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[watsonyourmind]

[ Jane is sharing this list with the network. Perhaps they can help her make a decision. ]

Getting a Dog: Pros and Cons

Pros
1. Dogs are great companions.
2. It would be kind to take in a stray.
3. Pets lower your blood pressure.
4. I want one.
5. It will teach Shirley responsibility. And structure.

Cons
1. If we leave, the dog will still be here, all alone.
2. I would miss the dog if we left it here.
3. We live in a hotel room. Dogs need space.
4. It may be a crazy magic dog or something. (Note to self: make sure dog isn't really a man.)

Yeah, I still don't know if this is a good idea.

Comments

[watsonyourmind]

[ Okay, this is more like a usual conversation now. ]

That feels weirdly decadent.

[nopolicelikeholmes]

Maybe not literally the entire floor. Just most of it.

[watsonyourmind]

I'm not actually sure that makes it any better.

My vote is for a normal apartment.

[nopolicelikeholmes]

I reserve the right to install small public weirdness projects as I see fit.

[watsonyourmind]

I reserve the right to veto said projects as necessary for the health, safety, and sanity of inhabitants.

[nopolicelikeholmes]

I reserve the right to hide in any closet whenever I want.

[watsonyourmind]

Only if you put a sign on the door or something. I don't want to go looking for a coat and find out you're taking a nap in there.

[nopolicelikeholmes]

No, you should be able to deduce that I'm in there. Think of it as practice!

[watsonyourmind]

How am I supposed to do that? You go in a closet and shut the door. I'm not going to follow your cigarette ashes or something.

[nopolicelikeholmes]

If I'm trailing cigarette ashes all over the apartment the fact that I'm sitting in a closet is probably the least of your concerns.

[watsonyourmind]

True. Anyway, that doesn't help. You could put a ponytail holder on the knob or something.

[nopolicelikeholmes]

Maybe.

I'll think about it.



If I remember.

[watsonyourmind]

I think that forgetting once would be great incentive to remembering in the future.

[nopolicelikeholmes]

'The beatings will continue until my memory improves'?

That strategy has long since been ruled ineffective for teaching small children. I think it would be even less effective for people who might actually fight back.

[watsonyourmind]

I know what I'll do. I'll train the dog to find you whenever I come home.

[nopolicelikeholmes]

I actually like that idea. It's good tracking practice.

[watsonyourmind]

And it helps both of us.

I'll start looking for apartment ads.