So as the nighttime temperatures dipped down into the teens the other evening we had what some would refer to as a Three Dog Night. Of course in our case this winds up being a Two Dog One Cat Night, but who's counting? Anyway, getting the general gist of what it means to have a Three Dog Night, I pondered its origin. Of course its not from the '70s American rock band who's hits included "Mama Told Me Not to Come" and popularized "An Old Fashioned Love Song" by Paul Williams. And obviously the phase meant that it was so cold outside that you needed to share your bed with three large furry dogs, but as to who came up with the phase? Well, some say it was the cowboys and some say it was the Eskimos or those living in Siberia who used their husky dogs to keep warm, and others yet claim it was from the aboriginal Australians in the bush. But no matter who is right they all agree on one thing: It's a temperature scale. One dog means it's cold, two dogs colder, and three dogs, well brrrr the heck with the blankets, pile them on!
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