# Quote — Dave Barry, Big Trouble

> As it happens, the Herk household did have a dog, named Roger. Roger was the random result of generations of hasty, unplanned dog sex: Among other characteristics, he had the low-slung body of a beagle, the pointy ears of a German shepherd, the enthusiasm of a Labrador retriever, the stubby tail of a boxer, and the intelligence of celery. (Chapter 2)

- Author: [Dave Barry](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry.md)
- Book: [Big Trouble](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry/big-trouble.md)
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- Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry/big-trouble/as-it-happens

## More from this book

> Arthur, compelled by masculine instinct, leaned over and frowned at the contents of the case, exactly the way countless males have frowned at household appliances, plumbing, car engines, and all manner of other mechanical objects that they did not begin to understand. (Chapter 5)

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry/big-trouble/arthur-compelled-by-masculine.md)

> Inside the family room, Arthur Herk was methodically, relentlessly changing channels. He was doing this partly because the instinct to change channels is embedded deep in the male genetic code, and partly because he knew his wife and stepdaughter hated it. (Chapter 2)

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dave-barry/big-trouble/inside-the-family.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md)

> Miami turned out to be a great market: It seemed as if everybody here wanted things that went bang. You had your professional drug-cartel muscle people, who needed guns that shot thousands of rounds per minute to compensate for the fact that their aim was terrible. You had your basic local criminals, who wanted guns that would scare the hell out of civilians; and your civilians, trying to keep up with your local criminals. You had your hunters, who, to judge from the rifles they bought, were after deer that traveled inside armored personnel carriers. You had your "collectors" and your "enthusiasts," who lived in three-thousand-dollar trailers furnished with seven-thousand-dollar grenade launchers. You had an endless stream of shady characters representing a bewildering variety of revolutionary, counterrevolutionary, counter-counterrevolutionary and counter-counter-counterrevolutionary movements all over the Caribbean and Central and South America, who almost always wanted guns on credit. (Chapter 5)

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Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [crime](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/crime.md)