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The Scene: bb and her mother are watching Entertainment Tonight.
bb: ack. look at that Mary Hart. what is up with HER?
mom: she's gotta be old...
bb: she can't be that old. how old can she be? I mean she's not as old as Kitty Carlisle Hart.
mom: oh, well, no one's as old as Kitty Carlisle Hart.
bb: (nodding in agreement)except Mrs. Astor!
mom: sure, sure...(together with bb) There's no one in the world older than Mrs. Astor.
bb: god bless her... but what's the going on with THAT BLOUSE?
bb: ack. look at that Mary Hart. what is up with HER?
mom: she's gotta be old...
bb: she can't be that old. how old can she be? I mean she's not as old as Kitty Carlisle Hart.
mom: oh, well, no one's as old as Kitty Carlisle Hart.
bb: (nodding in agreement)except Mrs. Astor!
mom: sure, sure...(together with bb) There's no one in the world older than Mrs. Astor.
bb: god bless her... but what's the going on with THAT BLOUSE?
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Now I have to go google who Mrs.Astor is ;)
Mary Hart causes epilepsy.
It's in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Scary.
As for Mary's shiny, ruffle-y blouse - oh my. Before that appearance I still believed she was no more than 40. Mary... you are looking good.
Ann
That just lost you all the ground you had gained, dowry-wise.
-J.