[AT] Time for a joke...

[D. Day]

A man observed a woman in the grocery store with a three year old girl in
her basket. As they passed the cookie section, the child asked for cookies
and her mother told her "no."


The little girl immediately began to whine and fuss, and the mother said
quietly, "Now Ellen, we just have half of the aisles left to go through;
don't be upset. It won't be long."



He passed the mother again in the candy aisle. Of course, the little girl
began to shout for candy. When she was told she couldn't have any, she began
to cry.


The mother said, "There, there, Ellen, don't cry. Only two more aisles to
go, and then we'll be checking out."



The man again happened to be behind the pair at the check-out, where the
little girl immediately began to clamor for gum and burst into a terrible
tantrum upon discovering there would be no gum purchased today.


The mother patiently said, "Ellen, we'll be through this check out stand in
five minutes, and then you can go home and have a nice nap."



The man followed them out to the parking lot and stopped the woman to
compliment her. "I couldn't help noticing how patient you were with little
Ellen..."



The mother broke in, "My little girl's name is Tammy... I'm Ellen."