Dear Ann Landers,
am in sympathy with the long-suffering physician's wife who wrote to say her husband had to give up going to church on Sunday because he was constantly pestered by people who wanted curb

dear friend of mine solved the problem in this manner,
The town bore, who was notorious for chiseling everything and anything, col-lared this good-natured doctor at a cocktail party. She pulled him into a comer and began to describe in detail the shooting pains in her hip and leg. The doctor looked her square in the eye and in his most professional way said, "Undress." That did it. The woman has never gone near him since. -Wandering Texan Dear Texan: I'm glad it worked for him, but I wouldn't recommend this technique for everyone. Some women would be only too happy to take him at his word.