A poorly informed space alien reports from teh Westminster Dog show

[dixiegrrrrl]

This year, O Sky-Commander, it was my privilege to witness as the Earthlings selected their new king or empress.

I am not sure what to make of these creatures. Some possess great quantities of hair. Some possess almost none. Some consist entirely of hair and do not appear to be so-called “dogs” at all.

That they are the objects of veneration on this planet is beyond question. The hairless two-legged ones tend to their every whim. Each hair-beast is sequestered apart from most others of its kind and ministered to by one or more of the hairless uprights until the moment of judgment, during which seclusion it is addressed in a reverential high-pitched tone and given access to nutrition of all kinds.

They secrete a substance which is evidently much prized, as whenever they produced it, their attendants rushed to scoop it up, place it inside a small plastic sack, and to store it with other products of a similar kind. Could this be the unobtainium we have pursued across the galaxy?

Lots of show dog pics with comments from the alien perspective:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2015/02/17/a-poorly-informed-space-alien-captions-pictures-of-the-westminster-dog-show/

[LiberalEsto]

1. The aliens should gather vast quantities of this unobtanium

and present it to Bush, Republican candidate for high attendant of canines, as a form of tribute.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. or mail it to Limbaugh. n/t

[jtuck004]

2. "unobtainium" < The never ending search... n/t

[Fuddnik]

3. Earthlings in Tampa are confused.

Under the headline in the Tampa Bay Times (formerly St. Pete Times) that announced the coronation of a Beagle as Queen, was a picture of a big, handsome Bloodhound!