The other day I noticed something unusual as I slipped some of my dinner under the table for our cat Jack and puppy Birdie: it’s easier to slip mashed potatoes under the table than trying to push a whole turkey down there. Also, people tend to notice when the critters begin fighting for the legs. I also noticed that Jack is a lot more selective in what he does and doesn’t eat, whereas Birdie will eat first and wonder what it was later. It’s a known fact (I like saying that – ‘a known fact’ – as if what you say after should not be questioned) that dogs and cats have different tastes. Dogs prefer postmen and cats prefer my bare legs.
After a bit of research I discovered that dogs have about twice the taste buds of a cat, and that’s why our feline friends tend to be cats are finicky eaters. If I try giving him a kernel of corn he’ll look at me and say “You’ve got to be joking. Where’s the beef?” That’s when I remind him of the time I failed my furniture-making finals in college because the professor found a piece of corn in my stool. Jack doesn’t appreciate the fine art of woodworking humor. Birdie, on the other hand, will laugh at anything as long as I keep the food coming. She doesn’t even waste time chewing. She reminds me of a vacuum cleaner, especially between meals when she licks the dining room floor trying to get every last atom of dropped vittles. Cats, though, are persnickety about what they eat. Most foods taste like cardboard. Actually, cardboard isn’t all that bad if you toss a little spaghetti sauce and parmesan cheese on it. But try selling that to a cat. I bet every cat owner in the world has at least once in their life gone out and bought some kind of food or treat they think their kitty will like only to have it turn into a science experiment on mold growth. Dogs, though, will eat poop wrapped in cardboard even without the spaghetti sauce and parmesan cheese. Well, at least Birdie will. She doesn’t even need the cardboard. The first time I saw her wolf down some dried number two I almost threw up. I’m glad I didn’t because Birdie would have considered it a hot lunch. Now I use her to keep the litter box clean. If you see my son Adam, don’t tell him this as it may cause him to change his mind about letting Birdie lick his tonsils. No wonder Jack considers Birdie some sort of mutant alien species. Believe it or not, scientists even have a name for this. It’s called ‘coprophagy’. I don’t care what they call it. I’m thinking of farming her out to some of the neighbors – for a fee, of course.
But then I read that humans have about twice the taste buds of a dog. Wait just one minute here. If that’s true, we’ll pretty much eat anything that fits in our mouths. Now everything is starting to make sense. There’s a reality show on TV that spotlights people with weird eating disorders. I saw a lady who likes to chew on chalk. Whenever she farts dust flies out her butt. I feel sorry for her kids. “Ok, who’d turn is it to take my cheeks out back and bang the powder off of them?” Then I saw a man who made it into the Guinness record books for eating a freakin’ CAR! Man, I wouldn’t want to be his plumber. I can see how someone could consume a car, especially if they chopped it up small enough and followed with some white Zinfandel. What would really impress me is to see the guy put the car back together again after it passes through his digestive system. Gives new meaning to the term “piece of shit”. That reality show has people gnawing on about everything you can imagine. There is an actual record of this man in 1985 who had to have surgery after doctors found – get this: 212 objects in his stomach, including fifty-three toothbrushes, two razors, two radioscopic aerials and 150 handles of razors. That’s not even the worst case! In 1927 a 42 year old woman went to the doctor complaining of slight abdominal pain, and they eventually found 2,533 objects in her stomach, including 947 bent pins! What a
cheap date. “Listen, you start in
on the napkin holder and salt shaker while I get a salad.”
No wonder Birdie considers humans some sort of mutant alien species. Point taken.
Now I’m starting to get a bit hungry. I wonder how this keyboard will taste
with a touch of garlic in an oil soup?
After a bit of research I discovered that dogs have about twice the taste buds of a cat, and that’s why our feline friends tend to be cats are finicky eaters. If I try giving him a kernel of corn he’ll look at me and say “You’ve got to be joking. Where’s the beef?” That’s when I remind him of the time I failed my furniture-making finals in college because the professor found a piece of corn in my stool. Jack doesn’t appreciate the fine art of woodworking humor. Birdie, on the other hand, will laugh at anything as long as I keep the food coming. She doesn’t even waste time chewing. She reminds me of a vacuum cleaner, especially between meals when she licks the dining room floor trying to get every last atom of dropped vittles. Cats, though, are persnickety about what they eat. Most foods taste like cardboard. Actually, cardboard isn’t all that bad if you toss a little spaghetti sauce and parmesan cheese on it. But try selling that to a cat. I bet every cat owner in the world has at least once in their life gone out and bought some kind of food or treat they think their kitty will like only to have it turn into a science experiment on mold growth. Dogs, though, will eat poop wrapped in cardboard even without the spaghetti sauce and parmesan cheese. Well, at least Birdie will. She doesn’t even need the cardboard. The first time I saw her wolf down some dried number two I almost threw up. I’m glad I didn’t because Birdie would have considered it a hot lunch. Now I use her to keep the litter box clean. If you see my son Adam, don’t tell him this as it may cause him to change his mind about letting Birdie lick his tonsils. No wonder Jack considers Birdie some sort of mutant alien species. Believe it or not, scientists even have a name for this. It’s called ‘coprophagy’. I don’t care what they call it. I’m thinking of farming her out to some of the neighbors – for a fee, of course.
But then I read that humans have about twice the taste buds of a dog. Wait just one minute here. If that’s true, we’ll pretty much eat anything that fits in our mouths. Now everything is starting to make sense. There’s a reality show on TV that spotlights people with weird eating disorders. I saw a lady who likes to chew on chalk. Whenever she farts dust flies out her butt. I feel sorry for her kids. “Ok, who’d turn is it to take my cheeks out back and bang the powder off of them?” Then I saw a man who made it into the Guinness record books for eating a freakin’ CAR! Man, I wouldn’t want to be his plumber. I can see how someone could consume a car, especially if they chopped it up small enough and followed with some white Zinfandel. What would really impress me is to see the guy put the car back together again after it passes through his digestive system. Gives new meaning to the term “piece of shit”. That reality show has people gnawing on about everything you can imagine. There is an actual record of this man in 1985 who had to have surgery after doctors found – get this: 212 objects in his stomach, including fifty-three toothbrushes, two razors, two radioscopic aerials and 150 handles of razors. That’s not even the worst case! In 1927 a 42 year old woman went to the doctor complaining of slight abdominal pain, and they eventually found 2,533 objects in her stomach, including 947 bent pins! What a
cheap date. “Listen, you start in
on the napkin holder and salt shaker while I get a salad.”
No wonder Birdie considers humans some sort of mutant alien species. Point taken.
Now I’m starting to get a bit hungry. I wonder how this keyboard will taste
with a touch of garlic in an oil soup?
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