Little Known Doggie facts

1. The custom that has chic women carrying around little lap dogs began with the Iroquois Nation and then spread to immigrants to Canada, and hence and thence to France, where Napoleon insisted that Josephine adopt it. The purpose has always been to give these chic women credibility when they accused the dog of being the one who farted.

2. Dogs (of any size) will, in a human family or group setting, stay close to the person they identify as the alpha dog/human. But in that person's absence they will hang around the human most likely to fall over dead, so that they can be assured of a meal.

Both of these facts have been carefully screened and vetted by the United States Federal Truth Commission and may be relied on to win bets and settle arguments.