heh. I never thought of Emily Litella, but we have a guy at work who gets things the wrong way around so often we call them "Bertisms." Bert is from the Dominican Republic, is VERY opinionated, passionate, and prolifically verbal at very high volume.

He got quite irate with us when we all fell into gales of laughter at his pronouncement that "Father Loi had a heart castration!" "It's not funny! Is very serious when they do that!"

Last week's rant was about the bad guys the FBI had found out about because "they gave them a stingray" This left us wondering... did the FBI have a laser ray they used in their sting?... could an FBI sports team be called "the Stingrays" Something fishy about the whole thing. We were giggling for hours.

The difference between Bert and Emily, is she'd be relieved she was wrong, but once Bert has an idea in his head, it's nearly impossible to change it, no matter how far-fetched.

Joanne in Cleveland