Post by @georgepenney@sunny.garden

2026-09-18 01:19 UTC

#Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A small human (5?) is MOST DISGRUNTLED with his pushbike. Hands on hips, glaring and stomping as he lectures its prone form. Pushbike appears completely unrepentant but Small Human is determined to keep lecturing until it gets the idea! A woman (80s?) with sequinned purple trousers, a tuxedo jacket and a black lacquered walking stick is striding down the street. Posture immaculate. Style personified. Later seen in a bar window, sipping a classic martini. A tiny human (1.5?) is toddle-running down the street, abruptly stopping in front of people she meets and holding up a sheet of stickers. Gifting little sparkly smiley faces to strangers. Getting smiles of thanks before she zooms off to spread more joy. A border collie approaches some traffic lights with her human and looks at him expectently. Human nods and Border Collie jumps up and boops the traffic crossing button with her nose. Both waiting patiently until the little man turns green. A small human (4?) has decided that Mum is talking nonsense when she says that chili sauce is spicy. Small Human waits until Mum's distracted, dips in her finger and... HUFFPUFF! Face turning red. Trying to pretend to Mum that nothing's happened here. Nothing. At. All. Any typos spotted in this post are rather chuffed with the sparkly smiley faced sticker they were given today. If typos spotted, they'll be looking for a good spot for the sticker on their fridge. It deserves prime place.

Replies (7)

@Trifolium@c.im 2026-09-18 01:37

@georgepenney@sunny.garden A clever Border Collie. This made me think, why my old Dachshund decades ago never did the same. Cannot recall exactly, maybe we had no traffic lights in the town half a century ago. Or else, the traffic light posts perhaps were badly designed, not for Dachshund use. 🤔

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@robini71@dragonscave.space 2026-09-18 01:46

@georgepenney@sunny.garden Awww so sweet.

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@ArchaeoIain@archaeo.social 2026-09-18 03:00

@georgepenney@sunny.garden the collie wins today. I remember seeing some green men in Toledo which actually walked. Imagine how excited the collie would be with them.

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@ccferrie@mastodon.ie 2026-09-18 06:17

@georgepenney@sunny.garden That collie is a very good girl!

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@rcriii@hostux.social 2026-09-18 12:17

@georgepenney@sunny.garden I can relate to the small disgruntled human. Hopefully it does not take them 59 years ( and counting) to realize that, though the bike does not fight back they will never win the argument.

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@RaineyDay@dragonscave.space 2026-09-18 21:13

@georgepenney@sunny.garden Oh my goodness. So many good ones today. I love the little one with the stickers, and the dog that hit the crossing button with his nose, and the other little one who had to find out the hard way that chilly sauce is spicey. I love it!

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@chessert@mastodon.online 2026-09-18 23:53

@georgepenney@sunny.garden I look forward to your vignettes every day. 🙂

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