Everyone knows I’m a stickler for good spelling. So when an associate emailed technical documents asking me to “decifer” them, I had to set him straight.

“Decipher is spelled with a ph, not an f,” I wrote. “In case you’ve forgotten, spell-checker comes free with your Microsoft program.”

A minute later came his reply, “Must be dephective.”

One Liner

The inventor of the doorbell did not own a dog.