I wish this was an unusual conversation.

Janice sends me an IM and a link. "Tell me your initial reaction to this picture," she says.

So I say, "Um, someone gave the cat a pooper. It didn't always have one, but someone thought it would be funny to give this cat a pooper. That is my first reaction."

She says, "Yeah, it's part of the sign. It is seriously the grossest thing i've ever seen in my whole life."

Me: "Are you SURE it's part of the sign? Like did you touch it???"

Janice: "It's like 15 feet off the ground. The store has been there for a long time, and i don't think i ever really paid attention to the sign, until a few months ago when i was up there and i pretty much started gagging on the street when i realized it's a CAT'S ASSHOLE."

Me: (thinking, "duh") "I think that's because the pooper is new."

This is where things get a bit heated.

Janice: "No the pooper isn't new. The pooper is part of the sign. It always has been. I just never gave it much thought until one day. And regardless if it's with or without pooper it's a CAT'S ASS."

Me: "We will have to agree to disagree on this one because that pooper looks beyond fake to me. It's all smudgy."

A few moments pass.

Me: "http://www.catwear.com/ -- There is no pooper here."

Janice: "Bahahah you are right! Bahhaahah. I still think the cat's ass is NASTY!!! They were asking for it!!"

Me: "I would have believed you if the pooper wasnt so smudgy."

Janice: "'We're right on Fore Street in Portland. Just look for the cat's asshole!'"