PILE OF LEAVES
October 26, 2018 5:58 AM Subscribe
This is the dog equivalent of Amelie sticking her hand in a sack of lentils. Different energy, same satisfaction.
posted by lollymccatburglar at 6:06 AM on October 26, 2018 [5 favorites]
posted by lollymccatburglar at 6:06 AM on October 26, 2018 [5 favorites]
I read this to the tune of 'purple rain'
posted by aesop at 6:08 AM on October 26, 2018 [6 favorites]
posted by aesop at 6:08 AM on October 26, 2018 [6 favorites]
wait wait wait how does it end?
for all I know that pile of leaves is filled with labs!
posted by chavenet at 6:19 AM on October 26, 2018 [9 favorites]
for all I know that pile of leaves is filled with labs!
posted by chavenet at 6:19 AM on October 26, 2018 [9 favorites]
So, you know how superheroes like Batman and Captain America can instantly assess a situation, formulate a plan, and jump into action as if they've spent days training to deal with that specific situation? That's Stella and the leaf pile.
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:22 AM on October 26, 2018 [13 favorites]
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:22 AM on October 26, 2018 [13 favorites]
for all I know that pile of leaves is filled with labs!
Don't just dream it, be it
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 6:22 AM on October 26, 2018 [11 favorites]
Don't just dream it, be it
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 6:22 AM on October 26, 2018 [11 favorites]
LAAAAAAAAAKE!
For an alternate lake-entry method, see Digby and the duckweed.
posted by Johnny Assay at 6:34 AM on October 26, 2018 [7 favorites]
For an alternate lake-entry method, see Digby and the duckweed.
posted by Johnny Assay at 6:34 AM on October 26, 2018 [7 favorites]
How greyhounds do leaves
And more Stella!
posted by vers at 6:35 AM on October 26, 2018 [5 favorites]
And more Stella!
posted by vers at 6:35 AM on October 26, 2018 [5 favorites]
hi hello i have many important leef comtribution
he leap
MY LEEF
they lov leef
SAME HAT
scream
he monch
posted by poffin boffin at 6:40 AM on October 26, 2018 [30 favorites]
he leap
MY LEEF
they lov leef
SAME HAT
scream
he monch
posted by poffin boffin at 6:40 AM on October 26, 2018 [30 favorites]
In the best timeline, at three ayem our president is tweeting various dogs jumping into misc leaf piles.
posted by maxwelton at 6:44 AM on October 26, 2018 [7 favorites]
posted by maxwelton at 6:44 AM on October 26, 2018 [7 favorites]
wait wait wait how does it end?
Are the leaves useful for anything?posted by ragtag at 6:51 AM on October 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
A. They're grate, but not useful.
B. They can be taken, counted, or burned.
wait wait wait how does it end?moar
for all I know that pile of leaves is filled with labs!
posted by cnelson at 6:51 AM on October 26, 2018 [6 favorites]
wait wait wait how does it end?
It doesn't. It's the best timeline loop. The dog gets out of the car, the dog leaps, the dog gets out of the car, the dog leaps...
posted by Etrigan at 7:03 AM on October 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
It doesn't. It's the best timeline loop. The dog gets out of the car, the dog leaps, the dog gets out of the car, the dog leaps...
posted by Etrigan at 7:03 AM on October 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
It's the best timeline loop.
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a lab jumping into a pile of leaves — forever.
posted by chavenet at 7:08 AM on October 26, 2018 [11 favorites]
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a lab jumping into a pile of leaves — forever.
posted by chavenet at 7:08 AM on October 26, 2018 [11 favorites]
This is one of those rare instances where a meme that starts to show up on my twitter feed actually makes me smile the more times it appears. 13/10 still smiling.
posted by gwint at 7:37 AM on October 26, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by gwint at 7:37 AM on October 26, 2018 [3 favorites]
My grandfather used to live on a lake and had a yellow lab named Lucky. The property was large enough and the dog well trained enough that he was never on a leash. Every time we tromped down all the stairs to the docks so we could go out on the lake (usually to go fishing), Lucky would follow us down, run off the end of the dock and LEAP into the water just like that dog leaps into a pile of leaves.
What I found extra delightful is that Lucky didn't always wait for the humans to do down to the water to go for a swim. Sometimes we'd see Lucky trotting around dripping wet. My Grandfather explained that sometimes Lucky just went for a swim.
So we watched Lucky and stayed where we could see the docks and the path down to them without tipping Lucky off that we were watching. Sure enough, we saw Lucky wandering around sniffing stuff and doing what dogs do when left to their own devices.
You could actually see the idea just pop into her head that, hey, I haven't been for a swim in a while and I LOVE to swim. I think I'll go swim. She then BOLTED down the stairs and off the end of the docks, swam out into the lake, turned around and swam back, then trotted up the shore and resumed her sniffing and wandering.
Sometimes Lucky just needed a swim!
posted by VTX at 7:40 AM on October 26, 2018 [24 favorites]
What I found extra delightful is that Lucky didn't always wait for the humans to do down to the water to go for a swim. Sometimes we'd see Lucky trotting around dripping wet. My Grandfather explained that sometimes Lucky just went for a swim.
So we watched Lucky and stayed where we could see the docks and the path down to them without tipping Lucky off that we were watching. Sure enough, we saw Lucky wandering around sniffing stuff and doing what dogs do when left to their own devices.
You could actually see the idea just pop into her head that, hey, I haven't been for a swim in a while and I LOVE to swim. I think I'll go swim. She then BOLTED down the stairs and off the end of the docks, swam out into the lake, turned around and swam back, then trotted up the shore and resumed her sniffing and wandering.
