Night in the Box - Cool Hand Luke

One of my top ten favorite movies is Cool Hand Luke.

"When petty criminal Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden (Strother Martin) or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline (George Kennedy), who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers." - IMDB

A Night in the Box: 

Carr (Clifton James) catches sight of Luke's (Paul Newman) defiant personality during his recitation of prison camp rules on the first day of Luke's prison stint.

So, much to the dismay of Mrs. Cedar I've adapted Carr's prison rules to remind our two Labrador Retrievers, Scout and Sophia what is expected of them:

Them collars are yours, on the collar is your name, remember your name and come when called, and always wear the ones that has your name. Any dog forgets his name and doesn't come when called spends the night in the box.

These here are your bowls, you keep your nose outa other dogs bowls. Any dog eating from another dog’s bowl spends a night in the box.

There's no running' in the house or butt sniffing in the house'. You got a grudge against another dog, you roll em in the yard when no one is looking! Any dog running, butt sniffing or fightin' in the house spends a night in the box.

First bell is at 5 minutes of 8:00, when you will get in your bed. Last bell is at 8:00. Any dog not in his bed at 8:00 spends a night in the box.

There's no digging in the garden. To dig, you must have all four paws in the yard and not in the garden. Any dog caught digging ' in the garden spends a night in the box.

Dogs will not get on the human’s bed with dirty paws. Any dog with dirty paws on the human’s bed spends a night in the box.

Any dog don't bring their toys back in the house and leaves them in the yard spends a night in the box.

Dogs will poop in the pine straw, any dog poopin on the golf course or the garden path spends a night in the box.

Any dog loud-barkin' in the house spends a night in the box.

You got questions? You come to me. I'm Carr, the floor-walker. I'm responsible for order in here. Any dog don't keep order spends a night in --

Luke: the box.

This is all the funnier to me because the neighbor's Yellow Lab is named "Luke".