The YouTube Weird Al song is clever but it's too bad he didn't use Amish people! One saving grace (so to speak) of the Amish is that they love to laugh and not least at themselves. I grew up with all kinds of anecdotes poking fun at the Amish.

The only Amish things in that video, of course, was the horse and buggy and the head coverings the females were wearing. I don't know where they got those coverings.

I guess I'll pass on something that my oldest brother claims to this day was a completely inadvertent reposte.

As I implied before, the Amish don't use buttons on their clothing. The women use straight pins- I have a scar inside my upper arm to attest to that. When I and a older sister were dancing around with my arm around her waist, my skin got caught on her waistband - and the men use hooks and eyes.

In Oregon, where the Amish were known as hard-working people true to their word, we youngsters seldom got twitted about our lifestyle. In fact most of my friends in school envied me the wide choice of riding horses I had.

But once in awhile someone said something meant to be hurtful.

My oldest brother at age 11 was on his way home from school when an older kid, a hocher, called after him, "Hey, Hook! You lost your Eye!"

Without breaking his stride, my brother called back, "Hey Butt! You lost your Hole!"