Monday 19 January 2015

A Messy Mouthful On Moanday Monday!


Are you the powerful one in your household? Do you hold sway and make sure your staff bend to your every whim? Now are you also a messy eater? I have to admit I have been known to drop peas and the such (vegetables are the devil's food) all over the floor. Maybe occasionally I will use my human's legs as a napkin. Well according to scientists powerful people are messy eaters. That is right! So if you eat with your mouth open, or leave crumbs in your furs or drool at the sight of something tasty it is because you are a powerful dude. Psychologist Dacher Keltner and his team made this jaw dropping discovery at the Berkeley University California. We are not sure if any illegal substances were used when conducting these land mark experiments but it sure explains a lot of what goes on in my house when food is involved. So next time your peeps calls you a messy eater smile and remember you have the power.

Have a marvellous Monday all. 

63 comments:

  1. Well then the whole house here is powerful...I may be in trouble Molly! mmmm Dijon...loves Fozziemum xxx

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  2. I finks yous being a bit saucy Molly!!!!
    But I'm not a messy eater 'cos that would involve leaving foodables and I always do a crumb sweep to make sure I've not left one single tasty morsel!
    Loves and licky kisses
    Princess Leah xxx

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  3. We have now found our Lady's weakness . . . . have a great Monday!

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  4. I know one thing MIZ MOLLY....you have the POWA to make me laugh so hard this early in the morning. XOXOXOOX

    YOU GOT THE POWA!

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  5. well that explains Dad - he is the messiest eater ever - but we love it because it means we get to eat all the crumbs he leaves behind

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  6. wow that means I not only have power, with my bad table manners I AM THE POWER! woohoo... do you like HP Sauce and Worcestershire Sauce too? My staff is a giant fan... dad tried it even on a bun with jam... butt that was not the real Mc Coy... probably the jam was untasty lol
    Easy Rider

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  7. hahaha! Sometimes the human laughs at me when I get a blob of tuna on my nose!! If that's messy then I'm happy with that MOL

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  8. oh, so funny about peas and vegetables in general. :) my dogs love carrots, though.

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  9. That is very interesting! I also heard that getting tired after a meal is a sign of aggressiveness, like the dominate male lion who gorges and then sleeps, people and dawgs who are compelled to sleep after a meal are generally the agressive, dominant member of the family!

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  10. That is good news Molly since I can be messy sometimes!

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  11. yes Miss Molly vegetables are nasty.
    Just yesterday I spit out some zucchini on the floor.
    ah I use the sofa to wipe my mouth mom don't think it funny!
    xo Cinnamon

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  12. What are you going to eat with all that sauce, Molly? I'm wondering if you'll be messy too afterwards. Have a powerful week :)

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  13. MOLLY THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR THIS POST. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I DAY I HEAR MOM COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CRUMBS AROUND MY KIBBLE DISH. I AM A DAINTY EATER BUT ONE KIBBLE AT A TIME BUT I DON'T LIKE FOR THE CRUMBS TO GET IN MY KIBBLE BOWL SO I EAT OVER THE PLACE MATE. I'LL EXPLAIN TO MOM THAT I'M POWERFUL LIKE OZ AND TO BACK OFF
    HUGS MADI YOUR BFFF

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  14. Me and Stanley are in charge. I don't have to worry about being messy cuz Stanley cleans up everything!

    Your Pals,

    Murphy & Stanley

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  15. well everything takes better doused in HPs

    retro rover

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  16. We are ALL messy eaters in this house ...and now I know why!

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  17. WE have ALL those condiments EXCEPT the HP thingy... hehehehe

    NOW let us tell you... WE can be VERY much Messy... butt then when MOM is way slow with the treat dispensing... we go BACK and HOOVER up all the crumbs and stuffs... so does that Still mean that we are Pawerful???

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  18. We want to be powerful too. Does the powerful-ish goes with a messy drinker too? Cause the water flows from our mouths when we are drinking.

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  19. Hey Molly!
    Wow, looks like you are about to whip up some homemade barbeque sauce...maybe having some delish meats later?!? BOL I am most definitely sloppy, so we both have the power, my furiend. Mom just complains and gripes, but I don't care. Now I know why! BOL
    Grr and Woof,
    Sarge, Police Commish

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  20. Really?? This news will make our dad and sister Pia very, very happy then! The rest of us are just going to have to learn to slop it around.

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  21. We make it a habit to spit all our food onto the carpet and eat if off there instead of our bowls - guess that makes us powerful....
    Dip and Elliot x

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  22. Rocco is all powerful in cleaning up every crumb! Not exactly messy, though! You've got yourself some serious condiments there! hehe!

