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In the Jot Em Down store, Lum and Abner round up grocery orders. Abner can’t keep his mind on the job, worrying over the little things his poppa does around the house to annoy Lizabeth. He misplaces things, and interfere with Lizabeth in keeping up with her soap operas. Although Abner seems to know the latest happenings on Hearts Aflame.
Why can’t Abner just come out flat footed, and tell his poppa how he’s disrupting things? When Phinus enters, Abner figures he’ll let Lum do all those things he has been advising Abner to do. The rambling speech is endless, and goes nowhere from phrase to phrase. He manages to be coherent enough to ask Lum for his honest input.
Is Phinus being a burden on Abner and Lizabeth? Well? He tries his best to fit in, and knows he’s old and doesn’t want to be a burden. Will Lum be able to be the go between to patch things up? With Abner back from the post office, its now Lum who can’t keep his mind on the grocery order.
