9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for May 17, 2001

Transcript:

Juliette and Gran are sitting in the sofa. Juliette says to Edda: "When I was your age, I was firm and creaseless. No stretches, no crow's feet...Nothing that had to be spackled, cinched in, shoved up or electrolyzed." Edda asks: "Are you telling me that's all I have to look forward to?" Gran says: "Of course not...There's socioeconomic collapse, and the specter of the bomb." Juliette, who is reading a book, says to Edda: "You're grinding your teeth again, honey."