FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for December 18, 2008
December 17, 2008
December 19, 2008
Transcript:
Grandma: Here, sweetheart. I made you some tea. Andy: Not now, Mother, my column's due in 20 minutes. Grandma: Twenty minutes?! Yikes! I don't know how you do it Andrea. Personally, I always feel compelled to get my work done well ahead of time, so I don't have to rush and do a sloppy job at the last minute. But different strokes for different folks. I suppose. Then again, what you're typing right now is gibberish. Andy: Mother, please, I've now got 19 minutes...
I read this, remembered that I am going home for the holidays to deal with my mother for a week, and started to try to think up excuses that would allow me to stay for 3 days instead.
I’ve always hated those little comments, the ones that aren’t ‘criticizing’ persay, but at the same time make you want to attack the person with your bare hands.