We sometimes are asked questions, and many of us will feel obligated to give an answer in the best way that we possibly can. Some of those questions are going to be easy to answer but others are just going to be so ridiculous that we end up going off the deep end. That is what happened in the following fictional story about a man who was asked than a silly question as he was purchasing food for his dog. In the end, I’m not sure who was laughing loudest.
I have two dogs and I was buying a large bag of Purina at Costco and standing in line at the check out.
A woman behind me asked if I had a dog.
On impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Purina Diet again although I probably shouldn’t because I’d ended up in the hospital last time, but that I’d lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IV’s in both arms.
I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry & that the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.
I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a guy who was behind her.
Horrified, she asked if I’d ended up in the hospital in that condition because I had been poisoned. I told her no; I stepped off a curb to sniff a poodle’s butt and a car hit me.
I thought one guy was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so hard as he staggered out the door.
