"Dog Words"

The teacher was telling the class about plants
that have the word "dog" in front of them:
dogrose, dogwood, dog violet.

She asked the class if they could name another
flower with the prefix "dog."

Steven raised his hand and said, "Sure, Miss
Jones, a 'collie' flower!"


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"Inoculations"

A client brought a litter of golden retriever puppies
to my veterinary clinic for inoculations and worming.

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 talkative client
had grown silent. As I sprinkled the last pup's head,
the woman leaned forward and whispered,

"I didn't know they had to be baptized, too."