Posted on 11/12/2013 1:16:24 PM PST by BenLurkin
Born Gary Matthews, the retired technology worker and a self-confessed "nerd" thinks he is a dog. The 48-year-old wears a dog collar, eats dog food from a bowl — his favorite is Pedigree – and loves milk bones and dog cookies.
"I don't eat dog food every day," Matthews told ABCNews.com "It's a special thing for me to do once in awhile to get closer to feeling like a canine. I eat the canned kind. It's not bad -- it tastes OK. I eat regular human food, too, like pizza."
But he has the most fun wearing his dog suit, code-named "Papey," because he made it from shredded paper. He wanders around the streets of his hometown Pittsburgh, barking at cars and digging holes in the backyard.
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Can his lick his own........?
I like that my dog doesn’t talk much, especially not in a complaining or negative way.
My always talkative cat occasionally says a lot which I’m pretty sure are complaints — but darned if I know just what he is complaining about.
According to the APA, this is normal, and if you don’t think so, you’re a bigot who needs to be arrested.
It’s only a matter of time.
Why oh why couldn’t this be in Cleveland or Philly?
Why oh why couldn’t this be in Cleveland or Philly?
Pittsburgh is a very special place.
But that wouldn't draw near the attention or qualify him for disability payments.
Does he get his medical care from a Vet? Isn’t this just a backdoor to not have to sign up for Obamacare?
Very clever!!!!
Damn good question. We recently went through a situation in our company (a different plant, thankfully) where a guy thought he was a gal. I was talking to one of the workers down there and he agreed that it would have been easier to make accommodations for somebody who thought he was Napoleon.
Back before the science of psychiatry went nuts, we identified such people as nuts and treated them accordingly. Now, the inmates are running the asylum.
This dawg, f'rinstance, isn't going to need any special restroom accommodations. Just send him outside to life his leg on a nearby tree.
Yeah, i married a woman from there and in the end she turned out really be a leech.
Better stay away from a Chinese restaurant. He can wind up Young Chow fried rice.
I pass his house at least twice a day. His back yard is maybe a tenth of a mile from my work and very visible. For awhile he ran a pirate radio station but now does mostly internet radio.
From what I understand his parents died and left him a huge trust fund. When things were being settled with attorneys he left the house but set up a microphone that broadcast the meeting on low power FM.
I heard the proceedings at least twice. Supposedly he is set for life.
A very strange person, somewhat reclusive.
HA! I thought of you when I read this!
“Matthew has never dated”
You don’t say.
Yup...I was going to ping.
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