I was asked when transferring electricity providers what title I would like on the bill. Half jokingly I replied "Well what do you have?" and the lady, also I thought jokingly, went through a list of possiblities. I think at the time I might have been defending Christianity from davidf (strange for a non-believer I know) on this forum and so said "May I have Reverend please". "No problems" was the response.

Sure enough when the bill arrived it was addressed to Reverend Steele.

Had a great laugh.

Can't wait to swap phone companies.

How does Rabbi Steele sound david?

Eeegh! Please accept my extreme and extensive apologies your Exterminancy…er, Egomaniacy…erahhm, I mean, your Excellency.

< That’s enough imprudence from you Lord Ludwig. You have been heedless of the requirement to be respectful to your king. So now you will become headless! >

Princess Pelican here.

Mrs is a throwback when it was necessary for men to know a woman's marital status to be able decide if it was okay to court her.

I would prefer to use Miss. It is not as dowager sounding as Mrs and not as clipped as Ms. Boys and girls could be Master and Mistress respectively. (Although the connotation on Mistress might take a while to wear off)

Isn’t it weird that Mrs is short for Missus!

I can see why unmarried women are called Miss – they miss the point of just about every subject that requires any intellectual level of comprehension ( :> |

And then they become Mrs. The Missus misses the point even more than she did before marriage!!

Simple really!

Ahhh, they all need a good dose of testosterone!! { :>)

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=3301

Lord Ludwig,
It might be OK to use Rabbi, but please do not use Snr Officer or Detective or Judge, otherwise it could mean impersonating an officer of the law for which there are penalties.

Good advice Prof. Thankyou.