The party was at Billy Mac's place, and since Jim and Gary live a few houses up the street they brought their dogs, Boo and Leo.  They were explaining about they got their names.  You may already have heard this one, but Leo is named after Leo Sowerby, which is about as Anglican-dorky as my wanting to name a cat Maggie.  Anyway, lots of us were gathered around outside, and somebody (Hal I think) asked Jim if the dog actually like listening to Sowerby, and Jim immediately said "well, he likes Howells...".  Cue thirty seconds of uproarious laughter and groaning.