Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!think!mintaka!oliveb!bunker!hcap!hnews!260!204!Ann.Parsons From: Ann.Parsons@f204.n260.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Parsons) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: Lack Of Humor Is The Worst Disability Message-ID: <9610@bunker.UUCP> Date: 17 Jan 90 02:10:09 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Ann.Parsons@f204.n260.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:260/204 - Flower City Central, Rochester NY Lines: 23 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 6264 Hi Ron, In your message to all where you give advise, cum Ann Landers, you have a little squib about what to do when people look at you and figure you look just like all the rest of the blind folks. It happened to me. I got on a bus in Rochester, New York. The bus driver looked at me and said, "Where's your seeing eye dog? Aren't you the lady that lives in Perry, New York?" I replied, "No, I live in Rochester. I know, I know, all hottentots look alike." The bus driver was mortified. Sorry to say, I ain't sorry! It got so bad during my three and a half year stay at Elmira college with three blind women on campus that you got used to replying to a name that wasn't yours. People would come up to me and say, "Hi, Lynne" or "Hi Shannon." I just gave up and answered anything reasonable. Keep those endorphans flowin'. See you on-line. Ann P. -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!260!204!Ann.Parsons Internet: Ann.Parsons@f204.n260.z1.fidonet.org