[Hotdog]

I remember my younger days traveling through the south from Ohio. After stopping at a restaurant one morning I order breakfast and the waitress proceeded to ask me something...I didn't hear her and said "please" meaning repeat what you said...well...she walked away and my wife started laughing...I asked her what was so funny...she said,"you just confirmed you wanted grits!"...I hate grits!...from then on I use the word "what" when I want someone to repeat what they said...

[AgentEcho]

From a born and size bred Texan with a damn yankee (oops, native of OHIO), as a wife, the correct response would have been 'excuse me' or 'pardon'.

'What' expresses attitude.

'What' don't muster many warm and fuzzy thoughts.

'What' keeps ya in the South longer than you want to be here, with a close quaters buddy named Bubba who doesn't like Yankees or attitudes, or Yankee attitudes.

Y'all come back now.

;-)

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