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#147311 09/03/2005 6:13 AM
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Today's word reminded me of one of our favorite office stories. One day, my assistant was preparing an invoice for one of our clients whose last name was Connor. Soon I heard hilarious laughter coming from her desk. She had decided to run spellchecker. The replacement it suggested for Connor? Gonorrhea!


#147312 09/05/2005 7:21 PM
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And if he/she were to discover a variant species of this bird, it could be called a Connor rhea.

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