delara, interrupted

So, my word for the day is penury - and although it is, yet again, not a new word for me, I love this word. It's just fun to say. Penury. And for some reason, when Lacey walked into my office, I said to her, "The password for today is penury," in a very quiet voice. Where did that come from?!?? Well, it came from some gameshow I apparently watched as a kid. Remember "Password"? Then, Nas, being the youngster that she is (har har), said, "What's Password? Oh, that must have been some gameshow that was on well before my time." Like I said, har har.

In looking it up on one of my favorite websites - snopes.com - we came up with this somewhat hysterical/somewhat sad account of how it was rumored that when given the clue "doe", an African-American contestant guessed "knob" instead of "deer." Well, I'll let you read the whole story here.

Needless to say, this could become a WHOLE other blog thread running through Kari's blog and my blog. And possibly 5-6 others. Anyone up for tackling stereotypes, prejudice and racism?

Just some light morning reading...