# Goodbye Possums?  No more Dame Edna?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-possums-no-more-dame-edna/619659>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 23, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-possums-no-more-dame-edna/619659 "2012-04-23T03:00:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-possums-no-more-dame-edna/619659/1 "2012-04-23T03:00:01Z")

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Say it isn’t so! I just saw this link from March:

> **[Dame Edna Everage: farewell possums](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/mar/19/dame-edna-everage-farewell-possums)**
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> Barry Humphries' announcement that he is to retire Dame Edna Everage is sad news for all fans of the housewife superstar

in which Barry Humpries, Dame Edna’s “manager” said her current tour will lead to her retirement.

Nooooooooo!

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**Author:** ![Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kim_o_the_Concrete_Jungle)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-possums-no-more-dame-edna/619659/2 "2012-04-23T09:25:30Z")

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He must be getting on by now. He started the Dame Edna schtick back in the late fifties.

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**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-possums-no-more-dame-edna/619659/3 "2012-04-23T10:29:44Z")

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Hopefully.