Things you never knew about the Samoyed

Many moons ago, in France, Napoleon purchased a Samoyed. He thought it was
great to come home to that smile after each day at work. As we all know,
Samoyeds are addictive you can't have just one, so he got another, and another,
and another, until he had quite the collection of Samoyeds. Being a
conscientious dictator/pack leader, Napoleon ordered the royal butcher to
supply each Samoyed a nice bone each and every day, so the Samoyeds could
stay healthy and enjoy their time. The bones were distributed at around
4:30 PM and Napoleon would arrive home around 5:00. All the Samoyeds would
pick up their bones, and run to the front door to greet Napoleon. It was
then Napoleon had the bright idea to change the French greeting from a
previous French word, which meant "Hey what is that smell", to "Bonjour",
meaning bone of the day.

In the late 0001's, there was a small village
in Spain that was known for its horribly muddy lawns and the fact everyone
in the area owned Samoyeds. An inventive young Spaniard, known by his
nickname "Kentucky Blue" got tired of having muddy Samoyeds all the time.
So he set about the task of fixing his lawn. "Kentucky Blue" ended up
inventing a type of grass, which most people assumed came from Kentucky, but
didn't. And so Kentucky blue grass was born. You might think this is the
end of the Samoyed influence in this story, but as history has it, it is
not. After Kentucky blue grass was distributed about the village and became
the lawn of choice keeping the sammies white, the problem of grooming the
grass to a manageable level arose(so to speak). Hence, the lawn mower was
also a bi-product of owning Samoyeds. At first, in the village, there was
only one lawn mower, and the people shared it. Because there was only one
mower, people began to bicker. Everyone wanted it on Saturday or Sunday as
opposed to mowing after the workday, so a "landscaper" was appointed to take
care of all the lawns. Unfortunately for the people of the town, the modern
day mulching mower was not invented, so the grass clippings were left
everywhere. The Samoyeds sat in the grass clippings, and got grass all over
their rear ends. The people; however, much preferred the grass clippings on
Samoyeds rear ends to the muddy sams of old, so they didn't care. When they
arrived home, and saw their lawn mowed and the "landscaper" just finishing
up, they used to say to the "landscaper". Thanks so much for mowing my
lawn, would you like to come in for rice and beans? This turned out to be
way to long of a saying as sign of appreciation, and was later shortened to
"Gracias" (pronounced Grassy -a.... well you get the picture). The
pronunciation was changed about two years later, as small children got tired
of having their mouths washed out with soap.

Finally, in Australia way back when, a farmer and his Samoyed lived all
alone. The farmer named his Samoyed "Mate" and greeted him everyday by
saying "good'aye mate". After a few years, the farmer pretty much went
blind, and thought all the townsfolk were his Samoyed. The greeting is now
widely used all over the world and in beer commercials and movies.

Notice in all cases, the samoyed influence on language had to do with
greetings or being polite.