We were discussing the bubonic plague at work, as you do, especially when some Colorado girl comes down with the Black Death.
Marcia: "The plague? Really? How could they tell?"
Me: "The buboas."
Marcia: "Bubons."
Me: "Buboas."
Marcia: "Bubons."
Me: (in desperation) "BuBOAS. She's a girl." (So of course you would use the feminine.)
Marcia: (knowing she is correct) "BuBONS."
The guy at our table rarely opens his mouth. He opened his mouth. I thought he'd be making a BOOBons remark.
Instead, he said, "But she's a girl ... I thought Todd Akin said girls have a natural ability to repel the bubonic plague."
Only if it's trying to get in our vagina; then we can shut it down.
Posted by: Amy in StL | September 13, 2012 at 02:11 PM
Amy in StL - That's right - we "have ways of shutting that down." Especially with vag bubons.
Posted by: TheQueen | September 13, 2012 at 04:42 PM
I have to know which guy it was. AT?
Posted by: Caroline | September 13, 2012 at 07:31 PM
Caroline - Nope! The Scagz. He seems to be slowly falling under the spell of the liberals.
Posted by: TheQueen | September 13, 2012 at 09:42 PM
He doesn't talk much, but when he does, it's worth waiting for.
Posted by: Caroline | September 14, 2012 at 07:55 PM
Actually, it was I who referred to them as "buboes". I learned the term while researching the Black Death in high school.
Posted by: Marcia | September 15, 2012 at 08:15 PM
Caroline -true!
Marcia - further proving my point that you are right.
Posted by: TheQueen | September 15, 2012 at 10:34 PM
Thank goodness someone else already said "buboes". I didn't want to feel that smug.
Posted by: Tami | September 17, 2012 at 09:08 AM
Tami - oh, fine, all of you. You'll be the experts when the plague comes to get us.
Posted by: TheQueen | September 17, 2012 at 10:06 PM