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Two men at a bus stop......A play in two minutes
Man1…Funny that……what they say about dogs.
Man 2…Excuse me?
Man 1…Well you know peeing and such, to mark their territory…..
Man 2…Funny how?
Man 1…Well take this bush over here. Every dog that’s come by has peed on that same bush!
Man 2…Yeah?
Man 1…Well, if the first lad marked it as his then how come everyone else keeps peeing on it?I mean the
system is obviously not working is it? By rights the second dog that comes along should pull up short and say
“hello, what’s this? I thought this was my territory but obviously, according to this scent previously deposited
here I am mistaken,” but no, its just chaos! Doggie anarchy if you like. In fact why even bother sniffing the pee
that’s there at all if you’re only going to pee over it anyway. Know what I mean. It’s a farce really isn’t it?
Man 2…I really hadn’t analyzed it that deeply.
Man 1…Well what if we all went around like that, like if you say this is my house and then I come along and
say yes I see that but actually its my house now and the next guy comes along and does the same and so on
and so on well, it would be chaos wouldn’t it?
Man 2…They’re just dogs pal.
Man 1…Yeah I know but everyone’s always saying how great they are, you know, nature, and learning from
nature and all that, but I’m not so sure. I mean I think they’re just... not so bright. They look very intent when
they search for a spot to mark, they examine it quite carefully and if their sense of smell is 1000 time greater
than ours then I don’t think it’s a mistake or anything, I mean it’s not like they can turn to another dog and say,
‘ oh sorry mate was that your bush there, I didn’t smell you,” cause they’re dogs and they smell everything and
from great distances and so I’m forced to conclude that it’s, well... callousness and malice. They know how to
interpret the markings. They know what the rules are regarding these markings and they choose to ignore it,
every single one of them. I mean I've never seen one dogs, just one time, say “whoops! let me back off, that
spot that belongs to Fido,”
Man. …2 Are you waiting for a bus… really…
Man 1… so the question remains, why go through the bloody ritual in the first place, why bother with the whole
sniffing thing , why not just piss everywhere and say, "fuck it I’m a dog what do you want from me?"
Man 2…. I cant believe I’m saying this but maybe they don’t want to admit to just being dogs, maybe they need
this ritual to somehow justify what they do, rules of engagement as it were, like uh…rationalizations….for dogs.
Man 1… that’s it! Otherwise, well, otherwise they’d just be….well….animals!
(Man 2 looks at man 1 confused, a small cocker spaniel comes by and sniffs at the bus stop and pees on the
poll and leaves. Man one holds out his hand as if to say , ‘ see?’ Man two just shakes his head)
Man1…Funny that……what they say about dogs.
Man 2…Excuse me?
Man 1…Well you know peeing and such, to mark their territory…..
Man 2…Funny how?
Man 1…Well take this bush over here. Every dog that’s come by has peed on that same bush!
Man 2…Yeah?
Man 1…Well, if the first lad marked it as his then how come everyone else keeps peeing on it?I mean the
system is obviously not working is it? By rights the second dog that comes along should pull up short and say
“hello, what’s this? I thought this was my territory but obviously, according to this scent previously deposited
here I am mistaken,” but no, its just chaos! Doggie anarchy if you like. In fact why even bother sniffing the pee
that’s there at all if you’re only going to pee over it anyway. Know what I mean. It’s a farce really isn’t it?
Man 2…I really hadn’t analyzed it that deeply.
Man 1…Well what if we all went around like that, like if you say this is my house and then I come along and
say yes I see that but actually its my house now and the next guy comes along and does the same and so on
and so on well, it would be chaos wouldn’t it?
Man 2…They’re just dogs pal.
Man 1…Yeah I know but everyone’s always saying how great they are, you know, nature, and learning from
nature and all that, but I’m not so sure. I mean I think they’re just... not so bright. They look very intent when
they search for a spot to mark, they examine it quite carefully and if their sense of smell is 1000 time greater
than ours then I don’t think it’s a mistake or anything, I mean it’s not like they can turn to another dog and say,
‘ oh sorry mate was that your bush there, I didn’t smell you,” cause they’re dogs and they smell everything and
from great distances and so I’m forced to conclude that it’s, well... callousness and malice. They know how to
interpret the markings. They know what the rules are regarding these markings and they choose to ignore it,
every single one of them. I mean I've never seen one dogs, just one time, say “whoops! let me back off, that
spot that belongs to Fido,”
Man. …2 Are you waiting for a bus… really…
Man 1… so the question remains, why go through the bloody ritual in the first place, why bother with the whole
sniffing thing , why not just piss everywhere and say, "fuck it I’m a dog what do you want from me?"
Man 2…. I cant believe I’m saying this but maybe they don’t want to admit to just being dogs, maybe they need
this ritual to somehow justify what they do, rules of engagement as it were, like uh…rationalizations….for dogs.
Man 1… that’s it! Otherwise, well, otherwise they’d just be….well….animals!
(Man 2 looks at man 1 confused, a small cocker spaniel comes by and sniffs at the bus stop and pees on the
poll and leaves. Man one holds out his hand as if to say , ‘ see?’ Man two just shakes his head)