Overheard at work:
Executive Assistant: Hey, Southeby’s is going to auction the original Magna Carta!
Her Boss: What did you say? I heard blah, blah, blah, Magna Carta. Then I quit listening.
EA: (not reacting at all to the rudeness): The Magna Carta. Southeby’s is auctioning it.
Boss: Why? We just bought a $4M book. (If you know where I work, you should know which book by now)
EA: Yeah, but we could have bought THE MAGNA CARTA.
Boss: Nah, it’s not as cool.
WHAT? Seriously people.
(BTW, it sold for $21.3M, so we probably wouldn’t have bought it anyway. Like that makes a difference.)
