[grey_whiskers]

On my way from school the next day, daughter called, frantic. When I arrived about 10 minutes later to a pile of er, um, vomit, it contained a mostly intact snake but missing its head...

From the humor columnist Dave Barry, a classic:

This is also true of our small auxiliary dog, Zippy. His hobby is throwing up lizard parts when we`re trying to eat dinner. He`ll get that look of total concentration that dogs get when they have a really important task to perform, then he`ll hunch his body over and walk around in a circle making a noise that sounds like ''hornk.'' If you put him outside, he`ll sit patiently by the door until you let him back inside, then he`ll resume hornking. ''Never throw up your lizard parts outside'' is Rule No. 1 of the Dog Code of Ethics.

So, as you can imagine, our dinners have a very appetizing ambience:

MY WIFE: Would you like some more stew?

ME: Sure, I`d love-

ZIPPY: Hornk.

ME: On second thought-

ZIPPY: HORRRRNNK.

MY SON: Look! A tail and a leg!

ME: I think I`ll just lie down.

[lyby]

Oh. My. At least we are not the only ones with dogs that consume/regurgitate reptiles.

Wanna hear the new-to-us car/hamster story? Nah. Nevermind.