Smiley Anders for October 17, 2009

• By SMILEY ANDERS
• Advocate columnist
• Published: Oct 17, 2009 - Page: 1B

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Dear Smiley: My husband grew up in Indiana. He says he does not need a hearing aid — my Mississippi accent is the problem.

Recently, LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri was honored by his Lafayette fans. I called the office where we work part time to say we would be late.

The secretary who answered the phone is from the Philippines.

I said, “Please tell our daughter that we will be late because we are at a Paul Mainieri luncheon.”

In a few minutes my cell phone rang. Our daughter said, “Are you two all right?  Why are you at a pulmonary function?”

DIANE MORGAN TIMM
Lafayette

Geography lesson
Dear Smiley: Back in the ’50s, I was having a discussion with a co-worker at Spring’s Esso on St. Ferdinand Street about fast drivers when he said, “I know a guy who’ll race you anywhere. He’ll race you to Puckaterry and back!”

“Puckaterry?” I asked, having never heard of the town. “Where’s Puckaterry?”

“You know,” he replied, “Dat place haffway ’tween heah and hell!”

DUDLEY LEHEW
Denham Springs

Never walk alone
Dear Smiley: Watching all the people walking/driving while talking on their cell phones has made me wonder: Who did they talk to before cell phones — themselves?

Being of an age that remembers no cell phones (to be honest, I remember party lines), I have trouble understanding the need to be in constant contact with others.

Can you and your readers explain this to me?