For the past few days I have been house sitting for a friend and looking after his dog and cats. The week before that I ate way too much saturated fat, so decided that while I was at my friend's apartment I'd survive on vegetarian meals to reduce the cholesterol level of my blood.
As I know from previous periods of house sitting his apartment, his dog and both cats are great scroungers. All three congregate around the table at meal times demanding their share of my food. The dog is reasonably patient, but if I ignore the cats they will jump up on the table and try to steal food from my plate. So when I have finished, I always save a bit for all of them.
But none of them were expecting vegetarian food.
The dog looked at his bowl that up at me with a face that seemed to say "Vegetarian food? You know I'm a dog, right? Dogs don't so vegetarian food!"
While the cats glared at me with a more vicious look that said "Falafel! I don't eat no stinking falafel. If you know what is good for you, you will get me meat, and get it pronto!"