We were dressed and ready to go out for a Dinner & Theater evening.
We turned on a ‘night light’, covered our pet parakeet, and put the cat in the backyard.
We phoned the local taxi company and requested a taxi.
The taxi arrived and we opened the front door to leave the house.
As we walked out the door, the cat we had put out in the yard scooted back into the house. We didn’t want the cat shut in the house because she always tries to get at the parakeet.
My wife walked on out to the taxi, while I went back inside to get the cat. The cat ran upstairs, with me in hot pursuit.
What I did not know was that my wife, while waiting in the cab, didn’t want the driver to know that the house will be empty for the night so, she made up a cover story and told the taxi driver that I would be out soon. and that “He’s just going upstairs to say goodbye to his mother.”
A few minutes later, I got into the cab.
“Sorry I took so long,” I said, as we drove away. “That stupid bitch was hiding under the bed. I had to poke her ass with a coat hanger to get her to come out. She tried to take off, so I grabbed her by the neck. Then, I had to wrap her in a blanket to keep her from scratching me. But it worked! I hauled her fat ass downstairs and threw her out into the backyard! She’d better not shit in the vegetable garden again!”
The silence in the taxi was deafening.
