BEWARE OF BONZO

There's a scruffy dog inside each one's mind,
That's ever sniffing out for some lusty pleasure,
Whenever mind gets bored by too much leisure.
It's wise to keep him on a lead, tight behind,
Or he'll spoil your hunt for Self's great treasure.

WHO IS BONZO?

One black ear, one white ear, a few black spots, a stub of a tail and big blue eyes are the distinguishing features of that laughing pudgy pup called Bonzo. In the early 1920's Bonzo reigned supreme. He was the envy of politicians, film stars, and beautiful women. His features beaming down from innumerable posters plastered across the world became an institution. He appeared in films and on the stage, and he was the sole subject for a series of art portfolios. He was also the inspiration behind the manufacture of a multitude of highly commercial merchandise such as toys - both cuddly and mechanical, ashtrays, pin-trays, trinket boxes, car mascots, jigsaw puzzles, books, calendars, sweets, and a profusion of postcards. Everyone, no matter what their age, adored the little dog with the crinkly face, golf-ball nose, and big feet.
Bonzo and the situations his creator George Studdy put him in made him into a kind of 'Everyman', a comforting 'man-in-the-street' symbol.. He drank, gambled, and had a wicked eye for pretty women and good looking men, but Bonzo was never violent, never spitefully unkind, and never repulsively offensive.