McMinnville UFO Festival Pet Costume Contest

Zoozoo, my Rhodesian Ridgeback mix, in her "Alien Abduction Costume."  Makes me want to sing, "Fly me to the Moon." She won first prize in the McMinnville UFO Festival costume contest.

Finally, after many, many years of failed attempts, I made it to the McMinnville UFO Festival.  Of course, the main reason I went to the UFO festival is because they have a pet costume contest.  And I love to play doggie dress up!

There was a UFO sighting there like 50 years ago or something.  They say that some of the most compelling UFO photographs came out of that sighting.  Sounds like a good excuse to party if you ask me.  


Dress the dog up in a costume? Hey, now you're really talking my language.


The two Chihuahua (all Chihuahuas are space aliens, in case you were wondering) were in silver sparkly costumes and behaved like champions.  They took the coveted 5th place prize.

 Zoozoo's costume include a rocket ship riding monkey on her back.  I walked her out in front of the judges, put her in a sit-stay and then counted it down, "Three, two, one, blast off!"  


Then Zoozoo and I ran and the monkey bounced around on her back in a wildly comedic manner.Zoozoo took home first prize.  Yeah, that's right, first place.  A huge basket of treats AND a $50 gift certificate to Buchanan Cellers, a grain and feed store in McMinnville.

Fun, fun, fun …

Mike McKenzie © 2014

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"Honering" Your Mother on Mother's Day …

Bad spelling looks bad enough on a sheet of paper, but it's a lot worse when your inability to spell is displayed in large letters on a big sign on a busy intersection in front your church.  

But it does beg that question, what is "honering?"  It sort of sounds like an adult activity involving a harmonica, doesn't it?

The unfortunate part is this was the local church's big Mother's Day sign, which leaves lots of room for idiots like me to make rude jokes about "honering your mother…"  I don't know much about Presbyterians or how they worship.  Okay, I think they meant HONORING … but you never know. 

Signs are weird things.  Sometimes they tell us what to do, sometimes they us what not to do.  Sometimes, though, signs that tells us not to do something bad might actually plant the seed of trespassing in a far garden of the mind.  Yes, the sign below makes me want to go beyond the warming sign.  Perhaps I should write a novel, "The other side of the warning sign."  But if I spelled like the guy who does the sign at the church, I think it would say, "The other side of the warming sign."  

Have you seen a funny sign?  Send it to me.  I love funny signs.

Mike McKenzie © 2014

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