42-Five

"...and every day I would come into the chamber, and he would say [Southern Accent]

"Ms. Chisolm how you doin'?"

I said. "Oh I'm feelin' pretty well."

"My! Imagine, making 42-fiiive like me."

I said, "What did you say?"

"Ms. Chisholm, you makin' 42-fiiiive like me."

This is what i kept hearing. - "42-fiiive!"

So finally, one day, it was just too much. I said two things. "First of all since you can't stand the idea of my making 42 five like you, when you see me coming into this chamber, each day vanish. Vanish until I take my seat, so you won't have to confront me with this 42-five." I said, "Secondly, you must remember I'm paving the road for a lot of other people lookin' like me to make "42-fiiive"!"

~Shirley Chisolm, Chisolm 72': Unbought & Unbossed