Yannis Is Single and You're Sitting in a Boat

Yannis is single.

In other news . . . You’re sitting in a boat with a dentist and a retired firefighter. Two spaniels join you in the boat. They’re hungry and you have a roll and some cheese. The spaniels see the food, or they smell it, and you want to feed them. (They’re cute and look at you with mouths open and eyes wide.) But the roll and the cheese are the only food you have left, and there’s you, and the dentist, and the retired firefighter to feed, and who knows the next time you'll see land.

Okay, let's say you have some peanut butter as well. Or just the peanut butter. You’ve shared the cheese and the roll. Or you never had them to begin with. And you’re hungry, and no one knows how the two spaniels reached the boat, so far away from land. Neither dog looks particularly wet, and the retired firefighter claims they’re not even spaniels. Some other breed?

"What fine teeth they have," says the dentist. Her look tells you she’s just making a joke. "Are you kidding," says the retired firefighter. "I’ve seen better teeth on a dog!" And they both start laughing, and rocking the boat, and some water splashes in and excites one of the spaniels.

So the moral is what? Well, look at how much peanut butter is left! And what happened to the dogs? The dentist and the retired firefighter have calmed their laughter, but the two spaniels are nowhere to be seen.

To be continued.