Sunday, June 5, 2011

Importance of context

Gwenchik and I were walking our neighbor's dog, who was willing to do tricks for treats, which he loudly and enthusiastically chewed down.

Me: This dog reminds me of our favorite pig, who would gleefully chew down apples (in our house pigs are sort of semi-sacred animals treated with high respect, which is a long story)
Gwen: Yes, he does!
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As we were returning the dog, Gwenchik happily explained to our neighbors that her mom compared their favorite dog to a pig. Well I had to go into a long-winded explanation to ease the awkward situation. Gwenchik was surprised that not everyone was as appreciative of the pigs as we are. Not sure what the neighbors think...

2 comments:

Roddy said...

You need to post a link at least to the long story. Katia didnt understand about the pig either, and i found it hard to explain.

Alexandra said...

well I added the link now, so hopefully it would make more sense :)