Everyone Loves Pot Roast
“When my husband and I combined our single-parent households, we created a rather chaotic life together with 4 boys between us, plus 2 cats and a dog.
“I had cooked 2 organically raised beef chuck roasts. I put them on our dining room table to cool until I could pull them apart for barbecue, and then I left the room to take care of some other things.
“My husband called his best friend out in Seattle to update him on how our new life was coming along. He was on the phone leaving a message for his friend when he walked into the dining room and saw one of our cats on the table enjoying the roast beef!
“Without thinking, he hollered, ‘Linda, the cat’s eating the pot roast!’ He didn’t realize that his message was being recorded on his friend’s voicemail. Distracted, he hung up the phone without leaving his name.
“Later, my husband’s friend called back and said that someone had left him the message, ‘The cat’s eating the pot roast,’ and he knew it must be from our crazy household.”
