How you say it.
I remember as a child living up on burk mountain that every now and then a traveling salesman would stop by and most of the time it was someone selling insurance or the Avon lady or tupper ware or electrolux. But the one I really remember was not for what they were selling or what they said but it was how they said it that makes me giggle every time I think about it.
I think the man was a representative of Sears and Robuc and he was selling a new fangled device called a micro wave oven! It was a heavy shiney brown and white box with a light and plug in thermometer. This man was not very remarkable looking except for his eyes, they kind of smiled at you when he talked. And he had an eloquent freindly voice with that heavy West Virginia drawl. He went into his pitch warming up with how it worked by cooking from the inside out and how it could warm up things like coffee and frozen dinners and then he let loose with a slow ball! He grinned and his eyes widened and said with a vocal as smooth as silk and peferct West Virginia accent " And you know what? It'll cream your buuutter." Well Uncle Steve swung and it was a miss and Aunt Virgie caught the ball and Uncle Steve struck out! We were the proud owners of a brand new micro wave that we used for many years. Sometimes it is not what you say that people remember but how you say it.
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