Today the phone rang and my caller ID said “Dr. Chuck Noonan”.  I don’t know any doctor named Chuck Noonan, but since I had just been for some routine lab tests, I answered, thinking it might be someone from the lab.

I picked up the phone and a cheerful voice announced “Dr. Chuck Noonan calling!”

When I didn’t answer right away he went on to say…”Uh..the veterinarian!”

It is always tempting to mess with a wrong number caller and say something rather glib…but I never do.

I should have said, “Are you located next door to the taxidermist?  Because either way…I’d get my parrot back!”

I’m just saying…