Prairie Pooch Discovers New Financial Law

Please concentrate on what is about to follow.  Don't take your eye off the ball...

My wife, Seraphina, is visiting daughter in California.  Here's a conversation just now...

Wife:  We're going to Hearst castle.  We were going to stay in a hotel.  But, we canceled it, and will be staying with friends.  That came very close to paying for our trip up the coast.

Pooch:  You incurred the financial obligation of the motel, then canceled it before paying any money.  Where is the source of income that will pay for your trip?

Wife:  [Long silence broken by breathing, not of the breathy Marilyn Monroe type.]

Pooch:  [Under his breath]      (*&^^^%!!!UU

Should I call President-elect O to tell him about this new source of income to pay for our national debts?  Might bail our entire country out of the drink!

Maybe, I should have been more worried this summer when I caught Seraphina feeding our money to a bird!