I've lived here too long - this barely registered as strange

"So you own the buffalo?"
"No, that's my neighbor, I own the zebra."

This one's a little "inside baseball"

"so whatever you do, don't sit between the hutch and the TV, especially when the Braves are playing."

My own addition to this little blog

"Excuse me, but your emu appears to be heading down the road that way."