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An Advice column (n.) is strangers' problems, read for the pleasure of not having them.
An Advice column (n.) is read by thousands with the same problem who never wrote in.
An Advice column (n.) prints the answer the letter writer already knew and wanted in writing.
An Advice column (n.) is like a confessional with a circulation department.
An Advice column (n.) lets a stranger settle what a marriage has been arguing about for years.
An Advice column (n.) is a letter that begins "my friend has a problem" and fools no one.