Emily Litella

Living in Unionville, we can easily develop tunnel vision. Yesterday I was lunching with a friend who shares her home with three dogs, her "fur-children." She was scanning last week's Kennett Paper and came to a letter-to-the-editor about our Congressman with the headline (I'm paraphrasing): "Pitts to protect elderly." She thought a plan was being proposed to issue pit bulls to senior citizens for home-security purposes -- which she found to be a very sound idea. I burst out laughing, as did she, and she conceded that she had also misread a heading in my column, "2013 roster," as "2013 rooster." Did I mention she also keeps chickens?