A Dinner Story

As Virginia was getting the pizza I was winding a ball of yarn in preparation for a big night of knitting in front of the TV-crazy Friday!!! I was sitting on the couch and Marcelo, from behind me, says "Mira, poopie!" while pointing to a spot behind the wall, so I can't see what he's pointing at. But he looks serious and I am thinking to myself "Oh, did the dog shit in the hallway?" And Marcelo says again "Mira! Poopie!" So I kinda crane my neck to see but I am like thinking "Ok, I don't really want to see your dog's shit..." and so I basically ignored him, then he took a step and said "Aca, Alexis, es Poopie" and in walks a neighbor's dog! So I am kinda smirking and I am like "Ah, si! El perro del vecino!" And he's like "Si, claro!" So then I said "En ingles, la palabra poopie significa caca!" And he started cracking up and calling the dog Caca! Then he goes "Es como Mierda!" And I'm like "No, mierdita (little shit!)!!!" And we all laughed about this throughout dinner. Actually, it still makes me laugh. Poopie! Apparently it's a common name for dogs here. I love it.