A Typical Exchange

[poliphilo]

My Mother: What are you looking for?

Me: Your slippers.

My Mother (in what I think of as her Lady Bracknell voice) My cat!?

Me: (trying not to snap but not entirely succeeding) Your SLIPPERS!

My Mother: Oh, I see..

Comments

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. And you say she has a new hearing aid?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes. I thought she was doing better at first...