When I was in high school, Jimmy Thomas, a neighbor kid, used to tease me a lot. I think he sort of liked me and teasing was a way of getting my attention. Jim was not trying to demean me, but he was trying to be funny. Each morning, when he got on the bus, right after we Caywood girls did. He would greet me with a huge grin and loudly announce “Well, hello there Lo----asssss!” All of the girls would snicker and the boys laughed as well as our bus driver. It was sort of cute the first time or so, but after a while I became somewhat annoyed and embarrassed with his little off color joke. I pondered a few days as to how I could get him to stop addressing me as he did. Finally, I came up with an idea of how I might get him to stop as well as getting even too. I put my plan in motion and as he stepped on the bus the next morning, he gave his usual hearty little greeting of “Hello Lo-assss.” I braced my self, looked at him straight in the eye and piped right back “well, hello there Jimmy Thom-assss.” His jaw literally dropped as well as some of the others. No one could believe the girl who never ever uttered a bad word had broken her rule. The busload of kids immediately hushed for a few moments, before the kids all broke out in a roar of laughter. He never addressed me that way again.