The Wittiest Thing I Ever Said

My better half recently finished a long, long telephone conversation with her sister. Upon hanging up, my sister-in-law realized that, somehow, she had forgotten to tell my wife something. She immediately picked up the phone and called back hoping to catch my wife. Instead I answered the phone.

"I didn't want to talk to you," my sister in law said after I answered hello.

"What a coincidence," I replied.

February 29, 2008 Erstwhile Sighting

Who says that American entertainment media is shallow and vapid! They still use big words sometimes.

As a case in point, E!News is reporting that Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch may go up for auction soon. The article refers to him as the Erstwhile King of Pop.

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Secret Santa

The guy, whose name I picked out of the hat at work for Secret Santa...asked for Forgiveness.

February 27, 2008 Erstwhile Sighting

Erstwhile has the lead in an article from the folks at Motley Fool about Dell Computer no longer being the leading computer maker in the United States.

Better to be the erstwhile king then never a king at all.

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A Bridge Abutment

Nobody's problems are as bad as mine.

Except my friend Leo's.

If I had his problems I'd drive into a bridge abutment.

February 26, 2008 Erstwhile Sighting

A gay prince in India is going to adopt a son so that his royal lineage can continue. Apparently his kingdom or state no longer officially exists in India so it was referred to as the erstwhile state.

The prince, Manvendrasinh Gohil, recently appeared on Oprah, becoming the first male Indian to do so. That seems peculiar. You would have thought she'd have interviewed Gandhi.

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I Think She Heard Me

I overheard the old hag in Human Resources the other day reading a security question from her computer screen.

"What was the model of my first car?"

I think she heard me say, "T."