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Re: after birth infanticide (Reply to this comment)
by patsyv
Ann Lander's daughter now writes her column, Dear Margo, on wowowow.com.
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Mar 13 '12
11:54 am PDT
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after birth infanticide (Reply to this comment)
by aohcapablanca
Dear Patsy,
You write: "I still faithfully read Prudence, who, by the way, is Ann Landers’ daughter. (You can find her weekly column on Slate.com.) "
I went looking for Prudence, found a recent column, made no sense of it. So found one there by another columnist today on the liberal case for killing unwanted babies after they are born.
Reminded me of some lines of Rudyard Kipling:(McDonough's Song at the end of "As Easy as A.B.C."):
"Whether the State can loose and bind
In Heaven as well as on Earth:
If it be wiser to kill mankind
Before or after the birth ---"
Do you still read SLATE?
Live long and prosper!
AOHCAPABLANCA/Patrick K
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Mar 12 '12
6:33 pm PDT
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still an advice column junkie? (Reply to this comment)
by aohcapablanca
Eight years ago you wrote:
"I admit it. I am an advice column junkie."
Time has passed. There are new advice columnists.
Is Patsy still attuned to them? Any tips as to which ones are better? More profound? More empathetic?
Do any focus on Burmese pythons or other fauna of your part of Florida?
Live long and prosper!
AOHCAPABLANCA/Patrick K
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Jul 16 '11
2:08 am PDT
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Re: Re: LOL!!! "how true" is true? (Reply to this comment)
by patsyv
I still get a chuckle when I remember how I was outwitted by this clever man. However, I never admitted defeat and we never, ever, talked about this strange battle of wills. I might mention that Ann Lander's daughter now writes her column, "Dear Margo" on wowowow.com every Thursday and Friday. Dear Prudence is written by someone else.
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Mar 27 '11
5:51 am PDT
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Re: LOL!!! "how true" is true? (Reply to this comment)
by aohcapablanca
You wrote: "How true."
I know what you mean. But what is truth? Patsy's is a great yarn whether or not she even had a husband in real life. Does it matter, for instance, if O'Henry's "Gift of the Magi" described the author's real-time-and-space neighbors?
AOHCAPABLANCA
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Mar 27 '11
1:22 am PDT
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Re: Tell us more! (Reply to this comment)
by patsyv
This was the only time I tried Ann Lander's advice. I usually solved my problems in my own unique fashion.
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Oct 14 '10
9:41 pm PDT
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Tell us more! (Reply to this comment)
by aohcapablanca
Patsy, you wrote that "one size fits" all doesn't necessarily apply to advice.
Can you give some more examples of advice you tried from Ann Landers & Co. that didn't pan out?
Patrick K
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Oct 14 '10
9:48 am PDT
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Re: Re: Hello. So what did you talk about? (Reply to this comment)
by aohcapablanca
Dear Patsy,
If you never talked about the piles,
what did you talk about?
Oh, to have been a fly on your wall!
AOHCAPABLANCA/Patrick K
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Aug 11 '10
12:31 pm PDT
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Is neatness the supreme value? (Reply to this comment)
by aohcapablanca
Dear PATSYV,
Some people are more attentive to neatness than others.
Those who are not neatniks had better have some strong compensatory qualities, e.g.
-- brilliance in tricky chess openings,
-- winning dimples,
-- willingness to clean the fish they catch and bring you to cook.
Cheers!
AOHCAPABLANCA/Patrick
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Jul 02 '09
4:04 am PDT
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Hmmm WHat elephant (Reply to this comment)
by susiewho
That's one of those elephant in the room stories-I'm a really stubborn type that pile would be a mountain by now!!!
And yes, I have an "ex", hmmm, wonder why?
Love your writing...
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Jun 07 '06
12:23 pm PDT
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LOL!!! (Reply to this comment)
by zenstar812
How true!! Very humorous!
