A dog man, who likes philosophy, often has to suffer under his cat-beast wife and her reality checks; neighbors call her Xanthippe (after wife of Socrates, c. 5 BCE, who has been portrayed as a nagging, quarrelsome, ill-tempered shrew).
title=”Honeymooners” – photo by Frizztext, click on the picture to enter my galleries on Flickr
P.S. QUESTION: what would happen if the roles were reversed? If he is hesitating and criticizing her wishes and dreams and airborne castles? We need a name for it too …
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Small boxes that have the most “poison” in it. Klein botteltjies met groot gif – that’s the cat
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“Xokrates”
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or Socrathippe
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Socrathippes
Die männliche form
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Socrat-Hippos 🙂
maybe looking like a Centaur
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaur
not very kind to women …
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found this one for the doctor’s horizon:
also as a verifying: they really exist!
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Love the dog’s expression
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I’m tempted to make a nasty crack and suggest my ex-husband’s name, but I’d feel like too much of a sourpuss. Everything I wanted to do was a bad idea and he complained that paint cost too much money, so he didn’t even like it if I painted. He didn’t like the music I listened to. He didn’t like my accent when I spoke French. He even complained when I baked bread. When I wanted to go to school for a master’s degree, he opposed that too. I could go on, but I think you get the idea. The marriage lasted about four years.
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congratulations, that you had the courage for a divorce …
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What a truly fantastic dog!!
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sometimes opposites attract
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Sweet! This is a fabulous photograph.
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This photo is a classic!
I also learned a new word: “Xanthippe”
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I like the picture and enjoy the name, remembering the many interesting stories told about her…
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