Home Cooking

It's a problem if your dog is always begging for food when you sit down to eat a meal.  How can you cure that? This video offers a clever solution!

What's So Funny?

The joke is that the person's home cooking is so bad that it will cure the dog of begging for food at the table because the food is so undesirable.

Alan Headbloom

Alan advises Americans how to be global citizens and expats how to fit in to Michigan culture without annoying their native coworkers and clients. He also tweets and blogs at the intersection of language and culture. Over decades, he's traveled, studied, or lived on six continents, putting strange foods into his mouth and emitting strange sounds from it. His use of English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Swedish, Hausa, and Japanese all improve with alcohol use. He gives invited public presentations on culture and unsolicited private advice on English grammar and usage; the latter isn't always appreciated. Visit his website for information on consulting, coaching, or speaking engagements.