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jackAnd I missed the summary. Quoted verbatim (nearly) from absurdnotions.com it sums it up.
Geek: Don't bother me now. I had a long weekend, and I'm very tired.
Boss: Shouldn't that make you refreshed?
Geek: I don't mean 'long weekend' as in 'three day weekend' I mean it as in 'I had a long day', except there were two of them, and they comprised[1] my weekend.
Boss: Oh.
Geek: Well, two long nights, to be exact.
Boss: Wahey! Way to go, buddy![2]
Geek: I see I'm not getting through, I'll try to make it crystal clear.
Geek: Go away or I'll kill you.
Boss: Got it.
[1] I was surprised Warren the uber-pedant used 'comprise' as a synonym not antonym of 'compose'. I though that one, while difficult to remember, was still a useful distinction. *shrug*
[2] It's amazing how annoying it is when that happens. I remember an acquiantance saying roughly that when seeing me chatting to a friend he didn't know in the street (who happened to be an attractive woman). Unfortunately, "Uh, no, you really have got the wrong end of the stick, um, well" is easily interpreted as protesting too much.
Geek: Don't bother me now. I had a long weekend, and I'm very tired.
Boss: Shouldn't that make you refreshed?
Geek: I don't mean 'long weekend' as in 'three day weekend' I mean it as in 'I had a long day', except there were two of them, and they comprised[1] my weekend.
Boss: Oh.
Geek: Well, two long nights, to be exact.
Boss: Wahey! Way to go, buddy![2]
Geek: I see I'm not getting through, I'll try to make it crystal clear.
Geek: Go away or I'll kill you.
Boss: Got it.
[1] I was surprised Warren the uber-pedant used 'comprise' as a synonym not antonym of 'compose'. I though that one, while difficult to remember, was still a useful distinction. *shrug*
[2] It's amazing how annoying it is when that happens. I remember an acquiantance saying roughly that when seeing me chatting to a friend he didn't know in the street (who happened to be an attractive woman). Unfortunately, "Uh, no, you really have got the wrong end of the stick, um, well" is easily interpreted as protesting too much.