Even though I like Thousand Days, for some reason that "But I like some kind of Time/Life edition, tradition, competition" line gets on my nerves. I wish she could have picked something a little different to smooth out the redundancy of Mabel Normand's "even felt guilty, about even dying". Perhaps "she had to feel guilty, about even dying", or "must have felt guilty" might have worked? Then there is the much-maligned "Whatsamattababy" thing. I think that one probably annoys people as much for the way the vocal sounds there as for the words.
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