August 27

15 C sunny.

Very warm yesterday. Got a bit of yard work done but had to do a Costco run.

M is in a competition today, hope she does well.

Yesterday finished that manhunt incident, the fellow must have had some kind of an incident or he chose to tell a bit of a 'story'.

Change in pace here today, I came across this next thing yesterday and I got a bit of a chuckle out of it, hope you do too.

Charlie is driving around the back woods of Montana and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: "Talking Dog For Sale ". He rings the bell and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard.

Charlie goes into the backyard and sees a nice looking Labrador retriever sitting there.

'You talk?' he asks.

'Yep,' the Lab replies.

After the Charlie recovers from the shock of hearing a dog talk, he says "So, what's your story?"

The Lab looks up and says, "Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young.. I wanted to help the government, so I told the CIA and in no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping. I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years running...

But the jetting around really tired me out,  I knew I wasn't getting any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security, y'know, just

wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded a batch of medals." He paused and lowered his head for a moment. Then added, "I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I'm just retired."

Charlie is absolutely amazed. He goes back  and asks the owner how much he wants for the dog.

"Ten dollars," the guy says.

"Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?"

"Because he's a liar. He's never been out of the backyard!"