"I was a very unpopular child," says comedian Rita Rudner. "I had only two friends. They were imaginary. And they would only play with each other.

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My Mary is so smart, she walked when she was eight months old," bragged one woman.
"You call that intelligent?" challenged her companion. "When my Cindy was that old, she let us carry her."

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A girl watched, fascinated, as her mother smoothed cold cream on her face. "Why do you do that?" she asked.
"To make myself beautiful," said the mother, who began removing the cream with a tissue.
"What's the matter?" asked the girl. "Giving up?"