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So everybody knows now that the First Puppy has finally arrived at the White House, courtesy of Senator Kennedy. He's cute. His name is Bo, which is fine. It's also Obama's initials, which is a little weird.

In any case, the presidents from a few centuries ago did a lot better.

George Washington had a dog named Sweet Lips. And one called Scentwell. And Drunkard.

John Adam's dog was named Satan.

According to legend, Andrew Jackson's parrot Poll had to be removed from the room during his funeral, because he just started swearing. In English and Spanish.

Here's my pup Cosmos. There's something rather imperial about him. I always wanted to have his portrait painted, wearing a Napoleon hat with the tricoleur waving behind him.

from Ms. Buck's 2nd grade

Once there was a bush that looked like a dog. Then one day there was a boy. His name was Zack. He saw the bush. Then he called his friends. So they came. He said do you see what I see? They said, yes. He said do you see a bush that looks like a dog? They said, yes. Then they went home.