Announcement of the Winner
The Winner Will Be Announced By Rosie The voice of my mother-in-law filled her living room with a formal timbre. "Ladies, the winner of the best wife contest will now be announced," she said. There weren't that many people present, certainly not to justify the formality of the occasion, especially not this early in the afternoon, though I liked it. The more formal, the better. Beside me and Marla, my wife, it was just her mother, the referee and scorekeeper, and Janice...