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Show DELLA M. PETTY 2 BEC: And were you "barn ' in a ' born ? DEL: And "barn". And they d say 'What did y u say? Har ? It n t harse, it's horse." I'd say, "That's what I said."' No you didn t. ' And then cam on th cob," "it's corn." And I'd say, "That's what I said." And they said No you didn t. Y u said, "earn". And I said, "Well, I did not." "Yes you did." And they used to ask ay that again; say that again" (laughs). And then one thing they asked me in New York was "Are you a Mormon?" And I'd say "Yeah." "I've heard they have horns, now where are they?" So I used to tease them. I'd say, "Well, we don't wear them all the time, we only bring them out on Sundays because they're sacred." And they'd say, "Huh?" "Oh, yeah, they're sacred so we only wear them Sunday when we're at church." "Oh, really?" So I got back at them (laughs). But you learn in a hurry when you get kidded. And then one thing that happened to me in San Francisco. We were going on the street car and there were these two-they didn't call them gay, they were queer then-and these two guys and I'd never heard of such a thing, these two guys were on the bus; they were acting funny and I turned to them and I said, "You guys must be comedians; you're really funny." And my friend said, "Shut up. Shut up." And I said, "Why? They're funny." She said, "Della, just shut up and I'll tell you about it when we get off the bus. Ssshhh. Ssshhh." And I got off the bus and she said, "Della, they weren't comedians, they were lovers." I said, "Huh?" "Yeah," she says, "they're queer." And I said, "What's queer?" And she said, "Della, haven't you ever heard of. .. " And I said, "No." And she said, "Well, I'm going to take you to a couple of places." So they took me to Mona's and Pinocchio's and that was queer men and queer ladies entertaining (laughs). So I got my eyes opened. 21 |
