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Article #16794Re: Ann Landers - DEAD
From: tadchem
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 22:42
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 22:42
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> My beloved mother baked me a cake and then > died for some reason. But, before she died, she > clearly said: "My son," so that there would be no > doubt whom she meant: "Eat the cake." (There > then/there being any number of uncles, cousins, > nieces and nephews, neighbors & pets present > with somewhat obvious designs on the cake > themselves.) > > I always obeyed my mother (even that time she told > me to go jump off a cliff... and I ended up down at the > hospital), but, as this was her final gift to me, after all, > I wished to keep the cake forever (in her memory)... > And yet, how could I disobey my mother now?!?!?! > So I wrote of my predicament to Ann Landers; who > simply answered: "You can't have your cake and > eat it too." Like, duh, I mean: That's the very quandary > I was hoping she'd solve for me! Did her autopsy show signs of poisoning? Your anecdote reminds me of an infamous exchange between Lady Astor and Winston Churchill - one of the 20th centuries most notorious rivalries. L.A. "Mr. Churchill, if you were my husband I'd poison your tea." W.C. "Madam, If I were your husband, I'd drink it." Tom Davidson Brighton, CO
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