@King Jack:
KJ,
indeed, when I mention to folk that my wife works in the local hospital, the reply has ALWAYS been "is she a nurse then?"
My reply usually stuns them: "nah, she has a masters in particle and astrophysics and is head of radiotherapy cancer treatment".
Funnily enough most of those assuming she is a nurse are female, NONE of male acquaintances have ever made the same assumption in the midst of a conversation etc.
Have one on me boyo!
Cheers,
Jay