Rent-A-Puppy

For at least a year I have been wanting a puppy but I have one minor problem-I don't want to clean up after it. Obviously, this would be impossible. Unless, of course, I like living in a house that reeks of dog shit. But I don't. I am more of a Pine-Sol kinda gal.

Do you ever wonder why they don't make Cedar-Sol? Yeah, me either.

Let's get back to my puppy dilemma. Since I just want something soft, furry, cuddly and gosh darn cute to play with for a day, I think that there should be a business simply titled "Rent-A-Puppy." I looked all through the Yellow Pages hoping that by some miracle a genius like myself already thought this up and thus doing all the business work for me. But I was wrong. Either there is only one genius in this universe that came up with this brilliant plan(ahem, moi) or all the other geniuses are lazy like me.

This is really a shame because I bet business would be booming. It would be the cure to end the annoyance of children nagging their parents to get a puppy that, ultimately, the parents would care for.

I can see it now: All the Veruca Salts in this world whining "I want a puppy now!" would be able to get one! The child would be happy as can be and the parents too-since they won't wind up taking care of the little bugger. But then it would be taken away after the hour is up.

Such is life.

It's good to teach kids that life isn't all candy and make-believe.

Okay, maybe it wouldn't be a good idea as a Christmas present but it could show children the insane responsibilities of owning a puppy. I mean, the sole reason for this business is so that I can play fetch with a doggie for a day and then make it's real owners clean up after the mess it makes.

This is truly a brilliant plan.

If any genius out there with more motivation and gumption than I wants to start up a business like this- let me know. Then I could get a puppy, name it Waldo, and then lose it.