WhaHappen?

Rule #1:  Never be drinking coffee while there’s even a remote chance you might come across a funny name. (Drinking coffee + Reading newspaper + Seeing funny name in an article) / (Laughter spasms) = (Spillage + Ruined work pants.)

Apparently, Anurag Dikshit, one of the world’s richest men and founder of the online gaming site, PartyGaming, was fined $300 million for illegal internet gambling.  It doesn’t really matter what the article was about.  This morning, all I heard in my head was “blah blah blah – DIKSHIT – blah blah…” (then uncontrollable giggling immediately followed by “Aaarrrgh – my pants!”)

So coincidentally, in the Land of Funny Names, my eldest daughter who’s a legal clerk emailed me this afternoon to tell me about one of the attorneys with the last name of Shim.  (More snickering.)  I can’t help this affliction, which I wrote about in one of my first posts. I apologize and mean no disrespect to the House of Shim and House of Dikshit.

Ok – for those uninitiated to my admittedly twisted mind, when a person is of undetermined gender (at least on the exterior), what’s the proper reference? She/He/Her/Him? Shim! It cuts to the chase.

Example:
Me: Can you please ask that person over there what time it is?
My daughter: Which person?
Me: …Shim. (while pointing to an androgynous carbon-based life form)

Controversial, but succinct and efficient for now. If Webster can please come up with another term, I’ll gladly use it.

Now back to Dikshit. I ain’t hatin’ the man. If he’s got $300 million to pay his fine, he’s got $299,999,972 more than I have right now. Call me Dikshit anyday, just give me his wealth and I’m a happy camper. Hmm…maybe that’s what Dikshit means – Happy Camper.

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