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"Hey, dude, what's in the box?"

"You know, I've asked you to stop calling me that. You should show some respect, since I'm the only one of the two of us who has opposable thumbs."

"Whatever. What's in the box? Is it for me?"

"Amazingly, yes, it is. It's a rawhide bone."

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"Oooh! People love me!"

"Yes they do. In this case, it's from Mike, who was my thesis student last year."

"The one with the camera?"

"Yeah, he did take a lot of pictures. He's in grad school now, at the University of Connecticut, and when he heard about the book, he sent you a bone by way of congratulations."

"We always did like him."

"So, well, congratulations."

"It's about time somebody recognized my important contributions around here. Let me see that."

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A few minutes pass. "Well, what do you think?"

"Go 'way. 'M chewing my bone."

"You like it, then?"

"Don't you have a book to be writing?"

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And here's a special bonus LOLEmmy version of that last picture:

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That bone definitely had a flavor.

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The caption has much too good grammar to be a proper LOL*. It should be something like "I has bohn".

By Joshua Zelinsky (not verified) on 03 Nov 2007 #permalink

"I HAZ BOHN! ITZ GOTZ FLAVUR. U CANT HAZ NUN."

"I just call it boning." -- Michelle Flaherty

By Johan Larson (not verified) on 03 Nov 2007 #permalink

MAH BOAN, I HAZ IT.

The caption has much too good grammar to be a proper LOL

The Queen of Niskayuna has far too much dignity to speak like some sort of ignorant cat.