[Bill]

I'll never forget when I first met Morgan, Nikki's Maine Coon.
Nikki: This is Morgan, my cat
Me: Wow, that's a big cat
Nikki: Yeah, he's a Maine Coon
Me: (my mind going off in it's own direction) Raccoon?
Nikki: No, "Maine Coon"
Me: Raccoon? (me, picturing a mating between a cat and a raccoon back in the 1700's or something)
Nikki: No, you dummy, Maine Coon, not raccoon.
Me: So....he's part raccoon? He sorta looks like one.
Nikki: NO! It's a breed of cat.
Me: Oh, I get it now, they bred with raccoons and then we domesticated them at some point.
Nikki: No, it's a cat!
Me: I know! But one descended from raccoons, right?
Nikki: NO! Forget about about the raccoon part!
Me: Ok, ok, but are they from Maine?