Mom's mom.
My mom's mother was a very tough old bird, an Iron Lady back when being such a thing was a social taboo. She graduated university as a geologist, then found out that as a woman she'd earn a fraction of what a man would earn and was so utterly incensed by this that she immediately enrolled in medical school so that she could set her own wages.

She passed a lot of this inherent toughness onto Mom, who decided to pursue a nursing degree after high school. (During that time Mom met Dad, so she ended up not finishing- too bad, really.) While at school Mom made a few enemies, as someone as outspoken and direct as she is tends to do, and was especially sneered at by one spoiled rich girl who considered Mom to be far too blue-collar for the airy heights of medical practice.

One night a bunch of them were hanging around the dorm and started talking about why they had gotten into nursing to begin with. After a few stories had been told the rich girl declared, "Well, I'm here because of a woman doctor my parents always took me to see." She then went on to speak glowingly of this shining example of how great a woman could be, how inspirational she had found this doctor to be in her own life- "but of course none of you would know of her," she added scornfully.

There was a loaded silence before Mom cleared her throat. "Well, thank you. I'm glad you like my mother so much." She then held out a photo from her purse.

To hear Mom tell it, you could just about see the rich girl's ovaries shrinking within her...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sun 14 Feb 2010, 23:38, 3 replies)

Brilliant!
Nothing like putting down snobbishness
(friedel, Sun 14 Feb 2010, 23:49, closed)

I like this.
(Sir Clitherington Smythe offers him yourself., Mon 15 Feb 2010, 4:28, closed)

I like this too.
I may or may not have yelled "OWNED!" after I finished reading this.
(TheWonderfulWombat It came to me in a dream., Mon 15 Feb 2010, 23:49, closed)