I'm sure we've all had some interesting conversations in the cat food
isle.  Cat people usually do.

However, it's rare for a dog person to be there.

So I'm in the aisle, picking up a few cans of cat food to bolster what I
have at home.  And this kinda creepy-seeming guy comes over, puts a big
bag of dog food down on the floor, and starts asking me if the canned
Friskies is good.  I'm thinking he must be a new catslave, but that's
not entirely the case, I find out.  It's his wife who just adopted two
kittens, while he was in prison (gulp!  Why is it I attract ex-cons and
bikers?).

He's completely confused and worried about cost, but I point him toward
the kitten food, explaining that they really need this, they need the
extra protein to grow well, and that sort of thing.  It's almost funny,
because he's so clearly clueless.

I finally talk him into getting kitten chow, and tell him canned food is
fine, too.  He decides to pass on that, but walks off with his huge bag
of dog food, and the small little bag of kitten food, thanking me
profusely.  He even thanked me again at the checkout!

I guess you never know about people, and I bet those kittens will steal
his heart.

Ginger-lyn