[LMB] Cultural clashes, was Listbiz: 'king of the internet' [OT:]

[dreitman at spiritone.com]

"Paula Lieberman" <paal at gis.net> wrote:

>. . . .

> At work Friday, one of my coworker on the other side of the cubicle wall 
> whose cubes are by the south windows, said something about Anna Nicole 
> Smith.  "Who's Anna Nicole Smith?" asked another coworker on that side of 
> the cubes.

> "A [dead] golddigger," said the first coworker.
> "A ditz," I said.
> "What's a ditz?" asked the second coworker, who's an old former rocket 
> scientist.
> Both I and the first coworker gave verbal definitions/examples.  Coworker #2 
> did some googling and read off five definitions he found...

>. . . .

Taking this OT:

Oddly enough, the theme of my office newsletter this quarter is estate planning.  I wrote a description of the past and expected future legal problems the newly deceased ditz's estate is likely to encounter under the "Why?" heading.

Dan, ad nauseam