My wife and I like to keep our bedroom cool when we sleep, so we leave the door onto our balcony open at night. Our house abuts a canyon wherein coyotes, rabbits and owls live. The Catican Guards sleep with us while our Maximum Leader sleeps in whatever place takes her fancy at the moment. Recently, she has been selecting one of our sons' bedrooms.
Last night, the Guards were on High Alert. Something was afoot in the canyon and every half an hour, they'd hear a noise, vault off the bed and rush onto the balcony like RAF pilots hearing an air raid siren in 1940 racing for their Spitfires. Physics being what it is, when 35-pound and 12-pound dogs leap, an equal and opposite force is produced on the bed and whoever might be underneath their feet. In the panic of the moment, they didn't pay much attention to who or what was under them.
Once on the balcony, they could do nothing but watch, fret and discuss. Events were happening too far away for them to engage and in any case, there's not much two dogs can do in the middle of the night in a canyon that big. This did not prevent them from becoming uselessly alarmed when something happened and annoying everyone else in the room.
And that's why you shouldn't discuss politics at dinner parties.
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"And that's why you shouldn't discuss politics at dinner parties."
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Was that too indirect? I was struck by the analogy between the dogs warning us of impending doom from the canyon and talking politics at dinner parties.
EVERYONE MUST KNOW OF THESE DANGERS THAT, IF REAL, NONE OF US CAN PREVENT!!!
"Was that too indirect?"
Not at all. I said "!", not "?"
I thought it was an excellent way to say what you meant to say.
Thanks!
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