The Purina Diet
I have to post this...this is so funny...maybe it's not and I'm just really punchy today because it's the Friday before Christmas, but this really made my day.
> The Purina Diet
>
> I was in Wal-Mart buying a large bag of Purina
> for our dog Chip, and was in line to check out. A
> woman behind me asked if I had a dog........ Duh!
>
> I was feeling a bit crabby so on impulse, I
> told her no, I was starting The Purina Diet again,
> although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended
> up in the hospital last time, but that I'd
> lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive
> care unit with tubes coming out of most of my
> orifices
> and IV's in both arms. Her eyes about bugged
> out of her head.
>
> I went on and on with the bogus diet story and
> she was totally buying it.
> I told her that it was an easy, inexpensive
> diet and that the way it works is to load your
> pockets or purse with Purina nuggets and simply
> eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The
> package said the food is nutritionally complete so I
> was going to try it again.
>
> I have to mention here that practically
> everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my
> story, particularly a tall guy behind her.
>
> Horrified, she asked if something in the dog
> food had poisoned me and was that why I ended up in
> the hospital.
>
> I said no.....I'd been sitting in the street
> licking my balls when a car hit me.
>
> I thought the tall guy was going to have to be
> carried out the door.
>