From: mshaw@panix.com   
      
   David Carson  wrote:   
   > On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:56:52 -0000 (UTC), danny burstein   
   >  wrote:   
      
   > >>On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:43:14 -0700, Travoltron   
   > >> wrote:   
   > >   
   > >>>Polly Holliday, a Sassy Waitress on the Sitcom ?Alice,? Dies at 88   
   > >>>   
   > >>>?Kiss my grits,? her character, Flo, was known to say.   
   > >   
   > >>It's one of those things that a TV writer who has never spoken to a   
   > >>Southerner in real life would imagine a Southerner might say.   
   > >   
   > >Well, bless their hearts.   
      
   > That one, on the other hand, is on point.   
      
   Indeed. It is not a term of endearment. (For dannyb; I'm sure that   
   David is aware of this.)   
      
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   Mark Shaw                                        moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm   
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