The Resume

(July 4, 1918-January 16, 2013)
Birth name is Pauline Esther Friedman
Wrote the most famous advice column 'Dear Abby'
Twin sister of Ann Landers

Why she might be annoying:

She was a yenta.
She didn't always give the best advice to her readers (some of it proved to be detrimental.)
Her nickname was Popo.
Her name was Pauline Esther and her twin Sister was Esther Pauline.
She married the same day as her Sister.
She caused a rift with her sister by going into the advice column business, three months after her sister did.
Like her sister, her daughter continued her advice column.

Why she might not be annoying:

People wrote to her even though they weren't forced to.
She often tried a common sense approach to answering questions.
She supported gay marriage.
She was married over 65 years.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Adam Sandler's 'Chanukah Songs' References
• Advice Columnists
• Born on the 4th of July (Ranked: 1918)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [July] (Ranked: 7041918)
• Debra Wilson's Mad TV Impersonations
• Golden Girls References
• Hollywood Square Celebrities [1966-82]
• I am an Iowan
• I Attended Maria Shriver-Arnold Schwarzenegger's Wedding [April 26, 1986]
• I Died in 2013 (Ranked: 94)
• I Have Dementia/Alzheimer's
• I Posed For the NOH8 Campaign [Gay Rights]
• I was a Girl Scout
• I Was Estranged From My Sibling
• Identical Twins
• Miss Universe Judges (Ranked: 1980)
• Newspaper Journalists/Editors/Publishers
• Person to Person - Guests [L-Z]
• Pop Eater's Top 10 Twins [2009] (Ranked: 1)
• Profiles 251-500 (Ranked: 478)
• Siblings with Different Last Names (Ranked: 5)
• Twins
• Vehicle Names
• Weather Names
• World Almanac 25 Most Influential Women [1976]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 25 Votes: 24.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 18 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 393 Votes: 67.43% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 33 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 38 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 42 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 84 Votes: 59.52% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 147 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 194 Votes: 65.98% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 337 Votes: 67.66% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 696 Votes: 68.39% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1954 Votes: 74.10% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 4678 Votes: 72.32% Annoying