The Dog Ate My Passport
We seem to be on a theme today, dogs who take the fall.
A Wisconsin teen on a class trip to Peru ran into a little trouble with customs before he even got off the ground. Just like the story before this, involving the checkbook, the family dog got blamed.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — A Wisconsin teenager using a classic excuse for evading schoolwork missed a class trip to Peru despite his tale being true: The dog ate his passport.
Officials at Chicago’s O’Hare airport told 17-year-old Jon Meier the chewed-on document was fine, but authorities in Miami rejected it and wouldn’t let him board the southbound aircraft.
His family’s 1-year-old golden retriever, Sunshine, chewed a corner of the document, obscuring some numbers. Meier couldn’t get another passport in time to join the trip with his Spanish class from Eau Claire North High School. The 12-day trip ended Monday.
Meier says he can’t blame anyone, not even Sunshine: “I love her too much.”
Okay, I guess in this case the dog is actually guilty. I’m sure Meier must have been very disappointed not being allowed on the flight, I give him kudos for being such a good sport.
*ADOPTABLE: Beethoven is a 12-year-old golden mix, he’s a Muttville foster dog, they rescue senior dogs.
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My dog, Barney the First, ate the seatbelts in my car! First the passenger side, then mine a few months later. It was a bit of a challenge explaining to the police officer who noticed I wasn’t strapped in and asked me about it…
I love this story. My husband and I are always blaming things on the dogs.
“Where’s dinner?” “The dogs ate it”
“Did you wash my socks today?” “Couldn’t, the dogs ate them”
“What took you so long to get home today?” “Dogs ate my car, had to walk”
What a good sport this teenager is. My daughter would be crying for days and blaming Daisy. Daisy has chewed a lot of things but my daughter actually had to take a report into school that our cat threw up on…..
How funny! But sad that he couldn’t go one his trip.