9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for July 01, 2016

Transcript:

Edda: Mom, when you got engaged to dad, did he step forth and ask gran for her blessing? Woman: he did. in fact. and on the whole, it went reasonably well. Edda: "on the whole?" Woman: After the part in which he called her a miserable, vicious old bat, and she called him feculent scum, she was surprisingly gracious.