9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for April 05, 2003

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Gran: "I don't know why newspapers waste space on comics...They're frivolous and just poke fun at things!" Edda: "Nevertheless, this entrenched attitude can be reversed...to every American, European-ness confers respectability...therefore..." Edda: "Gran, in Belgium, cartooning is considered a high art form." Gran: "Really? Well then, that's different." Juliette: "Mother, when I was in Belgium, I was very well-liked." Juliette: "Oh, Lord! I'm actually trying to raise myself in her esteem to the level of Olive Oyl!"