Michael Cash wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:09:27 +0900, B Robson <Xb-robsonX@gol.com>
> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
> 
> 
>>Michael Cash wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:19:12 -0500, Kevin Gowen
>>><kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
>>>inscribed:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>The other day I was in the checkout line at the grocery store and the 
>>>>lady in front of me was trying to buy beer with her food stamps EBT 
>>>>card. She was DENIED by the teen running the register. I added, "Any 
>>>>beer bought with my money will be bought by ME!"
>>>>
>>>>That was awesome.
>>>
>>>
>>>Reminds me of my childhood.
>>>
>>>My grandfather owned a small grocery store and people used to try to
>>>buy dog food with their food stamps. When they were told that the
>>>rules didn't allow that, they just ordered a couple of pounds of ham
>>>or some other meat for the pooch instead.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>and how exactly did he know that the dog ate this ham?
> 
> 
> He didn't, and I didn't. 
> 
> Was there something about the way I worded the anecdote which might
> indicate that it was known whether the dog actually ate the ham or
> not?
> 

You said the meat was for the pooch. Is that Sepponian for wife?