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  23. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.....Dui is a messy eater.

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  24. this fits Jake to a T... but he does swallow his food whole.

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  25. Wow, guess that means that my hubby is a powerful person! Also, my daughters Bichon Lily-she makes such a mess. Hunter isn't too bad. This was cool to read.
    Have a great time eating!
    Wags, Noreen & Hunter

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  26. WELL Molly in our household then DAD and MEANOLECAT DIETZMAN are all powerful umph!
    stella rose

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  27. Uh oh, that means that Cody and Dad run the household and we ALL know that that is NOT true! lol. Barks and licks and love, Dakota

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  28. That makes Bilbo the most powerful dude in the pack for sure!!
    Smileys!
    Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo

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  29. There must be a lot of power in our house...lol.

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  30. Oh gosh, this definitely explains the power structure at our house. Rita is a very messy eater!

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  31. Well, we gots problems here then...us for pups are messy, and so are the peeps....so does this mean we are fixing to have a power play one day?

    The Mad Scots

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  32. River must be the most powerful dog in the world

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  33. How interesting! I am like a furry vacuum and leave not a crumb, let alone any kind of mess. But Parental Unit on the other hand is quite the human slob. I'll let her know she a powerful gal!

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  34. Hazel gets her food all over! Guess she has lots of power!
    hugs
    Mr Bailey, Hazel & mabel

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  35. We have a whole house of smarty-pants dogs and peeps!

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  36. I'm a very slow, neat eating dog. Now water drinking on the other paw is a huge mess!

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  37. I are one of da most powerful pups around then.

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  38. I'm POWERFUL!! I eat very delicately! From my bowl in the tiled KITCHEN I pick up one piece of kibble, take it into the carpeted LOUNGEROOM where I eat it leaving crumbs everywhere. I repeat the process until my bowl is empty then I use the posh lounge as my napkin.

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  39. Hmmmm that means that Me and Ralphie and Mazie are powerful! Yep, that sums up the top of the power chain here MOL!

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  40. Oh! I can't wait to use this the next time mom yells at me for drooling on her! Thanks for giving me some ammunition.

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  41. OMC! TW is always telling me I’m a sloppy eater cos I put my food on the rug or floor before I eat it. This explains so much. Take that, TW!

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  42. Well, that explains a lot!

    Aroo to you,
    Sully

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  43. Interesting! I'm a messy eater, but I never considered myself powerful.

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  44. We do have the power and if you eat a bunch of that stuff, you will be tooting powerful too!!


    Loveys Sasha

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  45. I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT ALL ALONG!! Wallace, you will from now on refer to me as "The All Powerful Samuel"!
    Sammy (and Wally)

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  46. Wow, so pleased you repotted this important scientific finding Molly. I fee a bit guilty that I, as Bouncing Bertie Boffin, let this one slip, but my assistant has had other things on her mind this week.
    Toodle pip!
    Bertie.
    PS My level of messiness depends on the length of my beard. Which I guess goes with the idea that having a haircut makes you lose strength...

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  47. My guys aren't messy eater so much as droolers. By the time their bowls have reached the floor, there is a puddle of drool.

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  48. The expression on your face in that picture is hilarious.
    I gave my dawgs peas last night in their dinner!

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  49. Can I use that as my excuse? I am currently cleaning crumbs off my desk, and front and well everywhere!!

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  50. Snorts - I think we all have our traits that make us well "US". Daddy I do believe takes top winner at the Hotel Thompson. He drops things. Mom says he does it on purpose for us anipals. I'm just glad he does it. Some of the things he 'drops' are delectable little morsels that we enjoy :) Have a great day my friend. XOXO - Bacon

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  51. Oh....I am still drooling for your HP Sauce. Anyways, my Daddy-dog is a messy eater...it drives Ma nuts! But he is a very smart and powerful man...so maybe there is something to this "research". BOL Happy Tuesday, Molly.
    Oz

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  52. Yeah, we knew we had the power, we make big messes athe time! Our mom uses a napkin so she is not messy at all....but you just gave her ideas!

    Kiki and Nala

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  53. Oh nooooooo, then our dad must be Magneto. Or Iron Man. Or Indestructible Man or something. He's sooooooooooooo messy. He just sneezed and threw coffee all over the kitchen.

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  54. Thank the Big Guy for the messy eater because they drop things on the floor

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  55. Hi hi hi! Ojo here! My people are messy eaters - it's pawesome!

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  56. We got the POWER!! Maybe my ears have the power. They get the messiest! ☺

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  57. Messy is my middle name!
    Ok not really, but still BOL!
    ღ husky hugz ღ frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!

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  58. What about drooling? Do you have any studies about drooling? ;-)

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