Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Famous beagles


US President Lyndon Johnson owned three Beagles named Him, Her, and Edgar. In a news conference in 1965, the former president picked Him up by the ears to pose for a picture. He was accused of cruelty of animals, but claimed the action was harmless.


Snoopy is an extroverted beagle with a Walter Mitty complex. He is a virtuoso at every endeavor- at least in his daydreams atop his doghouse. He regards his master, Charlie Brown, as "that round-headed kid" who brings him his supper dish. He is fearless though prudently cautious about "the cat next door." He never speaks- that would be one human trait too many- but he manages to convey everything necessary in facial expressions and thought balloons. A one-man show with superior intelligence and vivid imagination, he has created such multiple personalities as: Joe Cool, World War I Flying Ace, Literary Ace, Flashbeagle, Vulture, Foreign Legionnaire, etc.

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