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kpete

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Fri Jan 18, 2013, 11:25 AM Jan 2013

The best Dear Abby answer. Ever. [View all]

FRI JAN 18, 2013 AT 12:16 AM PST
The best Dear Abby answer. Ever.
byFiddler On A Hot Tin Roof

Offered without further comment:

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.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/18/1179980/-The-best-Dear-Abby-answer-Ever
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great answer...............nt...k and r.. Stuart G Jan 2013 #1
Sure it wasn't the "snob hill" neighborhood? NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #2
Love it unapatriciated Jan 2013 #3
Already saw this twice on DU yesterday. efhmc Jan 2013 #4
Wow wryter2000 Jan 2013 #5
"suspicious mixture of company"???? skypilot Jan 2013 #6
Another good one question everything Jan 2013 #7
wow, that's cool!!! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #23
Thanks. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2013 #8
kick samsingh Jan 2013 #9
Tribute from John John Prine kentuck Jan 2013 #10
Except it's fake oberliner Jan 2013 #11
its real - its in her book FreeState Jan 2013 #13
Then why is the text different? oberliner Jan 2013 #15
It was quoted in her obituary csziggy Jan 2013 #14
I do think the sentiment is true oberliner Jan 2013 #16
The version in the Daily Kos is the version in the obit csziggy Jan 2013 #18
I found the original newspaper clipping oberliner Jan 2013 #19
Thanks! csziggy Jan 2013 #21
Was the man's name Frank N Furter? Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #12
I have to confess that I prefer another one of her bon mots - LibertyLover Jan 2013 #17
This is the origin... ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2013 #20
well, now that the position is open.... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #24
OMG libodem Jan 2013 #22
Through the magic of Google News Archive, the original: Robb Jan 2013 #25
Thanks, I needed a good laugh! Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #26
We'll miss you, Abby..... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #27
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