Could you find your car’s bum? Egypt Part 2

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They are big on security in Cairo. On the way in from the airport I saw all these men in uniforms standing at the side of the road. I thought maybe the Queen was arriving. But it seems there is always quite a heavy uniformed presence round the city. Especially in the tourist areas. The entrance to my hotel was blocked by a gate and before the man with the AK47 would let us through, the man with the mirror on the end of the stick, stuck it under our car. It is like a giant version of that thing the dentist uses to look around in your mouth. Maybe if they ever manage to recreate dinosaurs and build a real Jurassic Park and the dinosaurs have to have their teeth checked, then they could use the mirrors on sticks that the security guys use to do it.
While the man with the mirror on the stick did his thing, the man with the bomb dog came out. I presume it was sniffing for bombs. Maybe it was just saying hello? But I don’t think so. You know how when a dog greets another dog and sometimes a person, it will sniff its bum? Well I thought maybe the dog would do the same thing with the car and go straight for the exhaust pipe. But it didn’t. Maybe bomb dogs aren’t friendly. How do you think they train a bomb dog? I am guessing they expose him to bombs. Let him sniff them so he knows what to look for. But what’s the motivation for the dog to sniff for bombs? Does he get a big pat on the head and a doggie treat when he finds something? Tough job. I bet they find stuff all bombs so that’s a long time between treats. And what if there was something in your car that had a better smell? Like dog food. Are you telling me the dog could resist the urge to get all excited about that and goes on sniffing for bombs? I have always suspected that with drug dogs they get the dogs hooked on drugs and that’s why they are so eager to sniff you bags at the airport. Maybe bomb dogs get fed small bits of explosive. Not a lot, just enough to give them a taste. But over time the explosive probably builds up in the dog like mercury and eventually they just blow up. Probably lying by a fire one night after work. Dogs like lying by fires. Or maybe someone pats the dog a little too vigorously and BOOOM! Bye bye fido. Dangerous job. You’d be crazy to do it. That’s why you never see bomb-sniffing cats. Cats are way to clever to take on a shitty job like that. Mind you if there was one place in the world where it would make sense to have cats doing important jobs it would be in Egypt wouldn’t it.