Nanny Goat and Knockers, Attorneys at Law

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Scooby Doo and the case of the stolen banana fucking bread

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"Let's let Nan back in the game."

So the dog park gang came over last night to play cards--Skit Skat and Spoons. Hence the artistic composition above.

Nan, queen of all those who enter the dog park, made the mistake of telling us a couple weeks ago that when she was a kid the other kids teased her by calling her Nanny Goat. Well. Guess what we've been calling her ever since.

When playing Skit Skat, the object is to get 31 of the same suit. You can't knock until you've got 18, and the one who has the lowest when you've knocked puts their money in the pot. Well, last night was Denise's first time playing and, well, she knocked quite frequently. So much so that Kelly decided to give her a new nickname (we'd been calling her Neecy): Knockers. At one point someone said something about Nanny Goat and Knockers and Sarah finished that thought with "Attorneys at Law." We wrote that one down in anticipation of this very blog entry. If you have a problem with sticks, stones, or names that hurt, contact Nanny Goat and Knockers, attorneys at law.

And then there's the case of Scooby Doo and the stolen banana fucking bread. On Christmas eve eve, December 23, Nan had a party. Nan drank a lot. I had brought Nan a homemade--from scratch, no less!--loaf of banana chocolate chip bread. Deeee-licious. Last night that came up somehow and we determined that someone stole it because Nan never did get to taste any. We have our suspicions about the culprit, but we shall keep them to ourselves to protect the probably-not-so-innocent. And, more importantly, to protect them from the wrath of Annabelle, Scooby's apprentice.

That Nanny Goat, she's not so good at the spoons game. It's kinda like musical chairs: there's one fewer spoon than there are people and you gotta be quick on your feet. As the cards are going around, your goal is to get 4 of a kind, but you also have to keep your eye on the spoons because as soon as someone gets 4 of a kind, they pick up a spoon. Then everyone else's gotta get one. The one without a spoon has to pay up. In most cases that was Nan. Poor sacrificial Nanny goat.

Fun time was had by all, I can safely say. But remember, if you're injured by the callous, unfeeling name-calling of others, contact Nanny Goat and Knockers today.