Edna is always quick to point out that her cane does not indicate anything about her age or her vigor.

Then she highlights, in divine detail, its 101 amazing uses — her favorites being:

• nabbing small children from precarious positions
• catching the elevator at the last possible moment
• crocheting rope into the perfect hammock when faced with a sunny afternoon without a proper chaise lounge, fainting couch, or magic carpet at hand.

By the time she arrives at the end of her list, you’ve begun to wonder how, exactly, you have survived even a single hour without one of these essential thingamajigs.