Dear Abby...

[WilliamPitt]

RIP

[Hard Assets]

1. I grew up reading Dear Abby.

She has provided many wonderful advice along with her sister, Ann Landers.

Rest in peace, Abigail Van Buren.

[In_The_Wind]

2. Rest in peace, Pauline Friedman Phillips.

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[NYC_SKP]

3. Ahead of her time.

She will be missed.

K/R

[sheshe2]

4. Kicked! nt

[patrice]

5. Kicking for one of those little windows into sanity for many of us as we grew up. nt

[progressoid]

6. heh heh

[Auntie Bush]

7. She was so good. As a kid...I used to read her and not much else.

[Hekate]

8. I remember her advice to nudists...

When someone wrote to her that they were shocked -- shocked! -- that a couple they knew were nudists within their home, her comment was that they should probably wear an apron when frying bacon.

That really gave me something to think about as a kid.

Dear Abby,

Thanks for all the advice, and RIP.

Hekate

[Freddie]

9. I think the pic is her daughter, Jeanne Phillips,

Who has been writing Dear Abby for at least the last 10 years and plans to continue doing so. Excellent advise though!
Rest on peace, Pauline Phillips.

[efhmc]

14. You're right. That is not her picture.

[elleng]

10. GOOD advice:

Dear Abby: My wife sleeps in the raw. Then she showers, brushes her teeth and fixes our breakfast — still in the buff. We’re newlyweds and there are just the two of us, so I suppose there’s really nothing wrong with it. What do you think? — Ed

Dear Ed: It’s O.K. with me. But tell her to put on an apron when she’s frying bacon.

Dear Abby: Our son married a girl when he was in the service. They were married in February and she had an 8 1/2-pound baby girl in August. She said the baby was premature. Can an 8 1/2-pound baby be this premature? — Wanting to Know

Dear Wanting: The baby was on time. The wedding was late. Forget it.

Dear Abby: Two men who claim to be father and adopted son just bought an old mansion across the street and fixed it up. We notice a very suspicious mixture of company coming and going at all hours — blacks, whites, Orientals, women who look like men and men who look like women. ... This has always been considered one of the finest sections of San Francisco, and these weirdos are giving it a bad name. How can we improve the neighborhood? — Nob Hill Residents

Dear Residents: You could move.

[Ellipsis]

11. Dear Abby: “Susan” and I have been married for many years. After our sons left for college...

my wife began experiencing “empty-nest syndrome,” so I surprised her with two cats. I’m not wild about cats, but I knew she’d be pleased. Big mistake!

Susan is constantly doting on her “babies” (as she calls them). Her time is spent brushing them, talking to them, playing with them and photographing them. When we do have a little feline-free time, it’s spent talking about them. I have grown more and more annoyed with these spoiled cats who have 100 percent of her attention.

I have tried expressing my feelings, but she reminds me that I was the one who “adopted” them in the first place. Any suggestions?

Hubby In Purr-gatory

Dear Hubby: You may have been the one who adopted the cats, but your wife has gone overboard. Tell her that unless she reorganizes her priorities and makes some time for her husband, her husband may adopt a “kitten” of his own.

[onethatcares]

12. Dear Abbey, Dear Abbey

well I never thought
that me and my girlfriend
would ever get caught

in the back seat of my car
shootin the breeze,
her hair up in curlers
her pants at her knees

signed,

Just Married



with thanks to John Prine, "Dear Abbey".

[redwitch]

13. Beat me to it!

I love John Prine.

[onethatcares]

15. off topic

his music and words are available at the John Prine shrine ya know.

[redwitch]

18. Where is that?

[onethatcares]

19. type those words into your search engine. n/t

nada

[redwitch]

20. Aha!

Just liked the facebook page.

[BobTheSubgenius]

16. So listen up buster, and listen up good (N\T)

[Manifestor_of_Light]

17. She was a lot more practical than her sister, Ann Landers.

They showed us a movie in high school with sanctimonious Ann Landers giving advice and talking through bad dentures.

[oberliner]

21. OK - this one is definitely fake

Unless it is not meant to be an actual letter to her.

The "You could move" response was to this similar (but by no means close to identical) letter:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19810522&id=K4UsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u80EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5393,4961883

[WilliamPitt]

22. oberliner: Chief of the Dear Abby Police!

I can suggest some hobbies if you need to pass the time.

[oberliner]

23. Huh?

I'm just saying that isn't the actual letter.

The one to which she responded "You could move" is at the link.

Not sure what is funny about that or why the snarky comment.