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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, February 11, 2008 - 9:00 pm
It's funny because when I was a kid, it was "Mary Worth" you would say in the mirror. Maybe it was a Chicago area thing. Never heard of saying Bloody Mary in the mirror until relatively recently in movies. eta: ya ha, apparently Mary Worth is Bloody Mary. http://www.mythologyweb.com/bloodymary.html
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, February 11, 2008 - 9:24 pm
ok, naja, I was like - why would Mary Worth ( I know her as a kindly older woman in a old cartoon) be evil, LOL! I even saw the ghost whisper show that was about Bloody Mary, but never heard/connected Mary Worth.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, February 11, 2008 - 9:40 pm
Yeah, it's weird, Dipo. No one but the people I grew up with in Chicago heard of her called Mary Worth either. I noticed a reference to Catholic school students on that page where they mention Mary Worth, so maybe that's why I know that version.
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Bob2112
Member
06-12-2002
| Monday, February 11, 2008 - 9:47 pm
I can confirm Mary Worth for the western suburbs of Chicago.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, February 11, 2008 - 9:49 pm
SEE! I'm not making it up. LOL...Thanks Bob 
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, February 11, 2008 - 9:50 pm
Geez, and I thought ya'll were talking about the drink!
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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Monday, February 11, 2008 - 10:05 pm
Ah yes, I remember the repeating of Mary Worth over and over in a dark room while looking into a mirror. (Scared the bleep out of me when I was young.) I'm also from a suburb just west of Chicago. Perhaps it was a regional thing. LOL I'll bet some of you from the Chi-town area probably remember Resurrection Mary too. There was supposed to finally be a movie coming out in the theaters about that story, but I haven't heard any more about it now for a long time.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, February 11, 2008 - 11:11 pm
Our ghost in the mirror was Molly Turgess!
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Kiersten_love
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 2:00 am
I went to the cemetary while I lived in Chicago at night time, so I could see if RM would appear, sadly after many trips around the cemetary she never did. But I know the story, and I hope they still come out with the movie, it could be quite interesting to see it on film.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 6:33 am
Grew up downtown Chicago, totally know Mary Worth, I hadn't thought of this in years.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 6:42 am
All I can say is, thank goodness no one has said "her" name two more times!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 7:03 am
In central Illinois we never heard of any of that mirror stuff. But I also had a foreign born mother.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 7:36 am
Lol
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 8:09 am
In FL I never heard of the mirror stuff, either.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 8:11 am
Oh yes, west suburb of chicago here, totally a "thing" here! Bloody Mary, Mary Worth, Resurrection Mary, mirrors, etc... Especially for teen girls at slumber parties...
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 8:12 am
Here in California, we called it Mary Worth too.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 8:15 am
I have heard of Bloody Mary but didn't know bout the mirror thing.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 9:44 am
Lenny Kravitz was rushed to Miami's Mount Sinai Hospital on Monday, a spokeswoman for the singer confirmed to Reuters. The rocker, 43, had been stricken with a series of severe respiratory tract infections combined with the flu since mid-January. "Due to extreme dehydration and fatigue, doctors were unable to control it with outpatient treatment and advised the singer to check into the hospital," Kravitz's spokeswoman said in a statement. The condition has forced the postponement of Kravitz's European tour to promote his new album It Is Time For a Love Revolution.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 9:51 am
Oh no not Lenny!!!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 12:23 pm
18-year-old Barron Hilton, Paris' little brother, was arrested for DUI in Malibu at 8:30 AM this morning! Cops tell TMZ he was driving a black Mercedes on Pacific Coast Highway with a passenger -- not one of his sisters-- when he was pulled over at a 76 gas station. He's currently in the process of being booked at the Lost Hills Sheriff's station -- the same place Mel Gibson was taken. UPDATE: Barron's been officially booked and is currently being held on $5000 bail.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 3:40 pm
Oh, no about Lenny! Glad he checked in so we don't lose him to some mixup of meds.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 5:09 pm
That's exactly what I was thinking Hp.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 9:02 pm
Really.. there is some hard core repiratory stuff going around.. better to get some medical attention and deydration can be serious.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, February 15, 2008 - 11:33 am
At the NAACP Image Awards...gorgeous

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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, February 15, 2008 - 11:41 am
Isn't she over 40? and from what I've seen over the years behind that face is a very smart woman, too!
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