I've had an odd recurring dream for years. A radio advice show host, hit by the flu, asks his pet tiger, who inexplicably speaks English, to fill in for him. The tiger brings, shall we say, a different frame of reference to the table than the host. His first caller says she's fed up with the rude treatment she has received from a group of people. (Sometimes, in the dream, her antagonists are friends who have drifted apart. Other times, they're in-laws or co-workers.) The tiger thinks for a moment and then says, "Hmmm...That's a tough one, but I'd recommend devouring them whole."
What else would you expect a talk show tiger host to say? After all, we're all products of our environment.
