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My mother does not know the difference between Will Ferrell (known for “Elf” and “Night at the Roxbury,” winner of a SpikeTV Guy’s Choice award for “funniest mo-fo”) and Colin Farrell (known for smoldering good looks and bad-boy antics, winner of a best actor Golden Globe for “In Bruges”).

I was telling her about “In Bruges,” which is hilarious, and how Farrell won a Golden Globe for it, and I think that’s great, because “Golden Globe Winner Colin Farrell” is not a phrase I ever thought I’d hear seriously. And somehow we got to talking about how good looking Colin Farrell is and mom said she didn’t agree, which I took in stride because mom and I never agree on who we think is good looking. And I said really? And she said, you mean the guy from “Elf”?

And I laughed and laughed and laughed. And then emailed her the wikipedia pages for Farrell and Ferrell. Hopefully she doesn’t get confused again.