Nancy Young wrote:
>
> Kate Connally wrote:
> >
> > Dog3 wrote:
> > >
> > > My beloved hound has just dragged home (I lost sight of her for 2 seconds)
> > > a rack of ribs from one of the neighbors. Dammit. They're partially cooked
> > > so I assume she snatched 'em from a grill. Now I gotta figure out who is
> > > at a loss here and have 'em over for dinner. The Frances aftermath is
> > > about to hit so we're all hurrying to get the food grilled.
> >
> > That's a good one. Our Irish Setter, Molly, used to eat
> > hamburgers right out of the frying pan if you left the
> > room for a second. She also got out a couple of times
> > and brought home someone else's groceries (I assume they
> > were unloading the car and left a bag unattended while
> > they took another into the house.) She came home once
> > with a large package of pork chops. But stealing right
> > off the grill is really classy!
>
> Heh, my dog knew better than to even look at people food. No pet
> begging in my house.

Oh, Molly never begged. We trained her not to do that,
but we could never train her not to steal! When we were
eating she would lie quietly in the corner until we were
done. Then she expected to be given the plates to lick
so if we dallied at the table for a long time after we
were done eating she would start to complain. Other than
that she was a perfect lady. But leave something unattended
where she could get it (and she could get it a lot of places -
even learned to open the refrigerator so that we had to put
a lock on it - finally got a new fridge that she couldn't
open) and it was gone!

> Well, I have a strong suspicion that she would
> get the occasional treat from the neighbors. So, if she was caught
> staring at the neighbors when they cooked out, I would say, NO.
>
> No begging at the table, no begging, at all. So, if they were
> cooking outside she couldn't help herself. She would race around
> to this bush and hide under it and stare at them from there.
>
> (laughing) You had to see it to know how funny that was.

I think I can picture it.

Kate

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Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?