When I was a little boy I use to make houses out of paper; lots of houses so much so I actually built a whole community of houses, shops, office buildings. Heck, I even made streets out of paper. Together with my collection of miniature metal toy cars and toy humans, I in fact managed to build a whole bloody community complete with police station, a clinic, and trees along the street! So every adult and my adoring parents thought I would become a builder or an architect. Did I? Nope. I soon grew out of it. Toys were for sissies.
When I entered high school, my interest had already shifted. I wanted to be a lawyer. Why? Well, I was in the debating society, so you might say that I'm the arguing type. And lawyers by nature are the arguing type! Ha! But that dream didn't last too long. While some of the debating society members eventually became real lawyers, I joined the hospitality industry. Why? I don't know. But it's a great career and pays well. And you get to travel and stay free if you're working for some established international hotel chain. And eat free as well. And I was working for the Holiday Inns...Ha!
But what if I were a dog? Yeah; a dog. What kind of dog would I want to be? Interesting question. Never thought of that before. Now let's see...a German Shepherd? A poodle? A Chihuahua? Yuck! No, not a Chihuahua. Only rich people like Paris Hilton like Chihuahuas. Hang on...but that's not a career; that's just a breed. But what kind of careers are available to dogs anyway? Dogs can't be doctors. Imagine walking into a clinic and a dog is sitting in the doctor's chair in the consultation room. Or lawyers. Or architects. Or engineers. Yeah, dogs ain't got a lot of choices you know. Oh, I know! I could be a police dog! Yeah! Nobody respects the police like they respect a police dog. He is one mean, no-nonsense, bites you where it hurts type. No one messes around with a police dog. You can't bribe him to look the other way. No, sir! If you are the bad guy and the dog is coming after you, you'd better surrender or else!
Come to think of it; unlike humans, there's no criminals in dog society - only good dogs and bad dogs. What an embarrassing thought...sigh.
