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Tip-of-the-Tongue Torment

by Lenore Skenazy

Usually the answer turned out to be Groucho Marx, Ginger Rogers or The Pickle Barrel.

When my parents asked each other a question, that is. And how my sister and I would laugh! They always seemed to go off on such bizarre tangents: "Who's that actress who was in that movie we saw with Joe and Ethel that Ethel couldn't stand, but maybe that's because she had some bad fish at that restaurant with the rye bread beforehand?"

Oh, yeah. It seemed so funny.

Till I star ...

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Posted by: Ruth Robertson
Comment: #1
Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:16 AM

Thanks Lenore. This is one of my favorite articles of yours I have read and a touching tribute to your parents. Thanks for the explanation of WHY. Keep 'em coming. It's nice to hear from a sane person in this world who doesn't buy into all the pop culture garbage. From a great tangent talker and brain-dead mother of 7 who can never think of the right word. Ruth

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