[jannieC]

Originally Posted by petep9000

Oh, I forgot to mention a little 'thing' that happened on the ferry over to Ellis Island on Sunday.

Some woman on the boat to Ellis Island almost ruined my day. My mom and I were looking out the window as we passed the Statue of Liberty. And my mom innocently says "Ohh, I remember seeing a program on channel 13 about how they built the statue. It was a present from France." So, I said "Yes, but they didn't provide the pedestal." This woman next to my mother rolls her eyes and huffed and said out loud in our direction "It was a gift to the American Government."

So I looked at her and said "True. But it is a fact that when we agreed to accept it we knew that the pedestal was not part of the gift and we had to raise funds to build it ourselves."

And she sort of laughed sarcastically to her boyfriend or whatever and huffed out loud "At least they gave something." And she was sort of rolling her eyes and shaking her head to her boyfriend as if to say "well I really told HIM off."

My mother was giving me a look that said "Don't you dare make a scene." And, of course I wouldn't but we both got a laugh at this indignant little beast. And she wasn't even European, she had no accent. But she was holding a NYC tourbook so obviously she wasn't local. And, to make matters worse, she was wearing BLACK leather pants with a BROWN suede jacket. What kind of a hooker dresses like that?

I hate know-it-alls.

Oh and I meant to say I'm glad you and your mom had such a nice day together.