texts: Well! You don't say! </s> <s> It's just as well to tell you--because if we're going to get off on the right foot--I mean--in case I act sort of strange--it's the suit. </s> <s> Well--I--
labels: Funnier things have happened. Ma says when Pa was courting her, he acted strange for months. Didn't make sense--or anything. And one day, on a hunch, Ma said: "Clayton, so help me, you talk like a man whose collar is too tight to bear." "Not the collar, Mary," he said, "my shoes." "Well, for land's sake," Ma said, "Take the pesky things off!" Which Pa did, an' they were engaged within a week.