Know When To Hold ‘Em, Know When To Fold ‘Em
RSS wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
It’s a phenomenally phenomenal phenomenon. Or something like that. My simple little humble blog has found a niche in an area that I never expected. Amidst my random observations related to my experience as a pastor and Christ-follower, I happened to mention the “dogs playing poker” picture in a passing attempt at levity (see the original art piece that I’ve included below). The result has been a massive influx of surfers who searched the phrase “poker” or “dogs playing poker”. I could have guessed the popularity of the former… but I never would have thought the poker playing pooches would have such a following.
I’ve also discovered that, contrary to my previous mention, there is a known origin to the painting. Here’s the quiki wiki:
Dogs Playing Poker(DPP) refers collectively to a series of sixteen oil paintings by C. M. Coolidge, commissioned in 1903 by Brown & Bigelow to advertise cigars. All the paintings in [...]
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