Dear LFTP: the canned-ham friend
- Should I tell off my condescending friend, and is there a good deadly one-liner?
Mike reads the first Dear LFTP letter (the ASR renders the greeting 'Dear liar from the past'): a woman down 50 pounds whose friend makes condescending comments about her weight causing her sciatica and arthritis - 'I don't know what I feel other than like throwing a canned ham at her.' She asks whether to confront the 'Quotes, friend' or move on, and wants a deadly one-liner. The hosts reject the zinger ('go out to the grocery store and beat up on the fruit produce guy'), advise taking what's good and letting pass what's not, and pan the Secular answer about three strikes and icing her out.
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