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A theatrical mystery solved

Posted by Robin Abrahams April 6, 2008 01:19 PM

Nancy Carroll was at "The Tempest" on Thursday night, too, and so I took the opportunity to congratulate her on her fine performance in "The Clean House" and clear up the mystery of what, exactly, those "Cheetos" were made of.

She said they were cut-up orange kitchen sponges!

So there you go. If you, for any reason, ever need to make something that looks like Cheetos without the massive staining power of same, cut-up kitchen sponges are the way to go.

About Miss Conduct Robin Abrahams writes the weekly "Miss Conduct" column for The Boston Globe Magazine.
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Robin Abrahams writes the weekly "Miss Conduct" column for The Boston Globe Magazine. Robin, who has a PhD in psychology from Boston University, has worked as a theater publicist, organizational-change communications manager, editor, stand-up comedian, and professor of psychology and English. She lives in Cambridge with her husband, Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which are given annually for achievements that first make people laugh and then make them think.

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