Please don't think Peggy's a shrew or anything like that. She's just... not socially adept. I've long thought she has a mild form of Asperger's -- since before Asperger's came into "vogue" actually, as I first learned about it back in the early 90s. When she's tired or distracted, she tends not to think carefully about the way she says things. And she is inclined to believe that her intended message outweighs and should overrule any confusion or negative reaction a listener might have to what she actually said. At times it can be like talking to Humpty-Dumpty from Alice in Wonderland.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.