
09/01/06, 10:11 AM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone 9b, Lake Harney, Central FL
Posts: 4,898
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Once upon a time there were two neighbors. The Jones had a German shepard for a pet. The Smiths had a rabbit in a backyard hutch. One day while the Smiths were away shopping, the Jones looked out their sliding-glass patio door and saw their dog tossing a stuffed animal about....only it turned out to be the Smith's rabbit...deader than a doornail. In a panic, they decided to use baby shampoo and clean up the bedraggled bunny, then used a blow dryer to make it look like it was just sweetly sleeping, then placed it carefully back in the hutch. This plan would prevent the Smith's from forevermore hating the Jones' family and hopefully the kids would believe Bunny passed away gently in his sleep.
A few weeks later both husbands were mowing the yard and stopped to chat over the fence. Smith said there was a really sick somebody living in the neighborhood. Jones asked who it was. Smith acknowledged that they didn't actually know the identity, but their rabbit had died. Jones offered condolences with a very straight face. Smith continued....they had given the bunny a lovely funeral, then taken the kids out for ice cream and to the pound to pick out another pet....while they were gone, the sick somebody had dug up the bunny body, shampooed and blown it dry, then put it back in the hutch for the kids to find!
At least your neighbor is communicating and trying to make amends.
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