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Diary - Irma Kurtz
21 March 2005

Wedding: there's a word to conjure with. When I was young I preferred a good funeral, where nobody wagged a finger at me and said: "You'll be next!"

Food and Drink
Diary - Irma Kurtz<br />
29 November 2004

"Whoever had to ask for pickles in a Manhattan deli?"I ask the unknown woman at my table. "Everything's out of whack!" she nods: "Kids voted Republican, can you believe?" By Irma Kurtz

TV and Radio
Diary - Irma Kurtz
14 June 2004

The sandwich-board read: "The end is like SO nigh." "That is awesome!" said my sister-in-law. "Totally!" agreed my brother. I think it's time he left southern California

Diary - Irma Kurtz
10 March 2003

At the hospital, a doctor was checking my mother's responses. "Now, Mrs Kurtz, who is the president of the US?" "That idiot," she replied. "Your mom is just fine!" he told me

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