Okay, then...

'You called?'

So here is how it goes...

 Me: haven't heard the wolf pack much this summer. I wonder if they're close enough that we'll get any response when we go out after the cookout for Dark Skies and Wolf Howls... My record this summer has been poor.

Megan (who lives right next door to Bondi) Oh, they're back! They were right outside our house last night, sounded like they were practically on our deck!

Brian: Yep. There's nine of them.

Long silent pause.

Megan and I: and you know this because?

Brian: I was biking last evening, and heard them in the back field, so I stopped and howled. They came trotting across the field to take a look at me. Nine. 

Me: And?

Brian: oh, I just kept on biking..

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Me: okay then..

(which fact, we hasten to add, does not in any way mean that they will grace us with a howl tonight after the Cookout...  but I have my fingers crossed!)