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samcraig

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Thanks for the explanation as to who she is (honestly, I had never heard of her); not sure I see the joke, though. Is it that she is considered too old to ring in the New Year?
No it refers to the fact that this once-sharp journalist has dementia and barely recognizes people around her.

I was going to quote the old adage “Google is your friend” — but strangely, a search of just her name doesn’t turn up any hits that mention that in their titles, nor does Wikipedia say anything. (!) If you didn’t pick up from the context that you should be searching for Barbara Walters dementia you might not find anything. I can see why an explanation was necessary for our international friends.
 
No it refers to the fact that this once-sharp journalist has dementia and barely recognizes people around her.

I was going to quote the old adage “Google is your friend” — but strangely, a search of just her name doesn’t turn up any hits that mention that in their titles, nor does Wikipedia say anything. (!) If you didn’t pick up from the context that you should be searching for Barbara Walters dementia you might not find anything. I can see why an explanation was necessary for our international friends.

Thanks for the further explanation, which does clarify the matter.

And, while "google is indeed one's friend", I had googled her name and frankly, was none the wiser as to the context of what was a supposedly witty thread.

My mother - who passed away in December 2018 - had dementia, and to be honest, having lived with her and experienced how her condition deteriorated and how it affected her for the best part of a decade, this is not a topic that I consider remotely funny.
 
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