she said "Remember girls, it's better to have a bi-polar mother from whom you inherited prettiness and intelligence than to have never been born at all."

I wasn't there but I didn't like the "never been born part."

It sounds like something a teen ager would say to a parent when the teen just heard s/he was grounded for a month.

This would have been more acceptable. she said "Remember girls, it's better to have a bi-polar mother from whom you inherited prettiness and intelligence than a mother that was paranoid and wouldn't let you do anything.

That zoo sounds like a riot.

Lou