tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8111962260074534179..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: A visit with Ann LandersNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75360288313083478492018-07-08T15:09:40.219-05:002018-07-08T15:09:40.219-05:00Reminds me of the time one of the sisters was aske...Reminds me of the time one of the sisters was asked if blondes had more fun. The reply: Yes, they're easier to find in the dark.The Spectatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04957037068796320437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-54898249934229729182018-07-03T15:36:14.117-05:002018-07-03T15:36:14.117-05:00My mistake. Actually, Rick Kogan told the story on...My mistake. Actually, Rick Kogan told the story on Tony’s podcast.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13877137208397390419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-42869311710236380842018-07-03T13:00:05.691-05:002018-07-03T13:00:05.691-05:00"...a tiny woman with the best plastic surger..."...a tiny woman with the best plastic surgery I have ever seen in my life. She was in her 80s, and her cheeks looked like a baby's ass." Classic! <br /><br />I had the same reaction when I saw her in the flesh (sorry for the awful pun). Was she even five feet tall? And that plastic surgeon was truly a miracle worker. My mother's kid sister looked the same way at the same age. Had to be more than just good cheekbones.<br /><br />Best Ann Landers quote ever, circa 1965, in reply to a question about why so many classical violinists were Jewish:<br /><br />"Why? Because...it was easier to run with a violin than with a piano."Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-82667262382343876192018-07-03T12:39:10.493-05:002018-07-03T12:39:10.493-05:00When I worked for REFCO at the Merc it was rumored...When I worked for REFCO at the Merc it was rumored that the twins were related to our namesake, Ray E. Friedman of Sioux City. Didn't read the columns, didn't read the obits. Was there a relation, Neil?JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-4624740099935121672018-07-03T12:25:24.675-05:002018-07-03T12:25:24.675-05:00A bit off topic, but if you start looking at Illin...A bit off topic, but if you start looking at Illinois license plates, there are very few left that are two letters & four numbers.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-86834037405764404372018-07-03T12:18:03.183-05:002018-07-03T12:18:03.183-05:00Fun story. Recently Tony Fitzpatrick told a story ...Fun story. Recently Tony Fitzpatrick told a story on his podcast about showing her how to snort cocaine in a restaurant. When he expressed worry that the other diners would think they were actually doing drugs she said “I hope so!”Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13877137208397390419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73788471119434701852018-07-03T11:35:55.240-05:002018-07-03T11:35:55.240-05:00The quip about Bobby Kennedy's death brings to...The quip about Bobby Kennedy's death brings to mind a more famous comment by the novelist John O'Hara about the death of a friend: "They tell me George Gershwin died, but I don't have to believe it."<br /><br />Tom Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-43466458698594492192018-07-03T10:50:56.410-05:002018-07-03T10:50:56.410-05:00The obit dealt with it this way:
"Esther was...The obit dealt with it this way:<br /><br />"Esther was known by her nickname, Eppie;'' Pauline was called Popo.'' The two were initially very close, as many twins are, wearing identical outfits and sleeping in the same bed. But in later years they had difficulties between them, and would sometimes not speak to one another for years.<br /><br />"Both girls attended Morningside College in Sioux City. Eppie dropped out after three years to get married, as did her sister.<br /><br />"When she met her husband-to-be, Jules Lederer, in the millinery department of a store, Miss Friedman was engaged to marry another man, and was trying on a veil for the wedding.<br /><br />"Lederer worked at the shop. He asked her to a dance.<br /><br />"Her engagement had already been announced in the newspapers, and a marriage went ahead as planned, on July 2, 1939. But instead of wedding her original fiance, she married Lederer, who went on to found Budget Rent-a-Car.<br /><br />"It was a double wedding, with her sister and her sister's groom. The couples honeymooned together at Chicago's Edgewater Beach Hotel."Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-54620312826098798702018-07-03T09:14:03.987-05:002018-07-03T09:14:03.987-05:00So what was the story about Ann's relationship...So what was the story about Ann's relationship with Abby?wordsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933546962016599392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66238649204985180222018-07-03T09:01:02.528-05:002018-07-03T09:01:02.528-05:00The Sun-Times runs Dear Abby, while the Trib carri...The Sun-Times runs Dear Abby, while the Trib carries Ask Amy. I also enjoy reading Carolyn Hax's column in the Washington Post (my print S-T subscription gives me a complimentary WaPo subscription).Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-21343170371646785822018-07-03T08:49:53.350-05:002018-07-03T08:49:53.350-05:00Yes, FME, it's in the ST every weekday under D...Yes, FME, it's in the ST every weekday under Dear Abby- written by her daughter. Some other large papers still have advice columnists as well and some are in magazines or on the net websites.<br />Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-85853913754603375472018-07-03T08:14:14.349-05:002018-07-03T08:14:14.349-05:00Thanks for this. Good advice for us all indeed.Thanks for this. Good advice for us all indeed.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466773885042634687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-82334348434233259782018-07-03T06:47:04.800-05:002018-07-03T06:47:04.800-05:00fascinating! read Anns column every god damn day f...fascinating! read Anns column every god damn day for decades, and dear abby. couldn't imagine doing such a thing at this point in life. is it even possible? are there still advice columnists in the news paper?FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.com