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My Dog Pete.

Wednesday, December 18th, 2002

By Ed Page.

From McSweeneys:

I was sitting out on the porch with my dog Pete. A breathtaking sunset was streaked across the sky and it had put me in a reflective mood.

“You know, Pete,” I said. “I’ve been thinking about salads.”

Pete looked at me, one ear cocked slightly higher than the other.

“When you hear the word ‘salad,’ you instantly think of lettuce, right? But what about fruit salad? And potato salad? It makes me think that a salad is really just a jumble of different foods, regardless of whether lettuce is involved.”

From the look on Pete’s face I could almost believe he was intrigued.

“But what about soup, Pete? By that definition, aren’t soups nothing more than hot liquid salads?”

For a second, it looked like Pete was going to say something. But, of course, he didn’t. He’s a dog. He simply leaned back in his chair, took a long, deep draw on his pipe, and gazed out at the dazzling horizon.

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12 Responses to “My Dog Pete.”

  1. #1 |  Anonymous |  December 18th, 2002 at 1:55 pm

    pure genius

  2. #2 |  Anonymous |  December 18th, 2002 at 2:21 pm

    A heartbreaking story of staggering stupidity.

  3. #3 |  Danny Weinkopf |  December 18th, 2002 at 2:29 pm

    I have to agree with the guy that said ‘pure genius.’

  4. #4 |  Frank N |  December 18th, 2002 at 3:07 pm

    i never thought of soup as a hot salad…interesting……this is much better lunch surfing the the penis flambe’

  5. #5 |  Ric |  December 18th, 2002 at 4:38 pm

    What about tuna salad? That’s not a jumble of differenet tunas. Well, it could be. But it isn’t!
    Oh, the tunanity!

  6. #6 |  Luca Brasi |  December 19th, 2002 at 4:33 am

    That was gold!

  7. #7 |  Ed Page |  December 20th, 2002 at 3:37 am

    I agree with Luca.

  8. #8 |  mysterious redhead |  January 28th, 2003 at 8:43 pm

    I’ve saw the author once. He’s cute.

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