Good one! His smart comment might have earned him my best cold, dead stare and and a flatly intoned "what exactly do you mean by that?" from me.

I try very hard to be extremely polite and courteous in public. But among my many character flaws is a nasty tendency to intimidate those who I think are being unnecessary rude. I know I need to work on the whole "turn the other cheek" thing, but it's hard for me.

Jeff