Why Rick's Midnight Quill? Because for some reason that seems to be the time inspiration likes to strike. It's when I do some of my best writing.
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Can a dog hear peanut butter hitting bread at 50 yards?
Can a dog hear peanut butter hitting bread at 50 yards?
OK, here I am. It’s 1:30 in the morning and I’m working on a project. Everyone in the house is asleep, except for me. The dog is snoring away in the bedroom with my wife. I get a little hungry. Good time for a peanut better sandwich, I think. So I quietly get up, not allowing my chair to squeak and make my way to the kitchen. Without rustling the plastic bag, I take out two slices of bread and lay them on the counter. From the cupboard I take the peanut butter, from the refrigerator, the butter. OK, it’s some kind of perpetually soft butter substitute. I get a knife from the drawer. All this is in Ninja mode, not making a sound. I spread the imitation butter on one piece of bread, and peanut butter on the other. In silence I return the spread to the fridge and the peanut butter to the cupboard. I start back to the computer and there I see it. The dog, lying on the floor in front of my chair.
I love our dog. She is our baby girl. And whenever I make a sandwich, she gets the last bite. It was a family tradition my dad started when I was a kid and I have continued it today through all the dogs we’ve had. I don’t so much MIND her waiting for her due. I just want to know how she does it. She was ASLEEP… in the OTHER ROOM… I made NO noise. But there she is. Are her ears really good enough to hear peanut butter hit bread at 50 feet? Or maybe she’s psychic. Now there is a scary thought.
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Although you were quiet, I doubt you assembled your sandwich in the dark.
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