When my dad had his cancer surgery, the surgeon was a lovely Irish gentleman. My mom introduced herself.

"How do you do, Dr. Buckley, I'm Mrs [redacted]”

"How do you do”

"My grandmother was from Ireland, the midlands”

"What was her maiden name?”

"Herzog”

"yes, that's a midlands name"

"I also have a bit of English in me”

"Oh. That’s…too bad”

#Irish #StPatricksDay