Drabble by Kevin Fagan for September 23, 2013

Ralph just wouldn’t be the same person..

He’d run away with Irma Thurston from Hi and Lois.

He gives up ice cream, she gives up aprons.

If he makes improvements, you have to or no deal.

Give up ice cream noway !!!!!! 8^(

More like “I’ve saved enough money to leave your apron wearing Christmas decorating in August butt for a supermodel”.

Hafta play moar golf, bub!

Oh I so disagree! Working at a job does not make a mother lose her sense of motherhood. That would mean working makes men worse fathers too. Divorce is what messes up kids. And mental illness and mean people, etc. It certainly is harder to be a parent when you work, but a parent working a job does not ruin a child.

If Dad would pitch in more around the house Mom might have more time for making cookies even if she does work outside the house. But we’ve been discussing this over at For Better or for Worse for the past week now, it’s getting to be a bit of a tiresome topic.

“It is so sad that your mother with her apron on wasn’t home for you when you got out of school. So many kids have lost the real sense of motherhood and we are now reaping the evils of women’s lib.”You should move to Afghanistan and join the Taliban, Hollie. I’m sure you’d love how they treat women there. Plus you wouldn’t be allowed to access the internet.

If Ralph lost that much weight, his huge head would make him keep toppling over.

Which “evils” are those?

Great idea! Live your life for your children and then sit by the phone in case they ever call after they’re gone.

My parents got divorced when I was young, mother had to work out of necessity. I turned out just fine.

“You should get right with God and become a real woman.”Oh, but there are thousands of mutually-exclusive gods to choose from. The chances of getting the correct one is so low as to make it a worthless undertaking. Besides, as I’ve told you before, just because you can’t face being alive without relying on an ancient mythology doesn’t mean that I have the same shortcoming. To put it another way, just because you have a broken leg doesn’t mean I need a crutch.Regarding your second piece of advice, I think undergoing a sex-change operation would be both physically and psychologically devastating for me, so I’ll rank that as worthless as your first piece of advice.

“Anything that is against the Word of God:”Which god? Oh, yours of course should apply to everyone. You definitely have the massive ego required to be a fundie christian." In other words, WAKE UP before it is too late"How long before it’s “too late”, Hollie? For planning purposes, we need to know how much longer we can continue to “mock your god” as you’ve put it before. You never give specifics.

“God gave man the job to feed, work and to take care of his family and the women to train and raise God’s children to become better people.”It’s scary how close your views are to those of the Afghan Taliban. I’m surprised you’re allowed to use a computer.

Wow what in the world did I miss here?! Actually from the looks of it, that’s a conversation I’m glad to have missed!