Word for today: circumvent

[plonq]

From the text of an internal broadcast:

"CONGRADUALATIONS TO THE WINNERS AND THANKS TO ALL WHO PLAYED."

<shudder> I think I need to drink some more coffee to placate my inner spelling nazi; one more email like that one and it will burst out through my rib cage like a hungry alien.  Sadly our email client includes an automatic spell-checker.

I think the all-time classic is still the message sent out by a relief manager who was concerned that employees were ignoring an ordinance that he had passed the prior week:  "It has come to my attention that some of our staff are continually trying to circumcise the rules..."

Comments

[plonq.livejournal.com]

I think the "circumcised rules" message is funnier when you know the person who sent it. Think of a pompous, self-important manager with a history of brutalizing the written language. He was one of those very colourful individuals who seem to be slowly disappearing from the railroad scene.