Good for you Mary. Sometimes these high faluting professionals need put in their place a little. I bet he didn't bother much after that either. Some people thought they were passing out preserves in heaven when they asked who wants nerves and they have way too much for their own good AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S TOO!!!!!! Joann ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mbdiggin@aol.com> To: <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 1:53 AM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] > I was born in WV and was called a hillbilly. Even when I went to KY which > was only 30 miles away, people laughed at the way I talked. Anyway, > northerners would alway say people from WV had one leg shorter than the other > from walking on the side of the hills. When I moved to Akron, OH from KY I > went to work in a hospital as a Surgical Secretary. There was a really hi > falutin Dr who thought he was better than anyone and he always made fun of > the way I talked. One day I gave him a message that he was to call his > office right now. He said, "Rat now, rat now, didn't they teach you how to > talk where you came from". I replied that I might not talk the way he > thought I should, but one thing I was taught that apparently he wasn't, that > it was not polite to put down other people. Needless to say I was not one of > his favorite people after that. > Mary