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Who has the better insults: Uncle Simon or Jason Foster?


I'll say Foster though it's very close.

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That's a tough one. I wouldn't want either as a relative! lol

Uncle Simon though, seemed unnecessarily cruel to his niece, played by the wonderful Constance Ford. She may have taken care of him and stayed for the inheritance , but really, with his personality, who ELSE could stand him? lol He was lucky that she lived with him and took care of him.

I never saw Jason Foster as being cruel for the sake of cruelty. He had a totally self centered, nasty, greedy family. He only told the truth about them. They rushed down to see him on his supposed deathbed just to get their inheritance. It's not as if they even made the slightest attempt to care for him over the years. They were just like he described them. The husband was greedy and selfish, the mom was a pathetic hypochondriac and self pitying "martyr", the daughter was vain and self absorbed and the son was a sadistic, oafish bully.

It's not insulting when you speak the truth!

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I agree pj. Foster was more sympathetic. I think Simon was a nightmare alive and as a robot.

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