it sure made it easy that he was the agreeable type and always said yes , yes , yes and spewed off whacky anecdotes , like the time he was lying on the floor pondering , saying things like , the dalai lama eats cat food for dinner and he hates it , and he said it just like that , emphasizing ate and being soft on the h because he thought it was funnier that way but everyone else got off on the idea of the dalai lama hating it .