European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                What do talk shows have left to discuss Erm Bombeck Universal press Syndicate in be got a great new game to play in the car while you re on the Road. Its called Aberra tonal Pursuit. This is the Way it works. Each player has to come up  deviant behaviour prob Lern that has not been dissected by Donahue Oprah Sally Jessy Joan or Giraldo i know it sounds easy but in the last decade television has dipped deep into America s social diseases Leav ing Little left. One wonders How Many fresh and unique abnormalities arc left to explore. Nazi nuns with eating disorders is gone. So is terrorists who make Good fathers. Grandmothers who married their grandsons ski instructors has been done to death a i find myself grabbing for the listings every Day. To see what will come up next. Recently i saw. Where Oprah had a panel of men who thought their aunts were their mothers. Where do they find these people. Do individuals with unusual circumstances write the producers of the shows and say a they if you Ever do something on spaceship babies trying to find their mothers in a living in Chicago and would love to talk about it a or docs a Call go out for a fwd Man w to raise their husbands As an Only child a encouraging them to submit resumes i watched one show devoted to mothers who disapproved of their daughters boyfriends. No problem there you could fill up a Disney parking lot with mothers on that one. But what is really amazing is the Candor of these guests who will go before millions of people and sing like canaries. About their personal lives. I come from a family who rarely shared feelings. I was 26 before i realized that when aunt Mildred had a something in the oven Quot she Wasny to going to give birth to a pan of cinnamon Rolls. That a what makes these shows such a revelation., the talk trend is a formal that shows no signs of slowing Down. Every Day a new one seems to emerge featuring yet another dysfunctional personality or emotional disorder. The problem should be obvious. Talk shows arc using up our aberrations faster than we can produce them. Where Are All the bizarre behaviour Combina Lions coming from ail i know is when we played aberration Al Pursuit a few weeks ago in the car the Only unused topic we could come up with was a people who suffer from  ,. A fear of a microphone being clipped to their underwear on National  but Check your to miss manners Judith Martin United . Ear miss manners a when the parents of a child arc divorced and one has remarried or both have docs the child now have three or four parents. Or does lie continue having Only the original two. A a a. A a a Quot 1 have read Many social announcements for. In Gage mints weddings and graduations of children in that situation where the a parents of Quot Are listed As follows a emr. And mrs. John Jones and mrs. Mary Jones Quot where Mother has not remarried emr. And mrs. John Jones and or. And mrs. James Smith a or a emr. John Jones and mrs. Mary smith."�?T. A. A a ,. A /. In spite of All the remarrying of today does t the child still have Only two parents deceased parents arc a totally different Issue t gentle Reader a when it comes to distributing parents among children miss manners is inclined to be  own dear Mother she Only had one a was a teacher and she used to tic pleased when All. Sorts of adults including former stepparents no longer married to a Parent of origin continued to Lake an interest in a child. So while the announcements you mention Are socially cumbersome miss manners  going to condemn them. Dear miss manners a i have received from a. Close Friend a very thoughtful gift of two videotapes each starring a favorite actress of mine. I did notice however that one of the videotapes was a duplicate of one this same Friend gave me last year. ,. A a. A. A. A a a. In my thank you note should i say something along the lilies of a ooh ii was so thoughtful of you to get me both videotapes a 1 wonder if you for. Got you gave me the same one Iasi year w Hen you started my collection Quot a a a a. A a a. A gentle Reader  of fear a lifetime of receiving copies of this tape on very possible occasion your Enrile getting More and More strained As your eyes seek to discover w Heth i this in Elul has lost her memory if so come Back to miss manners after the filth such instance. In the meantime there is no excuse for including in a note thanking someone for. Being thoughtful some evidence . Dear miss  mow old should children be for us to Stop sending them Cash gilts on their birthdays most of them never Call or write. It is As though we do not exist. Yet they and their parents expect it. Gentle Reader a of they do do they miss manners is sorry to inform them that the age for sending these people presents is Long past. Those beyond Babyhood Are  for understanding. The legitimacy of an expectation of polite gratitude As Well As their own expectations of generosity dear miss manners a we arc four lady friends and three of us arc going to take the fourth out to lunch. 1 said we should ask our guest when Csc would like to go. Number two said we should select three places and ask our guest which one she would prefer. Number three said we. Should choose the rest an ram ourselves. Which of us is Correct gentle Reader a miss manners does no to want to Call any of you wrong considering How Nice your intention is. But she considers your own solution to be the most awkward without any guidance a polite guest would feel obliged to choose a much More moderate restaurant than her hostesses had in mind. Horoscope a for the week of Jan. 27 v v aquarius Jan. 20-feb. 18 your Money Cycle is High. Milk the Cash cow sprout wings As a. Social Butterfly. Bring ideals from cobweb Conception into Concrete reality renew health and. Diet plan. A Ita a a. V Pisces feb. 19-March 20. Pull the plug on Idle chatter a important ideas arrive in clusters find ways to communicate without violating promises put Faith Back into your vocabulary Quot varies March 21-april 19.  with your vigorous exercise program. Credit that had been withheld will be released Public sentiment is on your Side revel in the arts and sciences. /. Taurus april 20-May 20 done to let family squabbles cause irritability. Spotlight on Power versatility. Watch manipulation tendencies. Build Bridges instead of. Walls. A a. Gemini May 21-june 20 handle finances with kid gloves  next month new Deal enables you to travel to spread influence remain a buoyant. Slow and steady wins the race. A cancer june -21-july. 22 Don t lose your Coli Over romantic troubles embrace a More veg velarian diet open dialogue with one familiar about finances. Keep your Calm exterior during times of duress. A. Leo july 23-aug 22 Rev your motors in group enterprises and team sports live dose to your ethics and morals attention revolves around a a credibility Domestic changes Are in the offing. Virgo aug. 23-sept 22 take care of Small jobs before launching Large scale ventures sign important papers. But read Fine print look behind the scenes for True answers. Libra sept 23-oct. 22 make compassion your trademark. Healing sciences Are in Vogue. Be a realist in Romance imprint your own style. Focus on personal . Scorpio oct 23-nov 21 Light is shed on area previously kept secret. Draw the line with family members. Re evaluate your financial port. Folio. Organization keeps you out of trouble. A Sagittarius nov 22-dec. 20 gather like a minded friends for marketing brainstorms opportune to exists to a be More Independent. Reassure colleagues you re on their Side. Plan a Spring break. A Capricorn Doc 21-Jan. 19 struggle with associates proves fruitless put past failures in cold storage. Scan the horizon for new potentials silence is Golden concern my Turturo plans Copley news servicejanuary27i 1991. Sunday to plus ,. C Page 19