“Are you self-taught or a morbidly ignorant product of our public school system?”

Jesus Helguera She changed her focus to the lawyer. “Mr. Talking Horn, there is no such word as irregardless, you’ll need to strike that. You’ve also written, let me see, one two three, four, five, six times the wrong use of the word council, I’m guessing you meant counsel.” She looked further and stopped herself, like an impatient schoolmarm. “No, no, here”, she pushed it toward him, “I’ve circled all the errors, to include the use of wave instead of waive, you can take it back and rewrite it.” She sat back in her chair and looked the men in the eye. “Are you self-taught or a morbidly ignorant product of our public school system?” She wondered suddenly if she’d gone too far and tried to change the mood.
“Either of you gentlemen smoke? I could stand a cigarette right now.” The Mule Tamer III, Marta's Quest