I got the freeperish "Dear Abby" e-mail in my box

[Brewman_Jax]

It was forwarded from someone I haven't heard from in quite a while. He may not be a freeper, but I need to apply the Hammer of Truth quickly to let him know freeper BS will not be tolerated. Anyone know where the "Dear Abby" letter signed by Pickles is? Search function isn't available right now.

Thanks much!

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. try to snopes it

[Brewman_Jax]

4. It's not a letter to debunk

It's been making the rounds for a while. The letter goes:

Dear Abby:

My husband is a liar and a cheat. He has cheated on me from the
beginning, and when I confront him, he denies everything. What's even worse, everyone knows he cheats on me. It is so humiliating. Also, since he lost his job two years ago he hasn't even looked for a new one. All he does is sit around the living room in his underwear, watches TV and chases young girls on the internet, while I work to pay the bills. Since our daughter went away to college he doesn't even pretend to like me. He keeps calling me a lesbian. What should I do?

Signed, Clueless


Dear Clueless:

Grow up and dump him. For Pete's sake, you're a United States Senator
from New York now -- you don't need him anymore.


I remember seeing a similar letter, but signed by Pickles. That's the one I want to find.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Oh.. a joke letter. hmmm... haven't seen that one, sorry

[BiggJawn]

2. Snopes didn't have it.

If it was forwarded to you and 236,000 other people, it's most likely false, anyway....

what amazes me is how do some of these people have that many "friends". Or do they just put names in their address books at random?

[Mutley]

3. On a side note...

I noticed you have a Carl Sagan book in your sig line... The Science Channel is going to air his show "Cosmos" starting next Tuesday the 29th. I used to love that show when I was a kid.

[Brewman_Jax]

6. It's been making the rounds for a while

one of those forwarded forwards. Agreed, I'm amazed that they feel obligated to forward the forwards. Haven't figured that one out, either. :shrug:

[Brewman_Jax]

7. Found it!

I found the counter joke letter. You may find it useful if you get a forwarded forward in your e-mail box.
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DEAR ABBY,

My husband has a long record of money problems. He runs up huge credit card bills. At the end of the month, if I try to pay them off, he shouts at me, saying I am stealing his money. He says pay the minimum and let our kids worry about the rest, but already we can hardly keep up with the interest.

Also he has been so arrogant and abusive toward our neighbors that most of them no longer speak to us. The few that do are an odd bunch, to whom he has been giving a lot of expensive gifts, running up our bills even more.

Also, he has gotten religious in a big way, although I don't quite understand it. One week he hangs out with Catholics and the next with people who say the Pope is the Anti-Christ. And now he has been going to the gym an awful lot and is into wearing uniforms and cowboy outfits, and I hate to think what that means.

Finally, the last straw. He's demanding that before anyone can be in the same room with him, they must sign a loyalty oath. It's just so horribly creepy!

Can you help?

Signed,
Lost in DC

DEAR LOST:

Stop whining, Laura. You can divorce the jerk any time you want. The rest of us are stuck with him for four more years!

Use as needed. No known side effects.

[Libby2]

8. Not sure if this is the one you want, but it cracked me up

DEAR ABBY,

My husband has a long record of money problems. He runs up huge credit
card bills and at the end of the month, if I try to pay them off, he
shouts at me, saying I am stealing his money.

He says pay the minimum and let our kids worry about the rest, but
already we can hardly keep up with the interest. Also he has been so
arrogant and abusive toward our neighbors that most of them no longer
speak to us. The few that do are an odd bunch, to whom he has been
giving a lot of expensive gifts, running up our bills even more.

Also, he has gotten religious in a big way, although I don't quite
understand it. One week he hangs out with Catholics and the next with
people who say the Pope is the Anti-Christ. And now he has been going to
the gym an awful lot and is into wearing uniforms and cowboy outfits,
and I hate to think what that means. Finally, the last straw. He's
demanding that before anyone can be in the same room with him, they must
sign a loyalty oath. It's just so horribly creepy!

Can you help?

Signed, Lost in DC



Dear Lost:

Stop whining, Laura. You can divorce the jerk any time you want. The rest
of us are stuck with him for four more years

[Brewman_Jax]

9. Thanks

That's what I was looking for.