Whose dog?

[jporter]

>"23.?? `I am a British Dog, Sir. No one owns me!' Perhaps the whole
>point of introducing the LED was to place this gem?"
>
>
>Consider this couplet, devised by Pope for the collar of the Prince of
>Wales' dog (1737):
>"I am his Highness' Dog at *Kew*;
>Pray tell me Sir, whose Dog are you?


And that nicely reinforces the symmetry between Wicks and the L.E.D., both
in comparison to Scheherazade, as well as Wicks lamenting his error in
believing that his name was his own, instead of merely a ring on his
collar. Perhaps "Lessie", of GR, could relate to this theme of  verboten
anonymity: your papers, please? Oh well, maybe that's stretching it a bit.
However, as far as the dogs are concerned (inspite of Pope's couplet),
names are not on the collar, but rather detected by "nasal inquiries" about
the other end. As the L.E.D. might lament:

So many arseholes,
seek and ye shall find.
I'd love to sniff them all,
but haven't got the time.

So many arseholes,
and so little time.
How can I be sure
yours isn't really mine?


Well, the nose knows, and all that, but I think this is one case where the
eyes have it.

jody