Sometimes Lucky just needed a swim!
posted by VTX at 7:40 AM on October 26, 2018 [24 favorites]
she is perfect i love her
posted by poffin boffin at 7:49 AM on October 26, 2018
posted by poffin boffin at 7:49 AM on October 26, 2018
> moar
Wait this leaf-leaping beastie had knee replacement and still woosh?! Doggo, I salute you!
posted by DyRE at 8:11 AM on October 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
Wait this leaf-leaping beastie had knee replacement and still woosh?! Doggo, I salute you!
posted by DyRE at 8:11 AM on October 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
he monch
I tried to take a picture of my dog admiring a leaf, but this happened.
All that was left was this.
posted by moonmilk at 8:35 AM on October 26, 2018 [3 favorites]
I tried to take a picture of my dog admiring a leaf, but this happened.
All that was left was this.
posted by moonmilk at 8:35 AM on October 26, 2018 [3 favorites]
I miss working on a college campus copiously supplied with giant leaf piles. And occasional dogs.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 9:07 AM on October 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by The Underpants Monster at 9:07 AM on October 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
Excellent Quality Content.
posted by praemunire at 9:20 AM on October 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by praemunire at 9:20 AM on October 26, 2018 [1 favorite]
One time I showed my dog a pretty butterfly. She monch. I squawk. She ptooie. Butterfly flies off. She maybe thought it was leaf for eatings.
posted by The otter lady at 10:08 AM on October 26, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by The otter lady at 10:08 AM on October 26, 2018 [3 favorites]
Best. Thread. Ever.
posted by sarcasticah at 10:17 AM on October 26, 2018
posted by sarcasticah at 10:17 AM on October 26, 2018
The link in the OP is broken (taken down for copyright infringement). The Instagram link in the first comment still works.
posted by Lexica at 10:18 AM on October 26, 2018
posted by Lexica at 10:18 AM on October 26, 2018
All I'm seeing is "We cannot play the video in this browser. Please try a different web browser."
I mean wtf
oulipian: "The original Instagram post is by @dognamedstella."
I can play THAT one, no issues... and thank you for linking it b/c I have had it on repeat for several minutes now and it keeps getting funnier :)
posted by caution live frogs at 10:29 AM on October 26, 2018
I mean wtf
oulipian: "The original Instagram post is by @dognamedstella."
I can play THAT one, no issues... and thank you for linking it b/c I have had it on repeat for several minutes now and it keeps getting funnier :)
posted by caution live frogs at 10:29 AM on October 26, 2018
𝙿𝙸𝙻𝙴 of Leaves
by Mark Z. Dogelewski
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 11:52 AM on October 26, 2018 [5 favorites]
by Mark Z. Dogelewski
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 11:52 AM on October 26, 2018 [5 favorites]
Today is my last day at my job. That's how I will feel on the inside after my exit interview.
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 12:21 PM on October 26, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 12:21 PM on October 26, 2018 [4 favorites]
oh thank you for this. a stupid work thing totally fried my mood earlier and I've been struggling not to let it sour my whole day. this might be the turn around I needed!
posted by supermedusa at 12:33 PM on October 26, 2018
posted by supermedusa at 12:33 PM on October 26, 2018
The end of the loop is total ASMR. I've been watching ASMR videos today because I had a dream this morning that I was in a band (I have these dreams a lot because I play in bands) and two of us took a turn to ASMR by crinkling plastic into the microphone which was a weird dream because I haven't given a thought to ASMR since that one day a year ago when I first heard about it.
How marvelously strange is the human brain to dredge up crap like that in a dream! (I watched that video seven times in a row, by the way.)
posted by kozad at 3:04 PM on October 26, 2018
How marvelously strange is the human brain to dredge up crap like that in a dream! (I watched that video seven times in a row, by the way.)
posted by kozad at 3:04 PM on October 26, 2018
Make sure you have the sound on. I listened to it over and over again. And I'm not even an ASMR person.
posted by matildaben at 3:56 PM on October 26, 2018
posted by matildaben at 3:56 PM on October 26, 2018
This just convinces me further that happy dogs are nature's antidepressants.
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 5:14 PM on October 26, 2018
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 5:14 PM on October 26, 2018
dog sled
posted by Pronoiac at 9:16 AM on October 27, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Pronoiac at 9:16 AM on October 27, 2018 [1 favorite]
SNOOOOW
Mom's Beagle Sophie loved the snow so much we called her Snowphie. She loved dragging unsuspecting hoomins through the deep drifts on the hoomin-leash, where the snow was so deep only her little black dognose poked up through the white surface. And then there was the fun of the shallow snow, which was mostly hunting for frozen cat poop.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 2:32 PM on October 27, 2018 [1 favorite]
Mom's Beagle Sophie loved the snow so much we called her Snowphie. She loved dragging unsuspecting hoomins through the deep drifts on the hoomin-leash, where the snow was so deep only her little black dognose poked up through the white surface. And then there was the fun of the shallow snow, which was mostly hunting for frozen cat poop.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 2:32 PM on October 27, 2018 [1 favorite]
SNOOOOW
my ex-roommate's dog Sorbo hates all things wet except snow. But he's well trained and won't go running into a pile unless you tell him to fetch something in it.
posted by numaner at 3:30 AM on October 28, 2018 [1 favorite]
my ex-roommate's dog Sorbo hates all things wet except snow. But he's well trained and won't go running into a pile unless you tell him to fetch something in it.
posted by numaner at 3:30 AM on October 28, 2018 [1 favorite]
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