Small Dog Musical Instrument Case Covers

This week on Mabel's Wacky Website of the Week, I'm not so much showing you a weird website, as much as a weird product which happens to be on a website. I know, this is a fairly new feature and I'm already stretching the rules, but back off and give me a break. You'll just have to trust that I'm smart enough to know what I'm doing. If you don't like that reason, then I'll just fall back on my reason for everything weird that I do - I'M VERY OLD.

I live with a musician, and he has guitars sitting around in the living room, which I run into a lot (the guitars, not the living room). The guitars are in cases, to protect them from scratches, dents, or other guitar-related mishaps. By the way, this guy seems to have named his guitars... he calls one "Martin," and the other one is "Taylor." What a nut.

Anyway, the cases seem to be a good idea, because "Martin's" case is pretty scratched up, but "Martin" himself looks pretty good. I can't help but think that if it wasn't for the case making the sacrifice for "Martin," then "Martin" would look like the case, and that would be bad for "Martin." I'm going to dispense with the quotes now.

So, guitar cases are a useful, good thing. But that should be enough, for heaven's sake. Who in their right mind would think that there needs to be a case for a case? Well, apparently some people think that way, because there's a product out there called Small Dog Case Covers, designed to protect the appearance of musical instrument cases.

Naturally, I was somewhat curious about this thing, for a few reasons. One, I happen to be a small dog, and I made a mistake and thought the thing was "Small Dog Cases," and I thought this could be handy in case I need to go anywhere, because I'm old and I have arthritis. Two, again because after all I happen to be a small dog myself, I'm always looking for products to endorse.

But this is absurd. There's nothing wrong with a few scratches on a guitar case - that's a natural, beautiful thing. Just ask Martin. He won't answer you, because he's a guitar. But you get the point.

To make it even more silly, these Case Covers apparently cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $150, which is a few streets over from the neighborhood where I live. But beyond silly, take a look at the site - that supposed "dog" is just plain creepy. He looks like some sort of amphibious, dragon-like creature.

So to all you musicians out there, don't get sucked into the pretension of this product. And to all you small dogs, like me, who live for the day that we might get into a lucrative endorsement contract, this small dog says "no, thank you." (there are the quotes again).


***Addendum, January 30, 2009:

For some reason, this particular post has attracted a number of comments, trying to correct misunderstandings about what exactly Small Dog Case Covers really are. So let me just address those comments...

You people need to relax. This post is almost 4 years old. It was written in an attempt to be funny. Not everyone thinks it's funny, but some people did. Mabel was a dog. Dogs can't read or write, and have no idea what guitars are, let alone guitar case covers. Therein lies the humor. Or no humor, depending on what you think is funny.

Do you have any idea how stupid you look defending a product on a "dog's blog?" If you don't like what was written - then don't read it anymore. Move on with your little lives and forget about it.