This blog has received it’s share of (mostly) non-official awards and recognitions, Lord knows why, but never has it received such as a recognition as this…
The “Dog’s Bollocks” award! An Irish flavored recognition if there ever was one and as far as I know…I’m the first. Now that’s special alright.
The award and the subsequent logo is the creation of one K8 the GR8, daughter of Grandad, (scourge of whatever Irish county, town and/or village he happens to live in or at least that’s what his blog depicts anyway) who is known to be “…not as green as she cabbage-looking”. Personally I think she looks rather like a youngish, Irish (very), red-headed type female, somewhat rebellious in nature and quite pretty actually in my opinion but self images being what they are and all that…
The first time I noticed that she had called my blog the “Dog’s Bollocks” was on a meme she stuck me with (which I’m a bit behind on getting done actually) as a “description” following the link to Just Thinkin’. And although my lineage is rather heavy on the English, Scottish, Gaelic end of things I simply had no idea what a “bollocks” was (but I had a damn good guess) so of course I had to look it up. It was then I became worried:
1. (UK, vulgar) The testicles (sometimes used in the singular) Yup, I was right.
2. (UK, vulgar) Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead. Uh…
3. (Ireland, vulgar) An idiot, an ignorant or disagreeable person. Whut…huh? I am not!
“Don’t mind him; he’s only an oul’ bollocks!” So this is an award?
Looking at the above definitions, this seemed like recognition of a rather dubious nature at best. But upon asking her about this the dear lady thankfully set me straight (probably had a good chuckle over it as well I’d imagine):
Dog’s Bollocks:
Lit. Canine Testicles Uh…not the last time I looked…
Adjective phrase meaning excellent, or being of excellent quality. Usually applied to workmanship or build quality. Now that’s more like it!
“That car is the dog’s bollocks mate”
I’m giving myself the benefit of the doubt and going with the Adjective phrase rather than the literal definition in this case. Makes me feel better anyway.
Of course I had to ask K8 if there was a logo of some kind that went with this fine award (I just had to have one you see) that I could proudly hang in my sidebar and in a day or so she whipped me up that most excellent logo you see above and in the sidebar along with 2 of the previous ones which were all I managed to find.
I am a bit concerned about the SOB award I received from ( the ever wonderful) Liz Strauss before this blog…uh…”evolved” into what it is today, whatever the hell that may be. It’s not that I’m not the same lovable, ‘community oriented’, ‘help your neighbor’ type of guy that I guess earned me that award in the first place but let’s just say I’ve let more of myself come through within the last year or so—tends to add a bit of crust/grit/salt into the mix shall we say. Perhaps I wouldn’t qualify as an SOB these days…or at least not in the “Successful and Outstanding Blogger” way she means it too be, who knows?
Either way, I’m proud to hang both on on the “wall” here at “JT” (Man! I just love having my own acronym!). Kinda’ shows me that I’m still able to be diversified without alienating one set of folks from another. I love being able be myself without folks tossing yesterday’s veggies in my general direction.
Thanks K8! I’ll endeavor to live up to being a “Dog’s Bollocks” as well as an “SOB”. It’s a hard job indeed but someone has to do it. And I promise to get that meme done. Shouldn’t be hard seein’ as how complaining is one of my specialities.
Congratulations!! You can take it from me that a Dog’s Bollox is a good thing, and you should be rightly proud.
Well deserved!
If Grandad says it’s a good thing, I would be very suspicious, but you already knew that.
K8 is a helluva designer! Love the badge.
The mutt’s nuts, the dog’s danglies and the badger’s nadgers are all interesting variations should you need them.
Delighted you asked for a graphic – any old excuse for a fart about with photoshop does me!
*well chuffed with this post*
Grandad,
I am indeed most rightly proud! If not for the miserable weather I’d be knockin’ on my neighbor’s doors and telling ‘em, so I would!
Sixty,
I’ll keep my suspicions to myself I will. Otherwise they wouldn’t be very good suspicions would they? And K8 definitely knows her stuff. Behave yourself and you might get one too you know.
K8, oh GR8 one…
Makes me want one for each of those you mentioned but I’ll leave it at the one and be happy. Tell you what though, you could make badges for each of those you mentioned and assign a different definition to each one. That way you can give one to Sixty so he’ll feel better about the whole thing. His blog is rather unique and unusual, shall we say? Therefor he might rate the “Dog’s Danglies” award vs the “Dog’s Bollocks” as it were.
Ah, Photoshop. If only I were so lucky. Send me a copy? Okay…never mind.
Shhhpendid! Well Done!
Hey Quickroute,
Why thank you, sir!
By the way, I just banged into your blog and I just have to say that image on your “Bad Teeth” post is just about the nastiest thing I ever saw. Hope all goes right with the dentist though. Just had some similar work done myself.
I sort of postponed the enevitable – more fillings in two weeks!
Quickroute,
So what was your excuse? Flu? Boils on your tongue? Bubonic plague? Tourette’s syndrome? Oh wait…I know–your unexpected death, maybe? It’s effective if played right but you can only use that one once.
I was given the option of a filling or a cleaning and opted for the lesser of two evils although I even poop my pants at the thought of a cleaning!
I´m back in two weeks for the dreaded drill!
Why… that’s a perfect example.
Drilling=Bollocks
Novocaine=Dog’s Bollocks.
see?