Nextdoor asked to use my telephone and I handed it out to him, explaining I didn't want him to get this bug. ZOMG he has a beautiful dog named Trixie, which looks very similar to my beloved yellow dog Aurens, of a hundred years ago. Aurens was devastatingly intelligent. I think he was of the "yellow dog" canine subset*. I stole him from someone who kept him chained up :-D

Trixie is brown, but reminded me of him so much so that I told the man three times how fabulous his dog is. I bet he doesn't hear that often, as she's more a "Beautiful Joe" type than a Fifi.

* Third from the right in that picture is a dead ringer for Aurens.