All that “Dukie”

This is a 1/6 real size statuette of a dog “making dukie”. Someone, somewhere had an idea. He made a sketch and called a few friends over. I picture a lot of nodding and planning and suddenly you, I, and just about anyone can have one of these. But heck, why stop at one? Maybe get about fifty and use them as “edging” for your driveway, or place them all over your neighbors lawn…OR for the touch of the surreal? Arrange them along the crest of your house’s roof. Who actually needs one, much less a bunch of them? What was the thought process? It’s like when I see a new Movie: “Slasher Nazi Nuns take over the toll booths on Intersate 99″ -” Instead of paying the toll- You’ll pay with your Life!!” How does this movie get made!??

I wonder the same thing about these dogs immortalized forever in their most compromised state. I guess the answer comes down to thesame thing it alwaqys does: “Money”.

Truth be told: they are pretty reasonable…

About Zaslow Crane

Zaslow Crane wrote his first Science fiction story when he was 11 This was after an uncle had given him a Charmin case full of sci fi paperbacks- all the old masters: A.E.Van Vogt, Cordwainer Smith, Heinlen, Bradbury, and dozens more. After that, he never looked back. Zaslow Crane has contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers over many years, and has been a contributing editor for a national magazine. He has been published a couple hundred times for non fiction. Regarding fiction, he writes primarily SciFi and was one of the creative talents behind Smoke and Mirrors, a parsec nominated podcast that "re-imagined" the Twilight Zone and, which ran for 2 1/2 years. He has written over two hundred short stories, 7 or 8 novellas and two novels, one of which "explains" a great many advancements in human technology. He likes mindless sort of work, because it frees that other part of his brain to work on story ideas, so if you see him, say, digging a ditch, you'll know that he’s really writing. He lives in a tiny house on a hill in Central California. His home overlooks the ocean - IF you're willing to stand on tip toes and crane your neck. Just a bit.