12/21/15

All the gang from Sunken Hills Chorale, in town for a choir competition, marveled at the way mezzo soprano Julene Horsetackel could scale the walls of their rehearsal space... until her rear end set off the fire alarm and even one section of sprinklers!

As Mrs. Crambottom continued to stuff the turkey for all it was worth, her cat Ronald looked on in fascinated horror and decided to admire this handiwork from a distance and, in fact, gave his owner a wide berth until well after New Year's Day.

Great Uncle Clyde had certain ideas about how things ought to be done and could not be swayed otherwise. Thus, attendants at his birthday party had to blow out the candles, which were still lit, on each slice of his or her cake, taking care to discreetly spit out any wax droplets into a party napkin...!

All the fun and frolic at Caradeen's bridal shower took a sudden turn for the dramatic when, during a spirited game of Hide the Carrot, a wild rabbit came in through the back entrance and saw what he wanted for dinner!

Nanette Danicello had been advised that if she wanted to get any work in Hollywood, she should shell out for some great publicity photos and headshots immediately upon arrival, but after six and a half months all they ever got her was a two-page spread in the shoe section of Montgomery-Ward's Christmas Wish Book and one 30-second ad for Adorn hairspray...

Although everything concerning the ceremony and reception went off without a hitch, Marsha still nursed an inner wound that her mom Wanda Lou's wedding budget couldn't accommodate a dress with as many ruffles as she had originally wanted...