From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   In <109taqi$n8j$1@reader1.panix.com> Mark Shaw  writes:   
      
   >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.)   
      
   Depends very, VERY, much on context.   
      
   "Jimmy Carter, bless his heart, helped build all those Habitat for Humanity   
   homes".   
      
   versus   
      
   "Jimmy Carter, bless his heart, gave the Panama Canal away".   
      
      
      
      
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