I was about to respond to somebody with "She's not exactly Mother Theresa"

when I remembered that a. Mother Theresa isn't the best example and b. in that place, people probably know that.

Opinion time! What (female) name should I use when disparagingly comparing a person to a really good, philanthropic person? Should be somebody recognizable, with no fairly well-known bad behavior. No propping up corrupt dictators, no comments about how the suffering of the poor is "beautiful", no hypocrisy, and so on.

Edit: No people who are mostly famous for having died in awful ways, or otherwise being in the wrong place at the wrong time, especially if they are still (or died when they were) minors and young adults and didn't have much of a chance to be particularly good or bad people.

Weather got hot today.

Pointed out to the kids that now that they have their own skates, they can go ice skating in the summer. "We have an indoor rink!?" Not only does Staten Island have an indoor rink, but that rink has a preschool. Nevertheless, I recommended going to Manhattan - less of a hassle to get there.

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