My inbox this morning had an email with a spelling mistake that I suspect is not a typo. It referred to someone I should meet here in Europe as an ex-patriot American.

Since we’re on the topic of interesting choices of words, here is a new word I suggest we all adopt for whenever my friend John/Eurof gets too clingy.

[Mon, Dec 09 2002 – 16:10] Charles Kenny (www) (email) Stefan –your twin is currently appearing as ‘area man’ in a ratehr unfunny The Onion report. See:

http://www.theonion.com/onion3845/area_man_thinking.html

Is this an argument for or against a sense of humor being genetic?