Monday, May 17, 2021

pass the mushrooms

 Today is National Mushroom Hunting Day which reminds me of a story a friend told me at a high school reunion some years ago.  He assured me it was true and that he knew the parents of the people involved.  A recently married young couple went out mushroom hunting in the woods near their farm one day.  They found a lot of mushrooms, brought them home and started cooking the mushrooms for supper.  While the mushrooms cooked, they started to have second thoughts.  They were pretty sure that the mushrooms they had picked were not poisonous but not quite positive.  So they decided to feed some to their dog who had been circling around hoping for a handout.  The dog ate some and seemed fine so the couple ate the rest.  Suddenly the dog appeared to be having convulsions.  The young couple, who didn't have a car, ran to the nearest driving neighbor, about a half mile away and got a ride to the emergency room where they had their stomachs pumped.  After a few hours they seemed fine so they were sent home where they discovered that, in their absence, their dog had delivered seven puppies.

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