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   templo SUD said, 3 months ago

   Oh, yes. You ladies sure were talkin’ aboot Connie, eh.
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago

   Yes but can you help her in any way?
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago

   Lynn’s Notes:
   Loretta and Gail are the names of two Lynn Lake friends. I used their names here just to have some fun. The trouble was that the real Loretta looked so much like Connie Poirier (Elly Patterson’s neighbour and good friend) that I literally drew two Connies! The artist who was helping me with the colouring knew Loretta. She became confused and gave “Connie,” who was seated, dark hair and made the arriving “Loretta” blonde — which, in real life she is. In order to keep continuity and separate two characters, which had been drawn so alike, we had to make the character Connie blonde and my friend Loretta dark.
   

   
   Still with me? My friend Loretta was now unrecognizable in the strip. A better artist might have been able to draw the two sufficiently well to have avoided this conundrum altogether. I am often asked to do caricatures, and this is why I turn folks down!
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago

   I’m not a caricaturist either. Just that some things I can’t draw well.
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   SUSAN NEWMAN said, 3 months ago

   Under Jewish law, It’s considered a sin to either spread gossip or listen to it (“l’shon hora”).
   Sure takes a lot of fun out of life, IMHO.
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   rmacprivate said, 3 months ago

   @SUSAN NEWMAN

   Wish I knew that a few years ago. My old bosses wife was a major league yenta.
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   Macushlalondra said, 3 months ago

   I think when she arrived I’d blush since we’d just been gossiping about her.
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   Jean said, 3 months ago

   don’t say anything ABOUT someone that you would not say TO their face. A good rule but sooooooo hard to keep.
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   Teresa said, 3 months ago

   The Rumor Song

   Now, we’re not ones to go round spreadin’ rumors
   Why really, we’re just not the gossipy kind!
   Oh, you’ll never hear one of us repeating gossip!

   So you’d better be sure and listen close the first time!

   
   This is from Hee Haw, a delightful comedy and music show back in the day with Roy Clark and Buck Owens as the main hosts.
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    loves raising duncan said, 3 months ago

    Poor Connie!
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    gooseylou said, 3 months ago

    There are two kinds of gossip, at least. The hurtful kind that your enemies or people who don’t know you spread and the kind of gossip that your good friends have which is usually all their worrying about you and if you ask, they will tell you exactly what they said and why. There are few friends that good in this old world. I have 2 and feel blessed.
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    oldman2013 said, 3 months ago

    look at that grin on her face I wonder what took he so long?
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    LV1951 said, 3 months ago

    At least she was honest about it!
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    gmartin997 said, 3 months ago

    Surely, Connie’s ears were burning.
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