Herman by Jim Unger for August 04, 2022

you are already, no?

“They also serve who only stand and wait.” er, uh "They also serve who only sit and yack.”

Gotta be an oldie, otherwise he’d be using a cell phone and she would be draping the laundry all over him.

Do any women in new housing subdivisions even still own clotheslines and clothespins? It was a pleasant feature of my youth to see and hear sheets and clothes flapping in the breeze. And I enjoyed helping my mother with the chore.

I recall a neighborhood friend riding his bike across the backyards once at dusk and getting literally “clotheslined” when the line caught him under the nose and pulled him off his bike. Left a nice mark under his nose for a few days.

This was my mother-in-law. If you stood still long enough, she would try to dust you.

Wow. How does he know? It’s amazing. She didn’t even say a thing to him. It’s like he and his wife are in sync – like they’re of one mind. Wow.

Just hang in there buddy.

Ya think?

It looks like he is already “helping”. He must have been on the phone for quite a while.

And she’s very good at dropping subtle hints.

Hang up the phone and clothes, Herman!