my office

My office is a bit crazy. Conversations are, for the most part, ridiculous. I wish I could remember them all. There was one the other day which was actually kind of interesting. It stemmed from the question: what's the female equivalent of the word "guy"? For boy it's girl, for man it's woman, but for guy there's nothing good. You can use girl or woman to describe the same person in different situations. If someone got up and gave a speech, I think they'd be referred to as a woman. However, if you met this same person at a bar, I think you'd refer to her as a girl. Some people get offended when you call them a girl because it sounds too childish or something. Personally, I don't have that objection - I actually prefer it - woman just sounds weird. So yes, we had an in depth discussion about this issue the other day in the office. It was rather amusing, although certainly not the most strange one of our conversations. For example, this afternoon I was half paying attention to a couple of my officemates when I heard this: "So, I started dating my mom..." The great part is that this is all pretty normal for my office...