Just kidding, folks.

My next door neighbor Alice was out mowing the lawn today. And last week, she was shoveling sand into a wheelbarrow. Today, I strode over to give Alice a well-deserved compliment. ‘Nice to see,’ I said, ‘that you know the true and proper role of a woman. You are doing real woman’s work. Setting a fine example for the neighborhood.’ Alice’s sister, Michelle, living two doors up the road, routinely sets a bad example. She has her husband Bill doing all of the heavy woman’s work. ‘She’s a disgrace to the neighborhood,’ I declared. I suggested enrolling Michelle in my Pioneer Housewives’ School. So she could be taught the proper role for a woman. Just kidding, folks. –Jim Broede