Sod This!

This past year, the Padres' Double-A affiliate was located in San Antonio. The San Antonio Missions, they were called. Next year, though, San Antonio will move up to Triple-A, and affiliate with another team. The Padres' new Double-A team will be in Amarillo.

The new team name was just announced. They will be the Amarillo Sod Poodles.

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Apparently the phrase is a local name for what other people call prairie dogs.

Sod Poodles.

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Why Did I Not Know This?

Today's Freefall strip, and the forum discussion it triggered, has introduced me to a new word: "zoomies". An excited dog, running around in, say, a back yard, for the sheer joy of running around has the zoomies. It also describes the behavior of a dog when its beloved owner comes home. (Winston doesn't own Florence, but he pushes the same buttons in her psyche.)

A good word. I shall add it to my vocabulary.