Genetic Drift
HUSBAND: “SO, I’LL attribute your short-temperedness to shared genetics.”
Wife: “We’re married, not biochemically related.”
Husband: “After this many decades, there’s been genetic drift.”
Wife: “Arctic drift?”
Husband: “Certainly strong currents of air have made their impact.”
Wife: “We have no heir, if that’s what you mean, no one to whom to bequeath our genes.”
Husband: “Hence my point.”
Wife: “I’ve long admired it.”
Husband: “Our genes, m’dear, instead, passed to each other.”
Wife: “Ya don’t say. Did you know that the Japanese make statues to memorialize their miscarried fetuses?”
Husband: “We don’t; that’s idolatry. As I was saying ...”
Wife: “‘Comfort’ isn’t just a stiff drink.”
Husband: “And all stiffness is not goodness. Humanity has to get used to living
