Family Tree by Signe Wilkinson for April 22, 2021
Transcript:
Woman says, "Agatha! That clothesline is an aesthetic crime!" Woman says, "We're in the West Fester historic district. Your flapping underwear doesn't fit in!" Agatha says, "how do your think our ancestors dried their clothes, Prudence?" Woman says, "I'll see you at the next town meeting." Agatha says, "My underwear is as historic as it gets!"
I remember my grandmother had a copper she washed the clothes in, a mangle to squeeze them and clotheslines held up by forked pieces of wood.