Dogs are stooooooooopid
You haven't spent much time with dogs have you ...?
One of my parents' dogs could be lying asleep at my dad's feet while the TV was on, with characters in some soap gossiping away. I'd be talking to my mum and the dog would apparently be blissfully unaware of what was going on around him ...
ColinJ:
"This episode is a repeat isn't it, mum?"
MrsJ:
"Yes - I watched it last night."
ColinJ:
"Oh, well, since it is such a lovely evening, I was just wondering if you fancied ..."
One dog ear twitches ...
ColinJ:
"... going ..."
One dog eye opens ...
ColinJ:
" ... out for a little ..."
The dog leaps up as if he has been given an electric shock, races off to the kitchen, and returns a few moments later ...
ColinJ:
"... walk ..."
The dog tosses the lead which he has just fetched from the kitchen at my feet, barks once, his tongue lolls out, and he looks at me, with his head tilted to one side!
ColinJ (cracking up):
"... round the park with Sam?"