Nah. They like and respect both my parents, and the friend is a colleague of my father's. It's kind of important for his career that she not think my mother a total liar.

I have already made my displeasure known to my mother, in no uncertain terms, although I was more quiet on the phone at work than I would have been if we'd been alone at home with her.

I'm thinking of investing in a cattle prod. Pavlovian training, you know. Whenever she does something I don't like, I can poke her: *Bzzzzt!* "Bad!"