Donald.

Let’s suppose you owned a little puppy named Donald. Donald’s cute. Donald’s loveable. Donald’s comfortable. And Donald has been with you faithfully for 10 years and many miles.

One day, you find Donald suffering in the garage. You take him to the vet and find out he probably needs some transmission work. Replacing his filter and giving him lots of fluids doesn’t seem to help.

1) Do you take your favorite little dog to the vet and get an expensive surgery?
2) Do you agree that there’s probably just a bunch of illnesses down the road so you count your pennies and decide to let him rest in peace.
3) Or do you whip out your wrenches and your Haynes “How to repair Donald” book and trade punches with the Grim Reaper.

Comments/suggestions are welcome.

12 thoughts on “Donald.

  • 4/27/2006 at 7:41 am
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    Well,
    I would say since you have Mickey the on deck ‘pet’, you bring donald into the ol’ garage and work on him yourself. It doesn’t seem cost effective to put money into a dying cause. if you have to put him down, put him down on your terms. Plus if you can learn a little bit about car work, it might save you money down the road. If you’ve ever wanted to know how to change a carbeurator (sp?) now might be the time. And if Donald was such a good pet he would have picked up your traits, so he would say “Learn from my passing to save money in the future.”
    Sorry to hear about Donald, but I’m sure we can all pull through this difficult time. We’re here for you buddy.

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  • 4/27/2006 at 7:41 am
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    Cherish the time you had together and let him go in peace…

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  • 4/27/2006 at 7:55 am
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    No
    Yes
    No

    Donald’s automatic transmission is a complicated piece of machinery that would not like to be worked on a dirt floor. I just don’t know how you would keep the area from becoming infected.

    Donald would want you to be happy and just live your life. His time has come and he knows it.

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  • 4/27/2006 at 9:36 am
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    If Donald has to go… I say go out in style… enter him in a demolition derby! It’d be one of those Alamo moments, when you know it’s gonna be over, but you fight to the the end anyway.

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  • 4/27/2006 at 12:11 pm
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    I concur. Let donald have a passing with panache. Sending him over a cliff? Overdone. Sending him over a cliff while aflame? Better. Over a cliff, aflame, while the passenger compartment is filled with snaps (those little tissue-covered firework things that pop when you throw them at the ground)? Best.

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  • 4/27/2006 at 12:43 pm
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    What about this. You donate Donald to APO back at WPI, and then let the Brotherhood work on an AMAZING Float for the Homecoming parade next year. And then the brotherhood can use him for a Car Smash event and Donate the Money to a worthwhile cause. That would be cool.

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  • 4/27/2006 at 12:55 pm
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    Demo derby? Shoot, I’ll take that car and jump it for you. Want to see if I can make a whole barrel roll? I’m not kidding, let’s do something internet video phenomenon-worthy.

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  • 4/27/2006 at 1:56 pm
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    10 year old puppies need to die…they are the spawn of satan since they never age

    but honestly i think it’s time to let donald go..there comes a time where the effort you put into something/one, in the end, is not worth what you are getting out of it and are just prolonging disaster.

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  • 4/27/2006 at 2:01 pm
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    Mike D…..the acclaim is never going to forgive you now that you’ve hypothetically named him Donald. ugh.

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  • 4/27/2006 at 2:02 pm
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    Law of diminishing returns my friend, don’t let your memory of Donald be ruined by massive amounts of money that you’d have to pay to keep him going.

    Spray paint a skeleton rocking out on a guitar on the hood, go find the best jump you can get and see how many times he’ll go off of it.

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  • 4/27/2006 at 3:34 pm
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    Can we try to turn Donald into a transformer? Preferrably some sort of dance robot like the one in that commercial?… Best HoR toy EVER

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  • 5/25/2006 at 9:40 am
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    Come on, this is 2006! Have Donald cryogenically frozen until you can find a cure.

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