Tuesday, January 12, 2010
An Email Conversation Between Two Geeks
I present an email conversation between myself and my boss:
From: Boss
Subject: Question
Hey, I just got an e-mail from our legal team. It raised a question. Why can't our profession have a cool suffix to our name like Esquire? How cool would it be if I could have a prefix like Prof, but Mstr (webmaster)?
From: Erin
Subject: Re: Question
Genius!
OK let's figure this out.... according to the wikipedia "Esquire" defines either one of "gentle birth" (one step above a gentleman) or in the U.S., a lawyer. It was derived from "squires" who assisted "knights".
So a modern-day knight would be an ... officer of the law? So an esquire assists the officers of the law.
We (web designers) basically assist marketing and advertising. Which in the days of yore would have been what? I'm picturing the medicine show men.. you know the ones that sold "snake oil" and stuff like that. When I pull that up in the Wikipedia I get an entry for con men. Ha! And a con man's assistant is a "shill".
Erin Lillis, Shill
Or a peddler. And a peddler's assistant is an ass.
From: Boss
Subject: Re: Re: Question
So we assist in cons....well it IS the internet. I have no argument worth any merit to refute it. so Boss McBosserson, Shill it is! But to make it more prestigious sounding let's make it SHL.
From: Erin
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Question
Or we could go with the whole "master of our domain" thing and go with Emperor.
Erin Lillis, Empr
From: Boss
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Question
I like Supreme Commander
From: Erin
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Question
Or Dark Lord
From: Boss
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Question
You always go dark don't you?
From: Erin
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Question
It's my natural inclination to be vampiric.
Erin Lillis, DrkLrd
From: Boss
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Question
Congratulations! You managed to use "natural" and "vampiric" together in a sentence. Not easily done
From: Boss
Subject: Question
Hey, I just got an e-mail from our legal team. It raised a question. Why can't our profession have a cool suffix to our name like Esquire? How cool would it be if I could have a prefix like Prof, but Mstr (webmaster)?
From: Erin
Subject: Re: Question
Genius!
OK let's figure this out.... according to the wikipedia "Esquire" defines either one of "gentle birth" (one step above a gentleman) or in the U.S., a lawyer. It was derived from "squires" who assisted "knights".
So a modern-day knight would be an ... officer of the law? So an esquire assists the officers of the law.
We (web designers) basically assist marketing and advertising. Which in the days of yore would have been what? I'm picturing the medicine show men.. you know the ones that sold "snake oil" and stuff like that. When I pull that up in the Wikipedia I get an entry for con men. Ha! And a con man's assistant is a "shill".
Erin Lillis, Shill
Or a peddler. And a peddler's assistant is an ass.
From: Boss
Subject: Re: Re: Question
So we assist in cons....well it IS the internet. I have no argument worth any merit to refute it. so Boss McBosserson, Shill it is! But to make it more prestigious sounding let's make it SHL.
From: Erin
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Question
Or we could go with the whole "master of our domain" thing and go with Emperor.
Erin Lillis, Empr
From: Boss
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Question
I like Supreme Commander
From: Erin
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Question
Or Dark Lord
From: Boss
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Question
You always go dark don't you?
From: Erin
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Question
It's my natural inclination to be vampiric.
Erin Lillis, DrkLrd
From: Boss
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Question
Congratulations! You managed to use "natural" and "vampiric" together in a sentence. Not easily done