Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for April 13, 2011

Evie makes a call to Phil???

Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill !

I wish I could say my mother would have been as helpful when I needed it! But, I look forward to some good ideas here!

I love Evie!

Now we’re talking!

Two heads are better than one.

My mom would never help in this situation. She is too far behind times. Then Sunday she turns 86. Evan in her younger days she would never help out. I agree this strip interesting next few days.

Remember: Carefully planned revenge always beast spur of the moment.

“Revenge is a dish best served cold” - Klingon proverb

^ Doesn’t it go back a good deal further than “Star Trek”? I thought it was one of those good ol’ Yiddish proverbs.

Sicilian, I believe.

Good call, ghostkeeper! (from yesterday)

Go Evie!

I need an Evie!

The French novel “Mathilde” written in 1841 by Marie Joseph Eugène Sue contains the first published version of “la vengeance se mange très-bien froide”

Mom to the rescue!

“…best eaten cold.”

This gives a better rhythm, something most people don’t seem to care about or even notice.

Incidentally, this does not apply to the French version, which has a perfectly good (completely different) rhythm as it is.