You’ll never believe what I saw on my way home from work today!<\/p>\n
What?<\/p>\n
A monster skeleton dog!<\/p>\n
A monster skeleton dog?<\/p>\n
Yeah! In the sky!<\/p>\n
In the sky.<\/p>\n
Yes.<\/p>\n
Um.<\/p>\n
It was a cloud!<\/p>\n
Ahhhh.<\/p>\n
What?<\/p>\n
Another person might have lead with that.<\/p>\n
What, that it was a cloud?<\/p>\n
Uh-huh.<\/p>\n
But when I saw it, my first impression was that it was a giant monster skeleton dog.<\/p>\n
Of course it was.<\/p>\n
You lack imagination.<\/p>\n
Did you get a picture?<\/p>\n
No.<\/p>\n
No? You have pictures of every other cloud you’ve ever seen…but no skeleton dog?<\/p>\n
Monster skeleton dog.<\/p>\n
Right.<\/p>\n
No, you told me not to take pictures of monster skeleton dogs anymore.<\/p>\n
I’m pretty sure I did not ever say anything even remotely like that.<\/p>\n
You told me not to take pictures while driving anymore.<\/p>\n
Yes, I can see how\u00a0 you’d interpret that as “don’t take pictures of monster skeleton dogs anymore.”<\/p>\n
Oh, good.<\/p>\n
You’re usually better at picking up sarcasm than that.<\/p>\n
I was politely choosing not to hear it.<\/p>\n
You’re a nice woman.<\/p>\n
I know.<\/p>\n
Seriously, though…<\/p>\n
Yes?<\/p>\n
You saw a skeleton dog cloud in the sky, and you expect me to believe that you\u00a0 didn’t take a picture?<\/p>\n
Not a good one.<\/p>\n
That’s more like it.<\/p>\n
Well, it was a giant monster skeleton dog after all. I had to take a picture, but I waited until I was stopped at a light and couldn’t see anything but the ribs.<\/p>\n
You can’t have pictures of every cloud.<\/p>\n
I know, but…<\/p>\n
Right.<\/p>\n
Actually, now that I think about it it was really more like the starving dog on the cover of Diamond Dogs.<\/p>\n
Not a skeleton?<\/p>\n
A very, very skinny dog. Still, kind of monstery. And quit shaking your head.<\/p>\n
I can’t help it.<\/p>\n
You’re lucky to have someone in your life as interesting as I am.<\/p>\n
That is definitely one way to see it.<\/p>\n
You don’t think you’re lucky?<\/p>\n
Very, but not because you see emaciated David Bowie cloud dogs in the sky.<\/p>\n
Why?<\/p>\n
Because there is no one else like you.<\/p>\n
In a good way?<\/p>\n
Mostly.<\/p>\n
I am unsatisfied with that response.<\/p>\n
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No one’s perfect, but you are pretty damn great.<\/p>\n
That response was excellent. You are good at placating me when you work at it.<\/p>\n
You make it easy.<\/p>\n
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