An effusive client brought a litter of golden-retriever
puppies to my veterinary clinic for inoculations and worming.
She loved them so much, she couldn't keep from remarking
about their cute habits.
As the look-alike pups squirmed over and under one another in
their box, I realized it would be difficult to tell the
treated ones from the rest. So I turned on the water faucet,
wet my fingers, and moistened each dog's head when I had
finished.
After the fourth puppy, I noticed my hitherto talkative
client had grown silent. As I sprinkled the last pup's head,
the woman leaned forward and whispered, "I never realized
they had to be baptized."
