9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for February 21, 2004

Transcript:

"I didn't know Uncle Roger and his brood are coming over. There's a day shot." "Well, they are family." "Why is that supposed to make me feel any different? What does 'They are family' mean?" "There's an apostrophe before the words 'They are family.' It stands for 'Yes, your aunt and uncle are loud mouthed buffoons and your cousins are a gaggle of drooling deviants and unapprehended felons you wouldn't turn your back on in a dark alley, but you're not allowed to exercise good taste because...' They are family." "I didn't realize an apostrophe could accommodate so many words." "They're surprisingly stretchy."