But why does Dog say "Hello"?
Dog could say "Ahoy!" or "What?!" or any number of things. Why do we say "Hello"? Because Thomas Edison thought it would be a good idea.
"Every gross brained idiot is suffered to come into print." ~ Thomas Nash (1592)
"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."
--Archilochus
Glenn Reynolds:
"Heh."
Barack Obama:
"Impossible to transcend."
Albert A. Gore, Jr.:"An incontinent brute."
Rev. Jeremiah Wright:"God damn the Gentleman Farmer."
Friends of GF's Sons:"Is that really your dad?"
Kickball Girl:"Keeping 'em alive until 7:45."
Hired Hand:"I think . . . we forgot the pheasant."
Comments on "But why does Dog say "Hello"?"
In Italian, the word is "Pronto."
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