Wow! You came this close to…absolutely nothing happening to you. I hope I’m half as brave as you someday.
On the other hand, it costs absolutely nothing to try. That’s what people tend to forget in the costs benefits analysis of complaining about behavior on a message board.
You don’t always pick battles you can win, just ones where there’s no real consequence for losing.
Both columns were originally written by a set of twins. I’m pretty certain they never tried to hide their true identities.
And I’m pretty sure they were trying to hide their identities by the fact that they used pseudonyms.
:rolleyes: Le sigh.
Right back atcha.
The key word is “never”-for the longest time they hid their real names from the public.
Eppie Lederer was not the first Ann Landers. She was preceded by several other writers. Once she took over, however, she made it a point to refuse to divulge her real name.
Pauline Phillips created Abigail Van Buren/Dear Abby and declined to identify her real name, for years. When she retired, her daughter, Jeanne Phillips took over the rights and column.