reply to Christy and all on colonized

[Guest guest]

My father always did his level best to be as positive as possible. And

he was a natural comic. He would answer the telephone,in the old days

when even if, as we did, one had a " private " line, we all knew the opera

tors were all listening in on us, my father could not resist toying a bit

with what was then standard operator language. One operator when he

was placing a long distance call, made the fatal mistake of asking him,

" And how are you spelling that, sir? " My father objected to her useage

of the language, feeling that she should have said, " Will you spell your

last name, Sir? " or " How is that spelled, Sir? " He was offended at the

notion that he might be " spelling that " differently each day or something

along those lines, so he said to her, calmly and quietly, " The precise and

exact way I have been spelling it for my entire life! " and hung up!

He then placed the call later and the word had gotten around and the

next operator questioned him in a manner acceptable to him. He simply

spelled " Rojas " for her, and was his usual calm self. My mother

was always deeply offended by his manner of explaining things, and

his well-known antics in restaurants--which I can speak of another time!

Thank you, Christy, for your succinct comment--I was a little worried that

some might be offended.

Love to you and to all at cfparents,

n Rojas

[Guest guest]

n you could never, ever offend anyone!!!!!!!!!

Rosemary in New York with 3 children with CF - they are 12, 10, 6...I coined

the phrase " BREATHE DAMMIT " ; and now we have a dog named - are you ready for

this - TOBI after their medication!

[Guest guest]

n you could never, ever offend anyone!!!!!!!!!

Rosemary in New York with 3 children with CF - they are 12, 10, 6...I coined

the phrase " BREATHE DAMMIT " ; and now we have a dog named - are you ready for

this - TOBI after their medication!

[Guest guest]

n you could never, ever offend anyone!!!!!!!!!

Rosemary in New York with 3 children with CF - they are 12, 10, 6...I coined

the phrase " BREATHE DAMMIT " ; and now we have a dog named - are you ready for

this - TOBI after their medication!