I should probably make this a guideline, but it's almost too stupid to post as a guideline. I am putting it in my new book, though.
We went to a home improvement store Saturday to look for a new dishwasher. The guy said to me:
"What are you going to use it for?"
It's a dishwasher - what in the world does he think I'm going to use it for? The Cop Magnet told me that I can't stick the cat in there.... He also asked me if a quiet machine would be beneficial. Quiet? What's quiet? I have three sons, two dogs, two cats, two hermit crabs, and a husband. What's the definition of that word "quiet"?
We ended up leaving and getting a new dishwasher from Best Buy. At least there they didn't ask me stupid questions...
It's just a running family joke. About two summers ago he decided to give the cats a bath. So he staked down a ferret cage in the yard and threw them in it...and used a Mr. Clean Auto Car Wash attachment on them. I said, "Why didn't you just use the dishwasher?" That's where it came from..
I shudder to ask, but why would TCM have to tell you that you "can't stick a cat in there?"