Thursday, January 20, 2005

You're not even listening

From what I've seen, humans depend greatly on verbal communication. If so, you'd think my human would be better at it, or at least show more effort. A typical conversation between us is

Me: Give me fish.
Human: (petting me) I love you too!
Me: That reply made no sense.
Human: Yes I do!
Me: Cretin.

I can hardly complain about the petting, but these exchanges suggest two unacceptable possibilities. Either the human I depend on for food is unable to understand me, or he is simply unconcerned with what I'm saying.

When he lectures me for begging, at least, I can grant he's closer to the mark. But it's probably a lucky guess. And where does he get off? If I knew how to conjure snacks I'd leave him alone. Completely.

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