Ian --

I know your Mom's type inside out! It just ain't the Italian mothers. I see or hear about it in Poles (of which there are many in my family), Irish (many, too) Italians (several), Koreans (one), Africans (one), Germans (another hoard), Filipinos (a couple), and Mexicans (one). (We're fast becoming the poster children for The New American Family. )

I'm wondering if it's past poverty and/or the immigrant experience that does it to them.

Regarding "Raymond", when I've watched it, that mother has cracked me up. Can't we all see our moms in her?
However, what really gets me tickled is when Mom emails me about the show and says, "That mother! Glad I'm not like her!"

AND REMEMBER.
We all become our parents....
Soo
Y'wanna join my "So-Help-Me-God-If-I-Get-Like-That-Thow-Me-Off-A-Bridge" Club????