Conversation over dinner

B. These days I reckon I spend more time visiting the pharmacist than having coffee with my best friend.

G. Our chemist bill sure attests to that.

B. I fantasize about us starting an apothecary garden.

G. Then just keep fantasizing. Those herbal concoctions and homespun cures never work.

B. Some do work. Aloe vera for a start. They say its juice is as good as any commercial salve.

G. Well, they’re wrong. I read that myth debunked by doctors just the other day.

B. Then how about we plant a tea tree? Tea tree oil is a proven antiseptic.

G. Mmmm. So you’ve volunteered to rig up a still in the kitchen to extract the oil?

B. I’m serious. This idea has potential. Maybe we could try cotton plants so we don’t have to buy cotton wool balls.

G. Next you’ll be suggesting we plant a neem.

B. What’s that?

G. A tree that grows in India. They break off the twigs and use them as disposable toothbrushes.

B. Sounds terrific. Toothbrushes are expensive.

G. So are your ideas. Get back to your veggie patch. At least that saves us the price of multi-vitamins.

March 2018

Answer to QQ5.

Ophelia.