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That was right.

That episode is just full of contradictions. Like Ned was out of ammo, then dropped his gun and shot Kenny. I just assumed the authors didn't want to let consistency get in the way of a story.

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That's not a contradiction. It's protocol and etiquette to call someone "Mister" when they hold a position of authority. It's a time-honored tradition, bound not to change.

For example, if the US had a woman President, it would be "Mr. President" if you wanted to be polite technically correct. On a ship, if the captain is a woman, it's still "Aye, Sir!" in acknowlegement of a request or order. (Too much time reading Emily Post.) :)

So, does this help?

-Matt.

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If a woman were Mayor/President/Captain, I'd hope to hell that they know protocol and that it's a title of great honour. Otherwise they don't belong in such a position.

:)

-Matt.

While I totally agree with that, it's just not likely.

What I don't understand is why the UPS man (woman) got pissed off when I told my boss out loud that the "UPS chick" was waiting for a check. ;)

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"My mom says there's a lot of black people in Africa" -Cartman

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Yeah, at work I always say "The Mail-Dude is here" and sometimes it's a female carrier...She never says much....

Hmmm, why the footprints on my mail? :)

-Matt.

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I'm not sure about in the Navy, but in the Marine Corps any female commisioned officer was always referred to as "Maam." Speaking from the experience of doing about a zillion pushups for calling a female Major "Sir," I am fairly sure you would refer to her as "Maam" and not "Sir."

Too lazy to switch from AOL, and what the heck, it does what I need it to..... just sick of all the idiots acting like it's the Second Coming of Christ

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Yeah, heard chef say the same thing in the Gifford episode also. Maybe it's along the same lines as calling a chairperson "chairman", or a firefighter "fireman", or a huperson--(eh) even if it's a woman, just out of tradition...?

~winged words~ brad maas

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In Star Trek, Female superiors are also refered to as "Sir". Perhaps this is some sort of reference?

I could be wrong. -ison-

No, you heard it perfectly correctly. Any other questions?