Thursday, February 19, 2004

Funny Story: I was at the barber getting my hair chopped when I overheard the woman next to me say in mid conversation:

"... and so he sued him for defecation of character."

Her barber stopped cutting for a moment and just said, "Oh," at first, as if he didn't know how to respond. But then he added, "You mean defamation of character?"

"Yeah, that's it," the woman said. "What's the difference?"

"Defecation means to take a shit on something," the barber replied.

"Oh," she said. "What's defamation mean?"

The barber paused, then said, "Pretty much the same thing."