# "REALLY!" The Magazine for Dowagers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126>\
**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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/61 "2004-07-13T16:54:12Z")

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> [@FaerieBeth](#):
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> OMG! **Swampbear** knows my grandmother!

**FaerieBeth** I am a born and bred southerner. Dear Old Things (Southern for Dowager) shrieking “Law!” in public are **everybody’s** grandmother round these parts.

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**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/62 "2004-07-13T18:39:19Z")

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Sorry, Eve, there was an editorial meeting about this; I guess you didn’t get copied–my apoligies. Marketing has decided to rebrand “ **Teen _Really!_** ” with a more age-relevant banner. It is now “ **Shut _Up!_** ”

Hope you’ll be able to make the 2004 “Dowies” award ceremony at the Waldorf. As usual, Kitty Carlisle will be hosting the banquet.

Ciao bella!

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/63 "2004-07-13T19:04:20Z")

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Valerie’s Tips #35 - How to match your brunch attire with your poodle’s breed

Ranking Pieces of Your Jewelry Collection with Third World Economies

How to Identify PETA Members From Afar Before They Spraypaint Your Coat

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**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/64 "2004-07-13T19:23:03Z")

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Butler Cam: Do you need one? (Do you suspect your butler of putting his feet up on your good furniture and reading a magazine when you are not in the room? Take this informative quiz and find out if a Butler Cam is the answer)

It’s Party time!: How to gracefully greet guests and coldly dismiss the waitstaff at the same time

“Well I never!”–Witty comebacks for the inevitable “And you never will” retort

The Modern Dowager–What is this email you speak of?: An Introduction to the world-wide web (Part 1 of a 30 part series)

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-the-magazine-for-dowagers/254126/65 "2004-07-13T20:49:57Z")

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Dear Duchess: A Dowager’s advice column

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