Yesterday, I was walking my dog with my cousin and some friends by the beach in an oceanside town north of Boston. We were walking three little white haired terriers, and when two men approached with two more little white dogs, my cousin exclaimed, "It must be white dog day at the beach."

An older man walking his dog towards us stopped, smiled, and said, "Well, Obama Osama says white dogs are ok."

I did a double take and stared at the man- and he sensed my shock and said, "see that's a joke, I was trying to make a joke."