“You take care of the top. I can deal with these.”

“Look at that. What have we here?”

“Now, step back.”

“My daddy always told me, ‘don’t sweat the petty things.’ It follows logically that...”

“Well, I’m not about to tell him. ‘Don’t ask; don’t tell.’ I want to make little Jeff happy, not make Daddy unhappy. I never tell him anything. He probably thought I was a virgin until I moved in with you.”

“You think, Jeff? Let’s see.”

“It certainly doesn’t taste like sweat -- bitter, really.”

“Somehow, when you pet dogs, they lie down. He’s much less obedient.”

“Talking of lying down, would you mind? This kneeling gets uncomfortable.”

“Our pleasure. This is much more comfortable. And now he’s standing up like a tree.”

“Strange tree, though. The nuts are at the root.”

“I’m being gentle. I just think they’re cute. Don’t tell me you don’t like that; he does.”

“He feels like wood underneath, but the skin is so loose. I dunno. Even where I’m fat, my skin isn’t that loose.”