#Person1#: Hey. Can you give me a hand with the groceries? And I told you I could do the shopping.
#Person2#: Wow! Do we really need all this stuff? Let me see that receipt.
#Person1#: Hey, I only bought the essentials.
#Person2#: Okay. Let's see. Dog food. Twenty-four dollars and seventy cents ($24.70)? We don't even have a dog!
#Person1#: Well, it WAS going to be a surprise, but look in the back of the truck.
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#: Ah, ha, hah. Speechless. I knew you'd love him.
#Person2#: That thing? That dog's as big as a horse. He probably eats like one, too.
#Person1#: Ah, but he's sure friendly. And someone was giving him away at the supermarket, and I... I... I couldn't let that poor thing pass another day without a loving home.
#Person2#: Whatever. Where was I? Eighteen dollars and nineteen cents ($18.19) for twenty-four cans of tomato juice? You don't even like that stuff!
#Person1#: Ahhhh. Not yet. I've decided to change my eating habits.
#Person2#: Right.
#Person1#: You'll see, you'll see.
#Person2#: Okay. Let's see. Three eighty-four ($3.84) for a box of chocolate cookies and twelve fifty-six ($12.56) for a case of soft drinks.
#Person1#: Yeah!
#Person2#: Changing your eating habits, huh? Do you really think that cookies are some type of diet food?
#Person1#: Hey, I'll just eat a cookie or two every other hour. In fact, they're a great source of carbohydrates for energy. And, you see, the tomato juice and cookies kind of, you know, cancel each other out.
#Person2#: Oh brother. I can't believe what I'm hearing. Let's see. Where was I? A carton of eggs, two fifty ($2.50) for a gallon of milk, three cans of tuna. Okay. [Yeah.] And finally two steaks for eight fourteen ($8.14). Now, something worth enjoying. I'll get the grill started.
#Person1#: Oh, we... w... well. The steaks are for Herbert.
#Person2#: Herbert. Who's Herbert?
#Person1#: Uh, he's the dog.
#Person2#: No!
#Person1#: You see, the previous owner said that he's kind of... he's somewhat picky about what he eats.
#Person2#: No!
#Person1#: And the steaks might help him adjust.
#Person2#: Absolutely not!
#Person1#: No, no, no, and the steaks might help him adjust to his new home. Hey, what are you doing? Oh, no. Why did you throw the steaks out on the ground outside?
#Person2#: Well, now, you and Herbert can get to know each other better. I'm going out to eat by myself.
#Person1#: Ughh.
#Person2# looks at #Person1#'s shopping receipt and is angry that there are so many things for a dog but few things for #Person2#. #Person1# wants to take a dog called Herbert home. And #Person2# is angrier when #Person2# finds the steaks are for Herbet but not #Person2#.
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