Country Matters, by
very_improbable.
PGish. Gen.
"'Hello Fran! That's Fran, everybody. I think we may have had what you might call a, a zany misunderstanding.' Lacking a more focused objective for the moment, Bernard fell down again."
One of the best Bernard voices I've ever read. "Sure I'm listening. Country and western music." She looked cross, so he elaborated to make it clear that he understood the topic under discussion. "'My. . . wife ran off with my dog and left me to raise all these illegitimate puppies on the inadequate dole that I get from a failed welfare system.'"