Talking to the Momma Bear

"...You're so heavenly minded you're no earthly good..."
- Johnny Cash

I was out at the folks this past weekend. Mom and I moved a small mountian of stuff out of my grandmother's basement, and in driving it to the dump, we drove past the church of my childhood.

"Hey Ma, what's up with the rock on the front lawn of the church?"
"That's our new monument." she says, with a look on her face that indicated she just swallowed something unpleasant.
"Monument?"
"Yes."
"Why do we need a monument? It's a church."
"Becasue one of the members got the Knights of Columbus to donate it."
(Pause)
"Looks like a gravestone."
"Yep."
"So what's it a monument too?"
"The Innocents"
"..."
"..."
"So, you're telling me that some assclown decided to put HIS political statement on the front lawn of our church and doesn't even have the good taste to pick out something aesthetically pleasing?"
"Pretty much."
"..."
"I didn't vote for it."
"You understand why I'm an A La Carte Christian, right, Ma? Because of nonsense like this?
"You understand I'm not far behind you, right?"
*blink*
"Well, alrighty. Pissed you off that much that they stuck it there, huh?"
"Yep."