July 25, 2011 at 11:22am
She is as old as the battleship Potemkin, yet she has adapted - she stopped saying "icebox" generations ago. For her, a refrigerator has always been a dual-mode device - besides the obvious, it's also the mother of all roach-proof containers. Everything must go in the 'fridge, even dry macaroni. Non-perishables often obscure perishables. Enough said.
So when I sat her down and confided, "Your refrigerator has roaches," she looked genuinely shocked. "That is not good," she replied. I notice today, in the 'fridge, there are four broad rubber bands wrapped around her box of prized Entermann's chocolate dipped donuts...
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