mind an incident that happened long ago; so long ago that it took place around the time
people were first able to buy electric toasters.
If you were buttering your toast, she would inevitably begin by saying, "My neighbor had me
over for coffee one morning. We sat down and her dish of butter was on the table. As she
poured the coffee, she said, 'You'll have to excuse my butter. We had toast this morning
and I guess some of the toast got onto the butter.' (While quoting the neighbor, Grandma
imitated her by using a snooty, nasal voice.) After a few moments, Hilda said, in her own
voice, "So, I told her, I had toast this morning, too, but I didn't get any on my butter."
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