The next time someone asks you a dumb question wouldn't you like to

> respond like this?
>
> Yesterday I was at my local Wal-Mart buying a large bag of Purina
dog
> chow for my loyal pet, Biscuit the Wonder Dog, and was in the
checkout
> line when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog.
>
> What did she think I had- an elephant? So, since I'm retired and
have
> little to do, on impulse I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, I
> was starting the Purina Diet again. I added that I probably
shouldn't,
> because I 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 IVs 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. The food is nutritionally complete so
it
> works well and I was going to try it again. (I have to mention here
> that practically everyone in line was now enthralled with my story.)
>
> Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care because the dog
> food poisoned me. I told her no, I stepped off a curb to sniff an
> Irish Setter's butt and a car hit us both.
>
> I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack he was
> laughing so hard. Wal-Mart won't let me shop there anymore.
>