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You are hilarious! Never a dull moment in your life it seems so everything is a funny story or not as the case may be. Your life incidents wouldn't go further if you didn't have your certain way of looking at them and the skills to write. Well done you once more! Thank you for making me laugh!!

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Merci! And greetings from Paris where I’m reading your note to my alter ego in the Tuileries Garden! My wife and I (she does not have an alter ego) are enjoying our 30th anniversary today by a fountain. 30 happy years. No special storytelling required. ❤️🇫🇷

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Well, Tippy, I’m from South Philly. Where I come from we take a more direct approach to the nose job girls problems, if you get my drift. I don’t know German so I don’t understand you half the time, but basically I’d tell your gal in normal english to get one of her cousins to have a little heart to heart with Miss five percent. Maybe buy her a drink to help the “negotiation.” That sets the mood. Tell the cousin he don’t need to explain nothing. He just needs to say something like “Some friends of mine have made me aware that you seem to have a bad habit that I am familiar with. They say you’re a little light on the tip and a bit heavy on the Brevital. I don’t care about the Brevital but it might be congenial to office relations if you pick up the tab for a few weeks. And also bought a calculator. It’d be a shame to end up as a patient at that fancy clinic of yours.” The key is to be real friendly - super polite - and don’t answer any questions like “Who are you?” or “How do you know where I work?” or “I’m not the one who calculates the bill, that’s Laura!” I’ve done this kind of thing and you’d be amazed how good it works. The nose nurse might end up covering drinks and tips for months, or at least until she moves or gets another job.

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Well, you should be proud of yourself, “South Philly” because you’ve really upset her and not only because of the German comment. She won’t come out, and I’m managing all of her correspondence on my own now. So, nice work. When I told her through the door that you’re the only respondent and we need to Venmo you $1.32, she did say something in German. Let’s hope somebody else has a response because she’s already very, very challenging to work for. In the meantime please send by me your Venmo address. 😣

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Thank you and hello to you in Paris. Congratulations on your 30th anniversary!! That is special and what a lovely place to celebrate. You sure get around and it is hard to keep track . Safe travels!

Marilyn

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😊😂

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A. Gog. I haven't felt this stridently for an advice columnist since Miss Manners, when I was in the full flower of puberty.

This right here is worth the price of admission. ADAM NATHAN. Write that down.

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