Some People, You Just Can't Reason With

I work at a veterinary clinic, a rural veterinary clinic, and as such, I have heard some pretty ridiculous things, over the years. These range from at-home remedies involving cow manure, to various misconceptions about diseases or ailments. By and large, there are two categories for our clientele - - the kind you can educate, and the kind that are completely closed-minded.

I can’t tell you the number of clients who initially decline the "distemper" vaccine because their dog or cat is very well-behaved and has a wonderful temperament. These are the people, to which you patiently explain that (in animals) "distemper" is a contagious, upper respiratory infection, and not actually a personality flaw.

These are the kind-hearted folks who are often lacking in education, through no fault of their own, and are open to new thoughts and ideas when they are presented in a helpful and non-condescending manner. We like this type of people. We shall call them, Category A.

Then, there are the people who bring an extremely, obviously pregnant cat to see the doctor because she’s been gaining so much weight. It’s possible that there is actually a kitten exiting her body as the owner watches, and yet he scratches his head, confused.

Doctor: Your cat appears to be pregnant, sir

Owner: Why, that’s impossible doc!

Doctor: How’s that?

Owner: She doesn’t go out at night!

With this type of people (let’s call them Category B) it’s generally best to just smile politely and remove any sharp or shiny objects from their reach.

Also, it’s best not to tell this story at a Veterinary Conference during lunch-break, the number of doctor’s who snort soda through their noses, is astronomical. Plus, it inevitably leads to a game of "my clientele is dumber than yours", and there really are no winners there, except maybe the bartender wherever we all end up after the conference, drowning our sorrows.

In any event, I would like to provide a snippet of dialogue from yesterday’s show. It will become abundantly clear why, in a moment :

Carly: Jax kissing Kate of his own free will is the problem. And he didn't expect me to find out, and now that I have, he's trying to tell me it's all my fault.

Jason: How?

Carly: Oh, because he felt hurt and shut out, or something. No excuse at all!

Jason: That was the night you and Sonny took Michael to The Institute.

Carly: So?

Jason: So that was the night you and Sonny had sex!

Carly: That doesn't count! Sonny was a go-back, like a re-do.

Jason: Are you serious? {Ed Note: Dude, exactly what I was thinking, I hang my head in shame}

Carly: Sonny and I were in an emotional place, that we fell into something familiar. It was wrong, but nothing we hadn't done before. Jax kissed Kate for the first time. Which means he totally meant it. Which means he was totally unfaithful.

Jason: {I believe I have already mentioned the brilliance of the expression on Steve Burton’s face here} If you had sex with Sonny while you were married to Jax, that's cheating.

Carly: Well yeah, if you want to get technical. {Oh no Carly, it only counts if it was in a bed or on a plane} But Jax and Kate kissing is far worse.

Jason: How?

Carly: Jax kissing Kate is a new thing -- that's messing with our future. But Sonny, you know, we just happen sometimes, Jason.

Jason: Happened? You didn't mean to have sex with him?

This goes on for much longer than I have the patience to type, but eventually ends with - -

Jason: Carly, you’re giving me a headache. {word}

I typed that ridiculously (double-meaning intended) long conversation for the express purpose of posing a question - - category A or category B?

Which group do you suppose Carly belongs to?

Yes, that’s right . . . . it’s Category C.

Category C is reserved for those who don't think extramarital sex is nearly so bad as a chaste kiss is. Category C is reserved for those who can't imagine why anyone would fail to see her point on the matter.  Category C is reserved for the type of person who fails to realize the insane illogic in her own assertion that Sonny being a "go-back" means she isn’t getting back together with him, in spite of the fact that they’ve "gone-back" to the alter at least four or five (hundred) times in the past.

Then, of course, there's Category D for the poor sap married to her . . . .

If I was Jax, I’d still be wondering why Sonny suggested a paternity test when everyone thought Carly was pregnant.

If I was Jax, I’d also be looking into that "distemper" vaccine.

At the very least, he should probably stop letting Carly leave the house at night.

Comments

[Gen]

I have been tapping GH and watching it after work. I'm am so glad I can now FF through these type of scenes. It is such a relief!! Carly was getting on my very last nerve. I really don't know how I would have managed that scene live.

[Lindsey]

bwahahahahaha!! Carly is in a category of her own....... and I will give props to Jason (SB) for his look of "bitch, please."

Do you think LW even likes coming to work when she reads the RIDICULOUS stuff Carly does...... I thought limo sex was bad enough. But this definitely reaching new lows.