Sincerely, Zenstar812
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Jan 22 '04
9:09 pm PST
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Maybe You Should Have. . . (Reply to this comment)
by AinsleyJo
. . .had his stack of dirty clothes delivered to his office when it got big and smelly enough, telling him sweetly, "Honey! I think you forgot these!"
Cheers!
AJ :o)
P.S. I think he did you a favor by leaving!!!
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Dec 10 '03
5:27 pm PST
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very funny (Reply to this comment)
by jankp
I see why he's your ex!
Jan
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Sep 29 '03
5:45 pm PDT
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This was so funny that.... (Reply to this comment)
by Dunkjam
I had to come back and read it again! lol! I still cannot believe that neither one of you ever talked about it!!! Thanks for the smile on my face. Take care, Eva
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Aug 17 '03
2:07 pm PDT
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You're lucky (Reply to this comment)
by emmababy2000
At least he doesn't leave his underwear in the LIVING ROOM, as my hubby often does. LOL.
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Jul 19 '03
3:09 pm PDT
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Gosh... (Reply to this comment)
by LILvoyce
This was a great story in which I decided to read to my husband. I also read the comment section to him. I really thought I was the only one coping with this! LOL :))
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Jun 11 '03
10:26 pm PDT
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Wow! At least I am not alone..... (Reply to this comment)
by grey002
... I let the piles produce for about 1 week and then I can't stand it any more. I pick it up & start again. (The favorite pile is the computer chair back, with shoes included to trip on, on the floor). It doesn't matter what I may say, and, soooo politely to! at that. But, in recourse, he does do 1 load of laundry, (1), about each week, it is usually his pile that I gather and present at the foot of the washer floor! What a routine!!
Take care,
-Sandra
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May 13 '03
6:53 pm PDT
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reminds me . . . (Reply to this comment)
by CyndiA
In college, we had to do a "change" project. Pick something that someone did. Change our behavior. The idea was that they would change too.
My roommate would NOT wash dishes. I told her we would take turns. I did not cave in. I did not cave in. She washed, but the house smelled bad. Turns out that she put the really nasty ones under the sink in a trash bag. When I finally found the frying pan and caked pyrex, it took eons to clean them. I washed dishes until I moved out.
I really can't relate to the comment that someone has other good points so the dirty socks and underwear don't count. It's not the clothing but the message. Anyone who would expect someone else to do that every day and would ignore the stack building . . . they are disrespectful and nasty to boot. I don't care how many roses someone carries in. If they can't put the dirty undies in the hamper or down the stairs, then they don't deserve to be a part of this family.
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Apr 28 '03
5:52 pm PDT
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Sounds (Reply to this comment)
by 2buzy
like something I would do BUT I would NOT buy any others. If he wanted to have some to wear, he'd have to put them in the hamper. Heck in my house, they'd also have to wash them :-)
Kristy
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Apr 20 '03
12:29 pm PDT
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Yeah, my hubby used (Reply to this comment)
by remnjava
to do this. Only it was alongside the couch. Then again, he has a LOT of other great qualities, so no big deal.
Nice to see you writing again!
Carol
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Apr 19 '03
9:36 am PDT
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Wow... (Reply to this comment)
by 4-1-1
What a stubborn guy. A very entertaining read!
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Apr 18 '03
12:51 pm PDT
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Hi Patsy! (Reply to this comment)
by neldaintexas
Thanks for another good laugh!
Nelda
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Apr 18 '03
7:30 am PDT
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Enjoyed... (Reply to this comment)
by jcrismon
your story, and unfortunately I can relate!
Jennifer
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Apr 17 '03
8:41 pm PDT
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Re: Hello (Reply to this comment)
by patsyv
It never particularly bothered me that I picked up after my ex-husband (notice, I said "ex-husband"). I had a lot of fun telling this story over the years. And, the funny thing is, we never, ever, discussed what happened. It was kind of an "Outer Limits" experience.
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Apr 17 '03
4:57 pm PDT
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