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F-Bomber On The Loose

In the "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" Dept., Berry Picker Kibby reports a close encounter with a sixtysomething F-bomber in the parking lot of Super 1/Kathleen Avenue. As she was leaving the store, Kibby spotted an old brown Lab mix waddling in the parking lot toward Highway 95. She and two other woman stopped the mutt and were considering contacting store management about it when the sixtysomething owner arrived. When asked if the dog was OK, the owner said she was simply old and had jumped out of the back of his pickup (which was full of yard debris). Mebbe, said Kibby's companion, the dog is too old to be riding in the back of a pickup. To which, the owner responding with an F-bomb and a "don't-tell-me-how-to-take-care-of-my dog." The hothead launched another cluster of F-bombs when the women explained they were trying to keep his dog from walking into traffic. As the owner and his limping dog walked off, Kibby said: "That's not how a real gent talks to a lady." Mebbe he's been listening to too much rap music?

Question: Should it be against Idaho law for a driver to allow a dog to ride in the back of a pickup?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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