Closet Skeletons

AA Grapevine® - Our Meeting in Print Online January 1950 Vol. 6 No. 8
THIS is one of those pieces where you have to leave out the names. The central character is a businessman--a middle-aged guy--who had trouble with his mother-in-law for years because he had a habit of having a glass of beer on the way home from work.

The mother-in-law lived with this guy and his wife and if he wanted a bottle of beer at home, he had to sneak it into the icebox and then wait until the old gal retired for the night.

Every time she caught a whiff of brew on his breath, the mother-in-law would read the riot act.

Well, the other day, the old lady passed on to her reward and was duly buried. After the funeral our hero and his wife were inspecting the mother-in-law's room. In the closet, among other things, they found 157 empty whisky bottles.