How dry is it? In the middle of a drought, you might answer that question is “So dry the trees are bribing the dogs.” This is part of a complete episode.
I was talking to a Texan about how dry the weather has been out here.
She said, it’s so dry that trees are bribing the dogs.
That’s how dry it is.
Took me a second, but I got it.
The trees are bribing the dogs.
Here, doggy, doggy, doggy.
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