so i was just walking down Bloor St. between Bathurst and Spadina when I noticed a small dog, a little terrier, i think running down the street with no leash or collar.

at this point i should say that my daughter is a devoted follower of lady and the tramp and her dream is that we should find a stray dog somewhere and take it home and make it a house dog. not everyone in the house i am living in now loves dogs so this was not a feasible option.

i am also aware that between the time lady and the tramp was set and now there have been some changes in how we treat stray dogs. out with the pound, in with the humane society.

i decided in a wwmdd, what would my daughter do, type of moment, to call this humane society so that they would take care of the stray dog in as humane a manner as possible. i called the number listed in the phonebook and was transferred to an emergency line. i felt like an idiot 'i don't know if this is really an emergency but there would appear to be a stray little dog running around in the annex'

they told me to call animal control, apparently different from the humane society, which i did, but since the animal was not sick or injured and surely not a public safety concern, they told me to call back during regular business hours.

so that was the ordeal of the last few moments of my life, all started by a little dog and a disney movie