Lamont Diaries continued…
August 6, 2012
Lamont the Environmentalist
My pal, Lamont, is an environmentalist committed to reducing his carbon footprint to help make the planet a cleaner, more sustainable, happier place.
In the name of black dogs everywhere, Lamont Proclaims his Emancipation everyday in Abraham Lincoln park from the bondage of the chains of the dreaded oppressive modern day leash laws.
This week, on the way there, the Great Lamont has made a point of going beyond the call of his civic duty and retrieving the debris of irresponsible humans and bringing it to educate his fellow canine inhabitants of planet earth.
One day, he brought an aluminum 'Bud Light' can; the next, he brought a plastic 16 oz 'Diet Coke' bottle; then, an aluminum "Icehouse' can. Then he discovered an empty plastic "Penn Championship Extra-Duty Felt (America's #1 Selling Ball) Tennis Balls bottle.
Each he picked up discarded along the sidewalks and streets between Lamont's estate and the park.
He pranced up to his canine pals in the park and dropped the empty receptacles and focused on the communal tennis and rubber balls while he partook in his daily excersize. Then, after completing his cardiovascular regiment, he retrieved the discarded debris and trotted them on towards home, dropping them beside the recyclable trash can behind our palatial villa, sitting while he ensured I did my part and deposited them in the trash bin.
Never one to highlight his selfless acts of community service, Lamont then continued on his way back home.
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But Lamont is a bit befuddled.
Today, his Uncle Buddy, his wise elder who is a survivor of the mean Dog Streets of America, a man with a felonious record of long stretches in the Big House, came over to stay for a few days.
Lamont is not happy. Uncle Buddy has seen the type of the young Lamont many times during his egregious stints of incarceration. He is a patient man.
Lamont ignored his own food and stood guard over Buddy's—planting all four paws in a final defensive effort to prevent the intruding enemy from taking a foothold within his perimeter. Uncle Buddy dispatched the young Lamont with a ferocious growl which sent Lamont head over heels into the corner in tactical retreat.
Uncle Buddy then ate in peace without further disturbance
Lamont has yet to decide his strategy…..stay tuned for more of the Buddy and Lamont fisticuffs…… ■