His ex-wife was friends with my wife which made it tough sometimes to keep my mouth shut.

She was a looker, that one. Could never understand why he fooled around on her. Two beautiful children too, a boy and a girl, totally free of animal features so I guessed either they didn't get his genes or they ate vegetarian. Come to think of it, the boy was what you might call a carrot top and the girl had the shape of a pear.