WHAT DID YOU SAY? XIX
From Reader's Digest

   Our law firm periodically hires teenagers for special typing projects. One young man was given a cassette tape to transcribe in which the attorney referred to the plaintiff as "somewhat of a prima dona." When the transcribed dictation was returned, the phrase read: "somewhat of a pre-Madonna."
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   I was at the hardware store to get a duplicate of my car key made when the store clerk asked, You're a model?" It was exactly what a woman in her mid-30's wanted to hear.
   "Well, no, I'm not," I said blushing."But I'm very flattered that -------"
   He stopped me right there, pointed to my car keys, and repeated slowly,
"Year.....and.....model?"

Contributed by Kiirsten Jeppson