Go read this post at Language Log:
Then come back and tell me if you think I'm right.
Geoffrey K. Pullum says he has disabled comments because he doesn't want to hear all the accusations of unfairness about his attitude toward animals and what he staunchly maintains is their lack of linguistics.*
He *really* disable comments because he doesn't want to read all the stories people are going to post about the time their dog/cat/parrot got up on the dining room table, or the time their dog/cat/parrot followed a command in the properly conditioned manner and created a funny situation.
I don't honestly think Pullum was *lying*--I think he just omitted part of his reason.
But you can tell your funny story here, if you like.
*With which I wholeheartedly agree, btw.
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