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Originally Posted by Slite
Ah yes, the old shattered knees trick. We get those as well, not due to any ramming crests or such silliness.
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Oh, it ain't silly, as assorted friends who've had thousands of dollars worth of dental work, or eye surgery, or knee reconstructions, or been called on by police investigating suspected domestic violence, can attest. The ramming crest sits aboard a skull not unlike in shape and weight to a large housebrick, and an affectionate spur-of-the-moment "kiss" from them can involve bloodletting and bruising, much as if someone had thrown said housebrick at your face. When it is coming at the super-speeded-up motion of most any terrier, but with an Airedale Terrier's (the largest of the terriers) good 65 pounds of weight behind it, that brick head with ramming crest is akin to a trebuchet-launched warhammer being aimed squarely at your patellae (ironically, the same warhammer that the glazier said couldn't get through the security glass door that was smashed).
What they lack in weight, they make up for in singlemindedness, speed, stoicism and a stubborn ignorance of obstruction.
They can very often be silly (so silly they make Robin Williams on MDMA look like Steven Wright just washed down a couple of Valium with a pint of vodka), but the ramming crest isn't silly, any more than a spike on a military flail is silly. It's a hazard you learn to live with.
Cheers,
Marc