The three legged dog.
After he'd returned I told Eddie that I was very proud of my children after they'd returned from a trip to the park, as they had seen a three-legged dog and waved hello to it and said hello.
Eddie looked at me blankly for several seconds. Eventually he put his pipe in his mouth and said "Are you asking me to be impressed that your children saw a dog and reacted as if they'd seen a dog?"
I became immediately ashamed and embarrassed. I tried to change the subject, asking him how Mass had gone and if he had enjoyed it. He smoked his pipe for a while and said "that isn't really why I go, you know."
I tell him that I sometimes enjoy going to church, despite being an atheist. He replied "well, I'm not an atheist and I don't go to church to enjoy it."
He can occasionally be quite hard work.
Eddie looked at me blankly for several seconds. Eventually he put his pipe in his mouth and said "Are you asking me to be impressed that your children saw a dog and reacted as if they'd seen a dog?"
I became immediately ashamed and embarrassed. I tried to change the subject, asking him how Mass had gone and if he had enjoyed it. He smoked his pipe for a while and said "that isn't really why I go, you know."
I tell him that I sometimes enjoy going to church, despite being an atheist. He replied "well, I'm not an atheist and I don't go to church to enjoy it."
He can occasionally be quite hard work.
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