So You Think You're Funny, Huh?

This Eclectic Life is having a funniest post contest. I wasn't planning to enter because I just couldn't think of anything. But, then . . .

Yesterday evening, I was out on the deck firing up the grill and enjoying a moment of peace. Suddenly, the back door burst open, and out bounded Baby Puppy. She was in full pretend - puppy mode and naked as the day she was born. She stared at me intently for a couple of seconds, then grabbed her bare coochie with both hands and did a little pee-pee dance.

"Puppy needs to potty," she announced solemnly.

Before I could say a word, she dashed into the middle of the backyard and dropped into the Downward Dog pose (no, really). With dozens of parenting books and hundreds of magazine articles to draw upon, this is all I could come up with:

"DON'T YOU PEE ON YOUR HAIR!"

Baby Puppy very obligingly spread her legs wider to better direct the spray of urine and let 'er rip. When she had finished the deed, she twitched her precious butt a few times for a quick air-dry. Then, completely satisfied with herself, she flounced back into the house.

Note to Mother-in-law: No, she is not completely potty trained, but she is totally housebroken!