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Dog snob
Dear Mr. Moonen,
Having just purchased Miljonair magazine for the first time I forthwith ran into an article on you on page 26 (Issue 51). Immediate appeal was the feeling and I have just looked at your site reference. I see that you make references to dog behaviour and training in conjunction with snobbism and think I should tell you that my mother, a woman of certain and decided opinions, frugalities and snobbisms, made a dog snob out of me. I cannot know at this point if your only reference is to behaviour, but feel sure that the issue of breeding lines must play a part in your estimation of a dog’s character, abilities and behaviour.
Having lived in the Netherlands for 26 years, and tried in various circumstances to explain this aspect of my character and dog preferences to others, I find in you someone whom I feel might understand. What a relief to assume that there is at least one person who feels the way I do. Perhaps you, as I can, can look at a dog or a horse, a watch or a suitcase and see whether it is a quality product or not, and even find that just looking at a quality product gives a feeling of joy and well-being. I do not believe snobbism is a bad thing, nor do I believe that discrimination is bad. I am glad to find that I am not the only person in the Netherlands who thinks so.
Faithfully,
Mrs. X, The Netherlands
Thank you for your nice mail! No, you are certainly not alone!!
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After "Petit Bréviaire du Snobisme" (a French snob manual which was also adapted and translated for the German, Dutch, Portuguese and Italian public) or more thematic works such as "Snob Extrême" (a handbook for snobs eager to visit the North or the South Pole, published in France), "Snob Appeal“ (an erotic guidebook for snobs, published in Italy), "Manuel de savoir-vivre à l'usage des maîtres et maîtresses de chiens" (a handbook for well-educated dogs and their owners), Mini Bréviaire du Snobisme (a guide for snobbish parents and snobbish children) ; several essays (some of them published side by side with Nobel Prizes for literature!), articles, chronicles, analyses and lectures on the numerous facets of snobbism, for the international press, universities, museums, etc., and – last but certainly not least- my foreword to the digital version of The Book of Snobs by William M. Thackeray, henceforth you will have the extreme privilege to read my blog. Probably the most snobbish blog ever existing! So if you want to know if your mother-in-law is a real snob or just pretending; if you want my opinion of a champagne or some mundane event; if you want me to test the snob-appeal of any other happening, person or item (your mother-in-law included); or if you just need some stimulating coaching or some experienced advice: hereby also the most snobbish website on earth, and since the publication of my new book (Paris, spring 2023) called Snob Éternel, also in heaven : www.snoblissime.com
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