I'd like to call a particular inherited method rather than the one in my immediate ancestor. For instance class Parent def to_s super.to_s + " Parent-specific stuff here." end end class Child < Parent def to_s # I want to call Object.to_s here ... end end I can't figure out the right syntax. Any hints? For what it's worth I'm using Ruby 1.8.1. Normally I wouldn't want to skip an ancestor method for fear of violating the Liskov Substitution Principle. For to_s, though, it seems reasonable enough to me. -- Adam Wildavsky Extreme Programmer Tameware, LLC adam / tameware.com http://www.tameware.com