9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for September 27, 2012
Transcript:
Edda: In case you haven't heard, amos and I are engaged. Woman: I did hear. Was the moment magical? Edda: Well, let me see... I was pinned to the stage under blinding lights while 3000 salivating ticket holders gaped.... woman: Well, that could have been a little magical. Edda:...after which seth passed through the theatre making everyone sign witness statements attesting that I said yes. Edda: When a man has endured the grim toil of stitching several thousand tiny pearls to the train of a wedding gown, him and magic is quits.