Wendi Deng

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And speaking of jokes, at the last dinner party I attended in the Bagel, a very beautiful princess of the German persuasion said that Wendi Deng’s behavior was unacceptable because she did what she did with Tony Blair in her husband’s house. I countered that it was the fault of Rupert Murdoch, who should have known he was marrying trouble. I am a Murdoch fan, but basically Rupert’s folly was due to old age. Where am I going with this? That’s an easy one. The biggest error an oldie can commit is to try and recapture his youth, especially where women are concerned. Rupert is neither the first nor the last to get it as wrong as he did. Oldies hate the modern world because they cannot envision it without them. I loathe it because it changed while I was still alive. The bump in the mid-Atlantic had an oxygenating effect but as I already said, only briefly. Now it’s summertime, party time, and girls in their summer dresses time. It’s good to be alive, so all you oldies out there rejoice. Unless you have to pay alimony to Wendi Deng, life’s a peach. Yippee!