PLEASE EXCUSE PARENTS' EXCUSES.Byline: ANN LANDERS Esther "Eppie" Pauline Friedman Lederer, better known as Ann Landers (July 4, 1918 – June 22, 2002), was best known for writing the famous syndicated advice column "Ann Landers." For some 45 years, it was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America. Dear Ann Landers: My son sent the enclosed en·close also in·close tr.v. en·closed, en·clos·ing, en·clos·es 1. To surround on all sides; close in. 2. To fence in so as to prevent common use: enclosed the pasture. to me recently, thinking I would get a kick out of it. These are actual notes from parents to teachers. I hope you will run them in your column. A good laugh is worth a lot these days. - Mildred in Coconut Creek, Fla. Dear Mildred: How right you are. I laughed out loud at some of those excuses, and I hope my readers will enjoy them as much as I did. Thank you for sending them on. Dear Teacher: Please excuse Lisa for being absent. She was sick, and I had her shot. Dear School: I hope you will excuse John for being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33. Dear Miss Larson: Jack didn't go to school yesterday because he had two teeth taken out of his face. Mrs. Smith: Please excuse Tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea diarrhea (dīərē`ə), frequent discharge of watery feces from the intestines, sometimes containing blood and mucus. It can be caused by excessive indulgence in alcohol or other liquids or foods that prove irritating to the stomach or , and his boots leak. Dear Teacher: Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was his father's fault. Dear Mr. Brown: Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well. To Mary's Teacher: Please excuse Mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps. Dear Mr. Anderson Mr. Anderson can refer to several fictional characters:
Dear Mr. Thomas: Jennifer missed school yesterday for a good reason. We forgot to get the Sunday paper Sunday paper n → (periódico) dominical m Sunday paper n → journal m du dimanche off the porch porch Roofed structure, usually open at front and sides, projecting from the face of a building and used to protect an entrance. If colonnaded, it may be called a portico. , and when we found it Monday, we thought it was Sunday. Dear Ann Landers: I've enjoyed your column for years, and now I want to comment on two topics that you dealt with recently. ``Upset in Ida Grove, Iowa Ida Grove is a city in Ida County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,350 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ida CountyGR6. Geography Ida Grove is located at (42.344394, -95. ,'' a woman in her 80s, wants child-size portions at half price when she dines out. You advised her to go to restaurants that serve half portions and offer senior citizen discounts. My dear, Ida Grove is not New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of or Chicago. It's not even Sioux City Sioux City, city (1990 pop. 80,505), seat of Woodbury co., NW Iowa, at the junction of the Big Sioux and Floyd rivers with the Missouri; inc. 1857. It is a shipping, wholesale trade, and industrial center for an extensive agricultural and livestock area (including . Her restaurant of choice, in all probability, will not have these options. She should ask the waitress to put half of her meal in a take-home container to be frozen for later. This is a much more practical solution. This next suggestion is for females who write to complain about husbands, sons and fathers who leave the toilet seat up, which often results in an unexpected ``midnight dip.'' It wouldn't take falling in more than once for me to form the habit of touching the lid to check before I sat down. Ladies: If the seat is up, lower it. It is just as much the woman's responsibility to adjust the seat as it is the man's. - K.C., Md. Dear K.C.: Thanks. Your suggestions were right on target, although it seems to me that a toilet seat, when not in use, should have a lid on it. Gem of the day: One nice thing about telling a clean joke is there's a good chance that no one has heard it before. MEMO: Write to Ann Landers, care of Daily News Features Department, P.O. Box 4200, Woodland Hills, Calif. 91365-4200. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion