July 13, 2005

Thank you Captain Librarian, you've saved the city

There were two girls using the PC behind me in the internet café where I'm writing. One said to the other:

"How many s's in 'desert'?"

"Two", said her friend. "One", I said, speaking up in lieu of a dictionary.

4 Comments:

At July 13, 2005 8:44 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

It is wonderful what computers can do these days

 
At July 14, 2005 7:37 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Do you have a cape?

 
At July 20, 2005 9:20 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Did you cop off with either of them?

Doh! Silly question!

 
At July 20, 2005 3:43 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

No wonder you prefer to be anonymous with thoughts like that!
The point is that young people of today cannot spell. Tut tut.

 

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