Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for June 25, 2015
Transcript:
Rena: How's it going? Val: Don't ask. Val: First, Phil's in an accident. Then I come THIS close to being a runaway bride. We finally get back on track, until a moment of INSANITY when I decide to add a master bath before the wedding. Rena: So how's that going? Val: DON'T ASK!
The accident was not your doing, of course, but everything subsequent was.
The “moment” of insanity was more like a week and someone should have poured a bucket of ice water over her head to wake her up. As it is, Val is supposed to be reasonably intelligent but this borders on Abbot & Costello slapstick comedy. It doesn’t work here. It’s actually boring and is far below the quality of story that we have come to appreciate from Jan.
Unfortunately, we have a whole month to go for it to play out unless Jan will allow a shining knight to step in and save the day. I won’t hold my breath.