Ned and Pons meet at a Humane Society shelter.
Ned: Thanks for comin' down here, Pons.
Pons: You said you were thinking of getting a kitten, so I thought I could help you pick one out.
Ned: Well they got a passel of 'em we can eyeball right through this here winnder.
Pons: Wow! There seems to be about a dozen of them.
Ned: I'd say half was boys and half was ain't boys.
Pons: You mean girls?
Ned: Well, Pons, girls is people, not kitty cats.
Pons: But you just said half were boys. Aren't boys people?
Ned: You think there’s cat people, Pons?
Pons: Cat people?
Ned: You askin' me, or tellin' me?
Pons: What?
Ned: I'm just gonna say I don't believe there’s no cat people, Pons. You can think what you want.
Pons: I don't think there are --
Ned: Hey! That there one's acallin' my name.
Pons: Sounds like it’s saying 'mew'.
Ned: Maybe that’s my cat name.
Pons: Your cat name?
Ned: Sure. Cats got their own langage, Pons.
Pons: So, what you're saying is that all these kittens are saying, 'Ned -- Ned -- Ned'.
Ned: 'Course not, Pons. That'd be pretty hard to swaller.
Pons: Aren't they all saying the same thing?
Ned: Dang, Pons! You musta woked up a bit dumb this mornin'.
Pons: Is that it? Well, I'm here. You might have something.
Ned: I think I'll get the one what's talkin' to me.
Pons: Which one was that again?
Ned: The boy'n, Pons. Sheesh!
Pons: Aren't there six boy kittens?
Ned: Sure, but there’s only one what's sayin' 'Ned'.
Pons: Which one was that again?
Ned looks at Pons and shakes his head, as if pitying him.
Ned: Let me ask you a question, Cuz. If one a these kittens were sayin', 'Pons! Pons!', wouldn't you think that were somethin' to consider?
Pons: I would be flabbergasted and would likely call Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Ned: Oh, I believe it, Pons. By the way, Ms. Ripley passed a few years back. She were hard a hearin' too. Might be that one a her cats might be interested.
Pons: Huh?
Ned: Just kiddin' you, Pons. Them cats prob'ly don't care none.
Pons can only stare at Ned for a moment then nod slightly to the affirmative.
Pons: I'm sure you're right, Ned.
Ned: Spec’ly if you used that word 'flavvercasted'.
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