> Shirley gazed in mounting astonishment at the telegram form and said slowly, "Noooo..."
> Looking up from the paper, she met Lucchini's eyes and continued, "It... appears he wants
> you to marry him."
>
> With nearly simultaneous explosive sounds, von Hammer and Erica both choked on their coffee,
> prompting Gryphon to duck under the table.
>
> "Whaaaaat?!" Lucchini demanded.

You know what is FRUSTRATING??? I can see this in my head (for the record UF-G is wearing his utili-kilt as shown in the cover of >insert<) but don't have the skills needed to DRAW it!!! :(

> "When I was a little boy, my mother used to do this." He placed the book on his nightstand.
> "She'd come into my room at bedtime to say goodnight, and then rummage around tidying up my
> things for an hour while I was trying to get to sleep." Tipping his glasses down on his
> nose, he looked wryly at her over them and said, "Don't be my mother."

Oh heavens. The sentiment is spot on, RL-G, to the point I am having to call in ye Olde Narn bat squad on all these pendantic quips about how that is not possible since you've met the DC equivalent of both your parents of this dimension?