00a0 Turns out there IS sniffing in my day.\u00a0 Especially\u00a0 when I\u00a0kiss the dog’s face after a long day of mutual bonkerific waiting, only to find that it smells like…SKUNK!\u00a0\u00a0What?\u00a0 WHAAAT?!?\u00a0 What has been going\u00a0ON??!??\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

GAAAAAACKKKKKKKK!!!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Ok, and\u00a0now gagging\u2026sniffing AND gagging…gaaaack<\/em>!…yep, definitely gagging.\u00a0 At least I told you the truth\u00a0about the gagging…gaaaaackkkkk<\/em>!\u00a0 <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The foxes are cute, but they REEK!\u00a0\u00a0Who cares what they say – they\u00a0have to go!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And we’ve reached our final decision:\u00a0Barkeep, I’ll have a muff\u00a0for me and one for\u00a0all my friends!*<\/span><\/p>\n

*PETA, I am still totally kidding.\u00a0 Who would\u00a0give fox-fur muffs\u00a0to their friends anyway?\u00a0 That’s a terrible\u00a0gift\u00a0since\u00a0they smell like SKUNK.\u00a0 (the fox-fur muffs, NOT\u00a0the friends hopefully)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringerding!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-paw! Have you seen this video by Ylvis that I’m quoting from?\u00a0 It’s hard to\u00a0describe; It\u2019s too bizarre to be believed.\u00a0 It starts out with a cocktail party where all the attendees are dressed as animals whose \u2018sounds\u2019 can be clearly defined.\u00a0 (For example, the elephant goes \u201ctoot.\u201d\u00a0 Yes, “toot.”\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 How\u00a0do YOU think an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2458"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2487,"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458\/revisions\/2487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}