[ Well, how is he supposed to know what diseases she doesn't have? You've got to assume the worst with these things. ]

I just thought - well, animals on the table, it doesn't seem proper, you know? [ He gestures vaguely towards his Stunky, who has finished her cracker and is once again making sweet love to his leg, but who at least has remained on the floor. ] But I certainly didn't mean to imply that she or you were particularly unsanitary - could you tell her not to look at me like that? [ Please don't electrocute him, Katya. He hasn't even drunk his tea yet. ]