Saturday, March 11, 2006

"We got the dog fixed"

I've often wondered about this phrase.
"Getting fixed" is the way to say you've had your pet (or human) spayed or neutered, which is a staple of Bob Barker's.

To me, when you fix something, you repair it, mend it, or make it workable again.
But when applying this thought to your pet (or human) it just doesn't make sense.

Was your pet (or human) broken to begin with?
Did he/she need mending in some way? NO! NOW YOU'VE MADE IT SO THEY CAN'T REPRODUCE.............EVER............

Ok.........so one could argue that they've "fixed it" so they can't make babies.
But it just doesn't sound the same.

It would make sense to think that based on their previous state, that now they are broken, for they cannot make babies............ever...........

1 comment:

OzzyC said...

That shit is funny. I had forgotten that you got a pooch. What did you get again?