Tinfoil Yalmukas

I wish, wish, wish with my happy heart that I had thought to pull out my camera when this happened...

Myself and my better half were walking past the park, headed to the subway, when ahead of us I see a young couple walking their two dogs. One was a Weimeriner, and the other was just sort if scrappy and small. And they both had some sort of tinfoil hats tied with yarn to their furry heads.

As we stopped to pet the dogs, I asked "Are they wearing yalmukas?" thinking that this is New York where anything can happen and quite often does, and perhaps these people and their Jewish dogs were celebrating a late High Holy Day with tinfoil yalmukas. Could happen, right?

But no. They said, "Actually it's helmets to keep the aliens from hearing their thoughts."

Riiiight...

Then I remembered that stupid Mel Gibson movie with the Aliens and the tinfoil and we had a good laugh. Turns out the couple was actually looking around the neighborhood for a dress-up dog parade which was to be starting soon. I wish I had known about the parade, I could have dressed Jack up. It probably would have pissed her off some, but I would have had a good laugh.

We left the couple on the corner and headed to the subway. When I looked back, both tinfoil yalmukas had fallen off and the dogs looked much happier. But now their unprotected doggie brains were just sending out messages to space...