9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for March 11, 2016
Transcript:
Man: When a pianist loves a cellist and wants to impart his genetic code to her children, what speaks that sentiment more clearly than a pen and pencil set? Woman: Well, when you put it that way, nothing else does. but doesn't your tradition involve a ring? Man: Oh, that. It's under the cardboard panel holding the pen and pencil. woman: Ah.... now that's a very nice pen and pencil set indeed. Man: So? What do you say?