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Thread #128524 Message #2878259
Posted By: Will Fly
02-Apr-10 - 02:08 PM
Thread Name: 'Ann Landers' & 'Dear Abby' in song
Subject: 'Ann Landers' & 'Dear Abby' in song
I used to listen to Gene Cotton's version of "Me And The Elephant" many years ago - a sentimental, but pleasant little song. There was a line in it that I couldn't quite make out. I thought it went:
So I wrote to Aunt Landy and dear Auntie Two
which I found out - many years later - was actually:
So I wrote to Ann Landers and "Dear Abby" too
I'm presuming that Ann Landers and "Dear Abby" were Agony Aunts with newspaper columns? Still going? Well known? Just curious...