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Figarosmom

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3. Phyllis was a mean comic in my mind.

Reply to magicarpet (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 01:55 PM

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She did mean insults .( like Don Rickles) Paula tries to be kind in her insults. I Iike Paula, I didn't like Phyllis.

But I think you may be thinking of their voices and someone in your life you didn't like had that same voice?

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Paula Poundstone - trump just wanted attention , i heard she begged [View all] Figarosmom Wednesday OP

Listening to Paula is like hearing someone drag their fingernails across a slate chalkboard,.. magicarpet Wednesday #1

Poundstone is sorta like a younger Phyllis Diller,.. magicarpet Wednesday #2

Phyllis was a mean comic in my mind. Figarosmom Wednesday #3

Might be a parallelism about the voice inflection/modulation between Poundstone/Diller too. magicarpet Wednesday #4