I loved this the first time I read it, and I love it even more now that I know you wrote it, and am actually commenting now to let you know.

Love it so much. I'd quote favorite bits, but that's pretty much the whole thing. (Every trap on the way up; whiskey at one; potato peeler for a knife fight; novelty salt shaker into soup; pea under fridge; "I know".)

(Oh! "red ceramic dog house"--as in Snoopy? The WWI ace fighter pilot?)