OVERHEARD

Funny Valentine, you don’t stand a chance. Two young women, in de rigueur black and big hair, head back to work at City Hall: “But really,” says one to another, “and I want you to think about this carefully, would you marry him if he agreed to have his chin done? I mean, is a wattle all that’s standing between you and eternal happiness?”

After a pause far too short to be comforting comes the answer: “Absolutely.”