2021·Short-form and streams·wholesome
Bones or No Bones
A thirteen-year-old pug decided each morning whether the world could cope, and millions of people accepted the ruling.
You might remember it as no bones day, Noodle the pug
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What this was
Every morning Jonathan Graziano lifted his elderly pug Noodle into a sitting position and let go. If Noodle stayed up, it was a bones day: get things done, ask for the raise. If he flopped back into the bed, it was a no bones day: rest, cancel, be gentle with yourself. He filmed the result and posted it.
It first appeared in 2021, during short-form and streams.
It was the autumn of 2021, the second pandemic year, and an enormous number of people organised their day around the posture of a very old dog. The format gave permission — a no bones day was an externally issued excuse to do less — and that is why it worked rather than any joke in it. NPR covered it seriously twice.
Noodle was formally honoured by the New York State Senate in November 2021 and became the subject of a children's book. He died in December 2022 at fourteen, and the obituaries ran on CNN and NPR — for a pug whose entire public role was falling over.
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- What happens
- Every morning Jonathan Graziano lifted his elderly pug Noodle into a sitting position and let go. If Noodle stayed up, it was a bones day: get things done, ask for the raise. If he flopped back into the bed, it was a no bones day: rest, cancel, be gentle with yourself. He filmed the result and posted it.