Today's "Dear Abby" and "Dear Annie": synchronicity?

[Scarlett67]

This is weird. Today's Dear Abby:
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are in our late 30s, healthy and in good shape. Our love life is good, and we get along better now than we ever have in our marriage.

Before we get any older, my husband has asked me to visit a nudist beach or resort with him. He also says he would like to spice up our sex life by making love in the forest beside a mountain stream, or even the back seat of our car in a secluded spot.

Coming from a religious background, I am not totally comfortable with the idea of going nude at a beach in front of a lot of other people, or the thought of being caught having sex in the woods. My husband says that visiting a nudist beach or resort is not about exhibitionism or immorality. He says it is about enjoying nature and feeling the sensation of being free outdoors. <snip>

-- WONDERING WIFE IN PENNSYLVANIA

Today's Dear Annie:
Dear Annie: My wife and I are in our 40s, healthy and in good shape. Our life is great, and we get along better now than ever. Before we get any older, I would like to try something different. Lately, I've been talking to my wife about experiencing a nude beach or resort. We've talked about making love in the forest alongside a mountain stream or even in the back seat of our car in a secluded spot.

Coming from a very religious background, my wife feels such things are immoral. I explained that going to a nude beach is not about being an exhibitionist. It's about enjoying nature and feeling the sensation of being free outdoors. I am not asking for a lifestyle change. I'd just like to try these things. <snip>

-- Wondering Husband

Heck of a prank! How do you suppose they did it? How did these get published on the same day? It's gotta be an inside joke or something.

[An Arky]

Maybe the Dear Abby column came down the pneumatic tube in the Ministry of Truth, and Winston Smith (not the doper) reversed the genders, made it into a Dear Annie column, then sent it back up the pneumatic tube.

[The Weird One]

Wow, that's gotta be an inside job. Maybe a couple mischievious interns?

[ShibbOleth]

Were the responses the same?

[Scarlett67]

No, not really. I won't reproduce them here, but basically Abby told the wife that there's nothing sinful about going to a nude beach, but didn't recommend the sex-in-public thing because of the danger of being caught by either kooks or the cops. Annie told the husband that his wife is more inhibited than he is, and he should look for a resort that allows people who remain clothed. (I didn't think many of them did, the rationale being that it's more uncomfortable to be nude around people who have clothes on than when everyone else is buffo too.)

To whoever pulled this off: Bravo!

[Count Blucher]

Q: If Dear Abbey goes frolicking in the woods naked, and nobody sees her wrinkled flesh-rolls bobbing, does anybody go blind?

[Uncommon Sense]

Q: If Dear Abbey goes frolicking in the woods naked, and nobody sees her wrinkled flesh-rolls bobbing, does anybody go blind?

Only if you accidentilly get 'brain bleach' in your eyes.

[twickster]

Q: If Dear Abbey goes frolicking in the woods naked, and nobody sees her wrinkled flesh-rolls bobbing, does anybody go blind?

Given that Dear Abby is dead ...

[Scarlett67]

Given that Dear Abby is dead ...
You're thinking of her sister. Abby just has Alzheimer's.

[twickster]

You're thinking of her sister. Abby just has Alzheimer's.

Which I guess just actually increases the likelihood that she's out wandering around the woods naked.

[tdn]

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[ivylass]

I saw that and thought it was a joke. Dear Abby, by the way, is written by the daughter of the original Dear Abby. Since Dear Annie is kind of a substitute for Dear Ann Landers, who has passed on, and Abby and Ann Landers were twins, is it out of the realm of possiblity thewriters talk to each other about the letters they get?

I read Dear Abby first, and when I flipped over to Dear Annie I thought I'd made a mistake and accidentally called up Dear Abby again. The similiarities between the letters, one from each side, as it were, are too coincidental.

[Sailboat]

The similiarities between the letters, one from each side, as it were, are too coincidental.

And so begins the next major plagiarism scandal.

:dubious:

Sailboat