A man enters his local meat market one day and sees a large dog ahead of him in line. The butcher waits on the dog:
"well how are you, Ralph? Will it be pork chops this week?"
The dog barks twice.
"Okay, then how about a nice roast?"
The dog barks twice.
"All right, I'll bet you'd like some hamburger, then."
The dog barks once, so the butcher wraps up a quantity of hamburger meat and quotes the dog a price. The dog gets a twenty dollar bill out of his pouch and pays the butcher, then puts his change back in the pouch and heads for the door with his package.
The onlooker has gotten curious while watching this transaction and decides to follow the dog to see what happens next. The dog goes to the liquor store where he buys a fifth of bourbon, then to the tobacco store and purchases three packs of camel unfiltered. Then he enters an apartment building, presses the button for the elevator and then the button for the third floor once the elevator doors open. The onlooker is now on fire with curiousity and cannot wait to see what happens next.
The dog goes down the third floor hall, stops outside one door and scratches on it to be let in. To the onlookers shock, a man answers the door wrapped in a towel and with soap in his hair and starts swearing at the dog at the top of his voice. The onlooker simply feels called upon to get involved at this point.
"I just don't see how you can be so unfair as to fuss at that dog like that after what I just saw down on the street. The dog bought hamburger, liquor and cigarettes for you, paid for all of it and carried it back here to you. Now don't you think you're being just a bit ungrateful after he did these wonderful things for you?"
"I didn't fuss at him for bringing the purchases back," replied the man. "I fussed at him because this is the third time he's forgotten his keys this week."
"well how are you, Ralph? Will it be pork chops this week?"
The dog barks twice.
"Okay, then how about a nice roast?"
The dog barks twice.
"All right, I'll bet you'd like some hamburger, then."
The dog barks once, so the butcher wraps up a quantity of hamburger meat and quotes the dog a price. The dog gets a twenty dollar bill out of his pouch and pays the butcher, then puts his change back in the pouch and heads for the door with his package.
The onlooker has gotten curious while watching this transaction and decides to follow the dog to see what happens next. The dog goes to the liquor store where he buys a fifth of bourbon, then to the tobacco store and purchases three packs of camel unfiltered. Then he enters an apartment building, presses the button for the elevator and then the button for the third floor once the elevator doors open. The onlooker is now on fire with curiousity and cannot wait to see what happens next.
The dog goes down the third floor hall, stops outside one door and scratches on it to be let in. To the onlookers shock, a man answers the door wrapped in a towel and with soap in his hair and starts swearing at the dog at the top of his voice. The onlooker simply feels called upon to get involved at this point.
"I just don't see how you can be so unfair as to fuss at that dog like that after what I just saw down on the street. The dog bought hamburger, liquor and cigarettes for you, paid for all of it and carried it back here to you. Now don't you think you're being just a bit ungrateful after he did these wonderful things for you?"
"I didn't fuss at him for bringing the purchases back," replied the man. "I fussed at him because this is the third time he's forgotten his keys this week."
