Neighbors vol 2

Peggy: "Hey, Tobia! Where are you going?"

Tobia: "I am going inside, I cannot stand conflicts, you know that very well."

Peggy: "But this time none of us are involved, it is Lupe (the neighbor) that is getting it! I wouldn't miss that for anything."

Tobia: "What is fascinating in watching somebody else's misfortune?"

Peggy: "Misfortune? if she did something in the house, she wasn't supposed to do, you can hardly call it a question of fortune, can you? And besides if she ever puts on airs again, we can rub her nose in this!"

Dogs

Tobia: "Why did the tall one get so angry yesterday? It is in our DNA to protect the territory and therefore we must bark and threaten every other dog that gets close. And being the bigger one - and the male, if I may add - of course I also have to protect you."

Peggy: "You're right about the protecting but stop pretending! Yes, you are bigger than me but that only shows when we are behind the safety of the fence. As soon as you are out on the street and we meet another dog, you are ready to jump up in the arms of your master! Chicken!"

Stress

Tobia: "It seems like the level of stress in our house has diminished. Perhaps we will now have days of longer walks, more cookies - or rather cookies, more time with my master.... I know it is often too hot, summer really has its good sides."

Peggy: "For one thing summer isn't hot this year, it has been raining for weeks now, not that I mind, you know. Second: Your dear master will probably be upstairs hacking away in front of that thing with the moving pictures, if I know him right. And the tall one will get annoyed and I really can't blame him. I mean, why on earth do you let a dog into your house, or two dogs for that matter, if you don't want to take care of them?"

Tobia; "My master does take care of me, only sometimes he is a bit forgetful and at other occasions he doesn't have the time."

Peggy: "Wrong, he doesn't find the time!"

Fairness

Tobia: "It is not fair that you can take the walks without leash but I am tied all the time! Oh, how grand it would be could I only run free!"

Peggy: "That's exactly why you are not let off the hook! You would start running and before your brain registered it, you would be miles away and you would probably not be able to find your way back. You should do like I do, always keep an eye on the tall one, you never know what he is up to!"

Tobia: "I know of someone that didn't keep an eye on my master last night, he found you on the couch, didn't he? It was your luck that it was not the tall one.... Why do you keep going on the couch anyway, you know they don't want us to."

Peggy: "Have you seen my bed? It's in great need of a new cover and as long as they don't give me one, I have to use something else and the only thing around here is the couch."

Tobia: "Who made the holes? Anyway, there is also the smaller bed, you know the one that was brought here for you."

Peggy: "Me? in the smaller bed? You must be kidding!!! I have my position to think of!"

Biscuits

Tobia: "Now they are eating again. As far as I can smell, it's really a delicious but after the tall one moved in no more tidbits tableside. <sigh> I can’t help getting a tad nostalgic about the good old days, when it was just my master and me”

Peggy: “Don’t go in there, you know they’ll kick you out. Do like me: go in there when they are not around.”

Tobia: “And then they come downstairs and you find yourself in a pickle.”

Peggy: “Well, then I take my scolding and that’s it. I don’t sit around sulking for hours like someone else.”

Elections

Tobia: "Have you heard the good news? My master let out a cry when he heard about the elections in Milan, Naples and Trieste. Center-right had lost all! I hope that this means the beginning of the end."

Peggy: "Well, if they did give the vote to dogs, I would of course vote Lega Nord. Let's keep Italy Italian! Or rather, let us keep Padania Italian. I hate to say it but for once I agree with you but also with the women of Italy and with mr Bossi. We have done our duty and we cannot tolerate the behavior of the Dear Leader of PDL."

More rain

Tobia: "I knew something was brewing!"

Peggy: "Sure, sure... but I bet you thought that it was the tea!"

(The music is from the Channel4 "Brideshead Revisited")