A Lily Snack
My dog, Lily, has recently started calling the neighbor boy “snack.” I sat down and had a serious conversation with her about how inappropriate it is to refer to him that way. It didn’t go very well.
“Lily,” I said. “It’s completely inappropriate to call that boy ‘snack’.”
“You have snacks, don’t you, Daddy?” she replied.
“Yes,” I honestly answered.
“Then why can’t I have a snack?”
“That’s not the point, Lily,” I told her.
She said, “Oh, I see, but I’m pretty sure you’re wrong, Daddy. A snack is a small bit of food, isn’t it?”
“Yes.”
“And when you have a snack, you’re happy afterward, aren’t you?”
“Well, yes,” I answered.
“Then I’m pretty sure I used the word appropriately,” she stated matter-of-factly.
Alas, dogs and their inability to understand the nuance of language. Let’s just hope the neighbor has a better grasp of the “Beware of the Dog” sign.