A lesson for us all

A few weeks ago I was visiting our local library. I was in the children's section stocking up on books for the wee ones. The kids weren't with me so I was taking my time, mulling around and basically just smiling to myself. A mother with a young daughter, possibly 5 or so was talking with the children's librarian. The mom decided it was time to go, as she started to walk towards the exit she told the librarian, "We need to go, the dog's been locked up for hours now and I need to let it out", to which the child responded, "Dumb dog!" The child was a bit away from the mom and said this fairly quietly as she walked. Mom heard and reprimanded her with, "Don't say "dumb"! Call the dog an idiot instead"..........."Idiot dog!" the child ended with. I could barely contain my laughter at this weird choice of verbiage. Hmmm, so "dumb" is not ok to say, but "idiot" is. Now according to the dictionary the word dumb is defined as: "lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted" and idiot is defined as: "an utterly foolish or senseless person.

So with this clarification the question has to be asked, Who is the true idiot here, the dog or the mom?????

Lesson to be learned-before you speak out loud, make sure no one is listening.