GK: Back after this message from Bertha's Kitty Boutique.
SS: You all ready?
TR: Yeah.
SS: Are we late?
TR: No.
SS: You're sure?
TR: Yeah.
SS: Did you take the dogs out?
TR: Yeah.
SS: Did they both poop?
TR: Yeah.
SS: Yesterday I noticed Blackie's poop was soft again.
TR: Oh?
SS: Are you sure Whitey pooped? He was constipated yesterday. He's got that one little tiny six-square-inch area where he'll do it and I took him there and then Blackie went after that other dog and the leashes got crossed and I had a cup of coffee in my hand and one leash between my legs and the other behind me and I had to ask a guy to hold my coffee and Whitey got upset and he wouldn't do it --- so did he do it today?
TR: Yeah, he did.
SS: He pooped?
TR: Right.
SS: What did it look like?
TR: What do you mean?
SS: Well, you picked it up, didn't you?
TR: Yes.
SS: What did it look like?
TR: I didn't examine it that closely.
SS: Was it loose, was it firm?
TR: I don't remember.
SS: How can you not remember?
TR: Louise?
SS: Yes?
TR: Why do we talk about dog poop all the time?
SS: I don't think we talk about it all the time.
TR: Every evening when we sit down to supper, the conversation focuses on our dogs' bowel movements.
SS: And? So?
TR: We used to talk about books, movies, art. Now it's poop poop poop.
GK: If you're tired of being a toilet attendant, maybe it's time you thought about getting a cat. Cats take care of this themselves, just like you and I do. Cats --- the pet preferred by people who have their own lives to lead.