1. The dog is not permitted in the house. He stays outside in a specially built wooden
compartment named, for very good reason, the dog house. 2. OK, the dog can enter the house, but only for short visits or if the dog house is being repaired. 3. OK, the dog can stay in the house on a permanent basis, provided his dog house can be sold in a car boot sale to a novice dog owner. 4. Inside the house, the dog is not allowed to run free and is confined to a comfortable but secure pen. 5. OK, the pen is sold along with the dog house, and the dog can go wherever he wants. 6. The dog is never allowed on the furniture. 7. OK, the dog can get on the old furniture but not the new furniture. 8. OK, the dog can get up on the new furniture until it looks like the old furniture and then we'll sell the lot and buy new furniture . . . on which the dog will most definitely not be allowed. 9. The dog never sleeps on the bed. 10. OK, the dog can sleep at the foot of the bed. 11. OK, the dog can sleep alongside you, but he's not allowed under the covers. 2. OK, the dog can sleep under the covers but not with his head on the pillow. 13. OK, the dog can sleep alongside you under the covers with his head on the pillow, but if he snores he's out. 14. OK, the dog can sleep and snore and have nightmares in bed, but he's not to come in and sleep on the couch in the sitting room, where I'm now sleeping. That's just not fair. Reviewed October 2007 |
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