Back when I was single I used tell my students “You can call me what my girlfriends call me; Mr. O’Birdy or Sir”.
Then one time I said “You can call me what my girlfriends call me....”
...and some kid says “What’s that.... Shorty?”
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
