Collegiate licensed pet jerseys

I went grocery shopping today at Meijer. I've mostly made my peace with this store after spending a soul-deadening hour and a half there on one of my first grocery trips. I had to keep backtracking the length of the store to find items that were placed illogically.

Like, the yogurt is not next to the other dairy products. Why does it get it's own section at the very back of the store across from things like refrigerated cookie dough and refrigerated tortillas? I really don't know.

Costco and Aldi are both opening in the coming months, so I may drop Meijer shopping--though I bet the scale of Costco will be equally daunting and involve backtracking. Though, if they provide quality snacking stations (aka free samples), I can handle it.

In any case, a large sign with this advertisement was near the front of the store today...

I think this is funny on many levels. It's funny that the ad points out that the jerseys are licensed. I'm assuming the dogs don't really care as much as my son does whether a jersey is the real thing. The big dogs look none too thrilled with having been dressed up. The little dogs are happy enough, but then they're probably used to this kind of thing.

And it's kind of an interesting juxtaposition of two American values--pets and sports. There were plenty of pet stores selling pet clothing in Nice for those harsh Mediterranean winters. And plenty of little dogs in sweaters, but I never saw a doggie soccer jersey. French people would think it was silly.

But then again, one day, as I was walking down the street in Nice, I saw a man and a woman sitting at a café table with their two small dogs. Each on their own chair. I was totally bummed not to have my camera. Americans would think that this was not only silly, but a public health threat.