# "REALLY!" The Magazine for Dowagers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126 "2004-07-08T15:51:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/21 "2004-07-08T19:43:13Z")
**The Indignant Sniff: A How-To Guide** ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/22 "2004-07-08T19:48:16Z")
How to Prepare When Your House . . . Well _One \* of Your Houses, Is in the Parade of Homes._ \*Thanks to David Sedaris. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/23 "2004-07-08T20:10:12Z")
[ul] [li]Paper or Plastic: Which industry should you own?[/li][li]Europe on $4,500 a day[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/24 "2004-07-08T20:29:36Z")
“Well, Dears, I’m sort of…Violet” - Cutting off political discussions at parties before they start “Lucille Bluth of _Arrested Development_ - the Parodies Continue” “Latest Ripostes to Hooligans with Cellphones at the Theater (Part XVI)” “A Fortune-Hunter Tried to Steal My Innocent Daughter AGAIN!” - a cautionary tale ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/25 "2004-07-08T20:31:29Z")
Oh, goodness gracious, that should be spelled THEATRE!! What WAS I thinking? \ ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/26 "2004-07-08T20:41:32Z")
“‘Tramp’ or ‘Golddigger:’ Which is your son’s new lady-friend?” “Sniff, Gesture, Ignore, Innuendo: How Best to be Dismissive in All Situations” “If Your Daughter’s Obviously Inferior Suitor Attended a More Prestigious University Than You Did: How to Maintain the Air of Superiority.” ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/27 "2004-07-08T20:42:22Z")
“Redecorating a room for under $100,000” “Drama in Real Life: The Doorbell was Ringing and The Butler Was Gone” “The Male Organ: What it Might Look Like” ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/28 "2004-07-08T21:32:31Z")
This month in Talking Points: Witty and profound Comments on Operas You Didn’t Understand Next month in Talking Points: Polite Things to Say at Any Politician’s Funeral ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/29 "2004-07-08T23:01:26Z")
Saying “Well, I never!” when you really have. A lot. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/30 "2004-07-08T23:30:25Z")
How To Ignore Your Flaming but Closeted Son’s Affair with the Groundskeeper ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/31 "2004-07-08T23:35:56Z")
[QUOTE=jk1245"The Male Organ: What it Might Look Like"[/QUOTE] Maybe I’m just tired but this made me laugh my ass off. Naw… it was really funny. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/32 "2004-07-08T23:38:06Z")
Obscure but Proper Insults. This Month: “She’s rather milk-in-first, darling” and “The sort of people who buy their silver” ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/33 "2004-07-09T00:04:19Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > The latest in decor: “One Grecian Urn.” > > Next month: “Two Grecian Urns.” Damn it, **Eve**! You stole mine! “Butt-Ugly Hats: A Tribute to the Queen Mother” ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/34 "2004-07-09T00:09:26Z")
How to be dotty without the cliche of a red hat or wearing purple. (So overdone these days.) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/35 "2004-07-09T01:58:58Z")
Finding the Right Surrogate Mother For You Grandbaby. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/36 "2004-07-09T02:06:42Z")
Prissy or Dotty? Or can you be both? The experts face off! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/37 "2004-07-09T02:24:27Z")
Prissy or Dotty? Or can you be both? The experts face off! ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/38 "2004-07-09T02:58:21Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Prissy or Dotty? Or can you be both? The experts face off! Oh I think it’s definitely possible to be both! (I was about to say I would of course defer graciously to Eve’s opinion, but on more mature consideration it sounded weirdly uncomplimentary.) For example: - “The Perils of VCL (Visible Corset Line)” - “Naming The Skins On One’s Fox Stole” - “Altoids: Aphrodisiacs In Disguise?” - “Those Racy Spectator Pumps” - “Darling Cologne Bottles As Purse Flasks” The prim _and_ distinctly addled among us want to know! Veb And exactly what do YOU mean by “expert”, Matt? Hmmmm? ::taps toe:: ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/39 "2004-07-09T05:59:35Z")
> [@Mr. Moto](#): > > Wouldn’t there have to be a whole, continuing section devoted to “female troubles?” My WORD! You just don’t talk about Such Things in PUBLIC!!! Smelling Salts-a comparison test to find the best! ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/40 "2004-07-09T06:18:08Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > That would be for our sister publication, “Teen _Really!_” Should that be reserved to the under 60 crowd ? 😃 “Field-testing The New 2005 Lorgnettes” Fiction : “The Day The Caviar Ran Out” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126.md?page=3)