cannibalfromhannibal
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Well, got a bit of a weak start to the new year. The temps were mild enough to break the permafrost and open up a stone liner, but was surprised when I sprung a leak at 4 feet! I guess I shouldn't be, considering how much the Mississippi has been flooding, but we are pretty dry here, considering. I just wasn't thinking about rising water tables with so much water. Getting to the point, at the 3 foot level just before flooding, I scraped up a couple toc tool top common meds and a funny looking porcelain dog statue with his hind leg up in the peeing position! Unfortunately, his tail and part of his back was missing. I had dug another piece that I thought was the broken piece, but turns out it was a separate different dog statue. I get them home and cleaned up when I also discover the peeing dog statue is not a statue after all but a whiskey nipper! Where his tail and butt should be is half of a manufactured smooth lip where there would have been a cork! So not only is the dog peeing, but you uncork his butt to take a nip! I laughed my own butt off when I figured it out. I also suspect the other dog, which is standing in a begging position was also a nipper, though much less amusing. This privy is behind an old building that was a grocery store dating back to the late 1870's, so I suspect these may have been sold by them as a novelty, hopefully with some undamaged examples. My probe sailed down to the 8 foot level with no sign of bottoming out, so I will have to return in July when hopefully it will be dried up. If not, it will at least be warmer to play in the water! Ha!
