Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe unwittingly in an Arbus photograph! Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote: > I have to share this story. Sorry, I have no pictures, so you'll have to > take my word for it. :-) > > A few months ago I had to leave a blood sample for my annual physical. So > I went to the waiting area and waited my turn. Eventually I hear my name > called. I look towards the door to the lab. Nothing. Again I hear my > name. And I realize that the voice is coming from a lower angle than > expected. I look between the two people in front of me and realize that I > am being addressed by a "little person," a woman probably less than 4 feet > tall. "C'mon, Hon," she says, and leads me into the lab. > > All through the procedure she addressed me as "Hon." And, forgive me, I > kept thinking, "Am I in a Bergman movie, or a 1950s diner?" > > She did her job well, was a delightful conversationalist, and I smile > every time I think about the incident. > > --Peter > > Barney wrote: > > The person Dr. Ted describes here wouldn't like Baltimore very much where >> "Hon" is a term used to describe any human being of any age under any >> circumstances. In Baltimore you do not have a name. It's either Hon, >> honey, >> or dear. >> > > And Ric Carter illustrated: > >> http://cartersxrd.net/Site/**FirstDraft/Entries/2013/6/9_**HonFest.html<http://cartersxrd.net/Site/FirstDraft/Entries/2013/6/9_HonFest.html> >> < >> http://cartersxrd.net/Site/**FirstDraft/Entries/2013/6/9_**HonFest.html<http://cartersxrd.net/Site/FirstDraft/Entries/2013/6/9_HonFest.html> >> > >> > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information >