PuP: People Understanding Pets

April 22nd, 2010 by Peter

I was at my local supermarket yesterday buying a large bag of Pedigree dog food for my pet and was waiting to pay at the checkout when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog.

What did she think I had, a whale? So, as I’m retired and have quite a bit of time on my hands, i explained to her that, I didn’t have a dog but that I was starting the new craze of a diet -the Pedigree Diet.

I told her that although last time I tried it I ended up in intensive care, it was one of the best diets I had tried and that it works by filling your pockets with Pedigree nuggets and every time you feel hungry you pop one or two of the nuggets into your mouth! As they are full of nutrients it works well – have to say by this point everyone in the queue was now listening intently!

Obviously horrified, she asked if the dog food had poisoned me and was this why I ended up in intensive care. I told her no, I had stepped off a curb to sniff an Irish Setter’s bum and a car had hit us both.

Us retired folk have far too much time on our hands to think of daft things to say!