Forget that election thing - TALKING DOG found in Russia

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THOMAS PYNCHON WAS RIGHT!

Dog asks for its supper

A talking dog has reportedly been discovered in Russia.

Yula, a two-year-old Staffordshire terrier, can apparently say its owners' names and ask for its dinner.

Owner Vladimir Lyubaev told Russian daily newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda that Yula started calling his wife 'mama' a year ago.

"He would say 'food mama' when he was hungry and my wife was there, and 'food Roma' when my son Roma was there," said Mr Lyubaev.

"She started saying mama when she was a year old - who knows what she will be able to manage when she is older still.

"Even Russian kids have trouble with the letter 'r', but Yula managed to learn to pronounce it. And she is still very young."

Sceptical journalists dispatched to the village of Kushnarenkovo, in the republic of Bashkiria, confirmed the dog did appear to talk.<
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― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:07 (twenty years ago)

What kind of shitty pet-owners are these people that the dog has to ask to be fed?

― Huk-L, Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:09 (twenty years ago)

Vote talking dog 08!

― Wooden (Wooden), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:10 (twenty years ago)

Have you ever thought that it might be selecting from a menu before jumping to condemn the owners of this modern miracle?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:10 (twenty years ago)

So when is he running for President?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:10 (twenty years ago)

Aaaaagh, beaten to the punch!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:11 (twenty years ago)

I like it when dogs say "sausages".

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:11 (twenty years ago)

Bulgakov to thread!

― RickyT (RickyT), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:16 (twenty years ago)

Am I wrong to not think it's that big a deal that the dog can pronounce "r" sounds? I mean, you know, ruh roh Raggy and whatnot.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:16 (twenty years ago)

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrussian Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrepublics

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:17 (twenty years ago)

I want it to say "VOL-VO!"

"VUL-VA!"

― trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:21 (twenty years ago)

yes yes but does it smoke cigars?

― debden, Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:24 (twenty years ago)

I want it to say "I am not an animal! I am human!"

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:25 (twenty years ago)

I want it to say "time travel is possible!"

― trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:27 (twenty years ago)

IT WON'T SAY ANY OF THOSE THINGS IT SPEAKS RUSSIAN!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:28 (twenty years ago)

Which I bet is more than most of you can do.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:28 (twenty years ago)

Can it beat Putin in the next election?

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:30 (twenty years ago)

can it EAT Putin?

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:31 (twenty years ago)

TALKING DOG FOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENT!

― trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:31 (twenty years ago)

I want it to say "Ìîëîäîñòüþ áóäåò ïðàâäà"

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:32 (twenty years ago)

Oops. I want it to say "Ìîëîäîñòüþ áóäåò ïðàâäà"

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:32 (twenty years ago)

"Ìîëîäîñòüþ áóäåò ïðàâäà"= I did it for Mother Russia?

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:32 (twenty years ago)

Dos vidanya! Horosho! Crasne Ploshad! Izvenitze!

(NB I have no idea how to spell in Russian using western alphabet)

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:33 (twenty years ago)

Hmm. That don't look like what I typed in....No, it said "Youth is Truth"

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:33 (twenty years ago)

Hahaha I totally want it to say "Ìîëîäîñòüþ áóäåò ïðàâäà"! It would be like a sustained yelping yodel.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 4 November 2004 16:40 (twenty years ago)

is this from ananova, btw?

― m. (mitchlnw), Thursday, 4 November 2004 17:24 (twenty years ago)

i bet that talking russian dog stole the missing explosives.-bush administration.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Thursday, 4 November 2004 17:32 (twenty years ago)

"POOTY POOT HAS POOCH PUT DOWN"

― trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:20 (twenty years ago)

This is such bullshit. Any dog can speak Russian. It's not even a real language. It's all nonsense-sounding.

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:25 (twenty years ago)

Let me fellate that dog!

― James Randi, Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:28 (twenty years ago)

Kruschev said that in the future, all dogs in the future would speak Russian. You thought Krushchev was idly boasting, eh? Didn't you? DIDN'T YOU???!

I always had a feeling that Russian dogs would be smarter and more capable than George W. Bush and Ashlee Simpson put together - and I was proved right. So there.

― Jodor, Friday, 5 November 2004 06:45 (twenty years ago)

You Can't, You Won't And You Don't Stop
Mike D Come On And Rock The Sure Shot

― Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Friday, 5 November 2004 06:55 (twenty years ago)

Ah, come on. This can't be true. Gimme a link, someone. Google says nothing.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:28 (twenty years ago)

I think he meant "all you capitalist dogs", Jodor.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 5 November 2004 09:50 (twenty years ago)

I like the fact that Johney B's "Ah, come on", implies that he at least considered it was true, and believed it to a greater degree than the rest of us.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Friday, 5 November 2004 10:32 (twenty years ago)

for more stupid russian news, go here

― ambrose (ambrose), Friday, 5 November 2004 11:36 (twenty years ago)

I was totally taken in. I think I still am.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 5 November 2004 12:06 (twenty years ago)

Me, taken in, nah. I'm not gullible to belive this charade!

(ducks head back into book)

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Friday, 5 November 2004 12:20 (twenty years ago)

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