"OK. These two are about the same whore!"

Somebody is going to have to explain this one to me.

Two of our dogs (Denver and Sherman) walked past Conrad's cage, and very as-a-matter-of-factly, he exclaimed with great proclamation:
"OK.  These two are about the same whore!"


Does Conrad come from a universe what we know not of?  How can two different individuals be one - the same?  One good explanation was that he was simply making me aware that even though they are very different breeds, he knows that both Denver and Sherman are dogs, and in good Conrad-fashion, instead of saying, "These 2 are dogs!", he had to make his labels a bit more interesting by jazzing it up a bit.


Such comparisons aren't that unusual.  I have a friend that has 2 African Greys, "Buzzy" and "Bear".  He also had a dog named "Joe".  Buzzy and Bear's cage was sitting by a window in the living room, and when it starts to  rain at a nice rate, Buzzy would say, "Come here, Joe! It's raining dogs!"


(Minimally, these are just a few of the advanced cognitive functions that are occuring during that small exchange between Buzzy and Joe:
1) the fact that Buzzy knows to call Joe
2) the fact that he knows Joe will come to the cage
3) the fact that he knows Joe is a dog, 
4) the fact that he know how to identify rain by name
5)  the fact that he has heard the phrase, "It's raining cats and dogs!" in the past, and
5)  the fact that he remembered the phrase, and individualized the phrase to match the current relevant situation. 


The summary of this assorted saga is this:
"OK.  These two are about the same whore!"


he he

- Michael