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Tail wags dog, then walks dog

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SEYMOUR: The short leash stops him from sniffing peoples butts. Seriously, Brooke was complaining.
What is missing is the leash around David’s neck with the Atlas octopus and the NZ Initiative pulling it.
No spine so no neck. No neck necessary as there’s no intellectual matter to collar. He behaves like a boring wee android but No;
He’s got a puppet stick holding him upright and a taperecorder on loop to utter his doctrine.
I think that might lead to a tug-of-war. (Urban Dictionary – Commonly used to describe a child’s game, in modern time it describes two men using ether super glue or epoxy to ad-hear their genitalia together. Once their stuck to together they then proceed to pull in opposite directions until something gives or someone gives up.) National are mad enough.
SEYMOUR: For discipline, I activate his shock collar and shout “winston”.
He’s now so conditioned that at the mere mention of “winston”, and he starts cowering.
So the Pavlov method eh ? Seems like you’ve used too many treats. Do you groom him too?
Do you groom him too?
“Yes not a hair out of place!”
I’m surprised that it requires anything more than ‘Win’….
SEYMOUR: He became a lot more controllable, after I had him neutered.
David’s wet dream and National’s nightmare