Walks, yarn, burgers and blonde little kids....(get your Friday chuckle here!)

I decided to take Loki with me - it was a heavy debate as Blue rarely gets one on one walks because of his aggressive attitude (he's merely curious at meeting other dogs - but the barking, jumping and growling does tend to scare people away and stop traffic)...and the fact that I'd be leaving him outside of a yarn shop for 2 minutes - could be life or death. He doesn't bite - he just barks like a maniac and everybody thinks he's a holy terror.

Anyways - the walk downtown was great with Loki - we didn't bump into a single pooch. Until I got to the yarn store. I tied Loki up outside to a post - where I could still see him and run to if necessary - but he did great. I heard a yapping when I was inside grabbing the brown wool yarn I needed for my hat - took a look and Loki was just sitting and waiting for me very patiently.
When I got outside I saw a pretty blonde girl with her little white pooch and she smiled and said hello - so I figured - okay - she's not scared to meet another dog that's 5x the size of her own.
She was great and adored Loki. Asked what breed and whatnot - her English was great. Her dog was a scaredy-cat. He wouldn't come near Loki and kept barking but running away from him and Loki just gave up.

So we went on our merry ways and decided to hit up Grilli 21 for a bacon burger.
Well Loki was just thrilled - there were little birds (they help with the crumbs - kind of like nature's bus-boys) for him to watch and garbage cans 1/2 filled with food he could devour. But he held off - thankfully.
I ordered my bacon burger and sat down beside Loki. He then thought I wasn't quick enough to put it in my mouth (it was quite hot so I was blowing on it to cool it off) and decided a nudge to the elbow was necessary...
You know those slow moments you see in the movie - where everything is moving so slowly - that one should be able to stop or prevent whatever is about to happen next?
Yeah - I had one of those. My burger flew out of my hand and all over the table, my backpack and the ground and chairs....the condiments were mostly all over my sweater and in my lap (and they pack a lot in those burgers!) and Loki knew he was in crap. All I had left in my hand was 1/2 a bun - no wrapper - no napkin...just half a bun.
I didn't yell and I didn't smack Loki on the nose like he deserved. He knew he was in crap when I said, "Loki" very quietly and calmly. Nobody was around except behind Grilli 21 there was a tour for the seniors of some monuments and such. They were all staring at me. Clearly not at the monument in front of them but the lady in black with the dog who just smacked a burger out of her hands.
I cleaned up what I could and ordered another burger. The lady was working on her own and thought I was crazy. I just smiled and explained that my dog ate my burger - which was going to be the truth - as I don't think birds are into big patties and massive buns that are 20x the size of them.
So I gave Loki the burger in pieces and he appreciated every bite. I only say this because he kept his head down and he looked awfully sad for what he did - but he knew I wasn't going to eat anything off the cobblestone ground.

Alright - blonde little kids part. Loki and I began the trek home and cut through a school play ground (past Tim's office) and 3 little blonde girls came running towards me screaming something in Finnish. I'm like, "Sorry? I don't speak Finnish". Well you'd think my face was bashed up and I was bleeding with a chain saw in my other hand. They ran away.
I'm sure they were asking if they could pet Loki - which I would've been fine with because he would've been tired out and whatnot - but I didn't think of that until after I said "Sorry I don't speak Finnish". So we kept walking.
I felt like a monster - I reek of grease, ketchup and onions etc.....thankfully I wore black and it's all in the wash as we speak.

Needless to say - I wish I brought Blue - it would've been worth the girl probably giving me a dirty look and the Poppeli lady thinking my dog was a monster just to have to only buy 1 burger.