9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for June 29, 2016

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Edda: I just got a message from xiulan. She and hugh are airborne, heading for china. woman: so this is it? he's going to ask for her hand in marriage? Edda: It looks like it. Ordinarily, his parents should be talking to her parents, but he's chosen to do it himself. Woman: Does that present a difficulty? Edda: xiulan says it's a little departure from custom...but nothing the richter scale can't compute. Woman: Ah....that kind of little departure.