The Comment.

     I made a comment today that really made me think. I was walking down the street and a woman was pushing a stroller through downtown with two large mastiff's in tow. The mastiff's were panting and happy, the baby was sleeping and at peace, and she was looking stylish and put together. As we were getting ready to pass on the street I said, "Those are beautiful dogs you have there!" I'm not kidding, that's exactly what I said.
     Did I make a comment about how beautiful she was or how beautiful her baby was? No. I implied that neither she, nor her daughter, were impressive enough to merit a comment from me. But the dogs? Oh, the dogs totally had deserved compliments. If I'm ever pushing a stroller with my daughter in it and my dog in tow, and someone tells me me dog is beautiful, I will straight up ask them if my daughter and I are chop liver. Heaven help them if they say yes...