[GavinJones]

I've often felt that I would better represent myself as Ms G.

[Vanessa]

GJ Esq in your case.

v

[Kikujiro]

Surely you Gjesq?

[Orik]

I'm listed as Herr Doktor Professor on one of my business accounts, they just insisted on having a title.

[GavinJones]

The symptoms I induce are characteristic.

[GG Mora]

Vanessa, on Jan 21 2005, 07:16 AM, said:

The question 'how do you like to be addressed' from some pretentious cow.  Wish I had the nerve to respond 'Princess Vanessa'.  Similarly those who ask: are you Mrs or Miss.  My one word response 'neither' always puts their noses out of joint.

v

In the participants list of an online data repository I partake of – which is administered out of somewhere near Essex in your home country – I was listed as “Mora, G...., null” because I had neglected to select Mrs. or Miss when I first signed up.

So I updated my settings. I'm now listed as “Mora, G...., HRH”.

[Wilfrid1]

Orik, on Jan 21 2005, 08:43 AM, said:

I'm listed as Herr Doktor Professor on one of my business accounts, they just insisted on having a title.

Germany? Because anyone with a degree gets to call themselves Doktor, Germans with postgraduate degrees actually call themselves Doktor Doktor. I am not making this up.

[fantasty]

Rose, on Jan 20 2005, 02:26 PM, said:

omnivorette, on Jan 20 2005, 02:23 PM, said:

Even worse would be if you have to travel to get there.  Maybe you'll be snow-prevented?

snow such luck

not this weekend

At least it's not black tie AND on Halloween. It takes a special type of humorlessness to plan that.

[NeroW]

When the neighbors all smoke a blunt together and knock on my door to invite me but I am in the shower and don't hear them .

When the dog tips over the garbage.

[mongo_jones]

Wilfrid, on Jan 21 2005, 08:17 AM, said:

Orik, on Jan 21 2005, 08:43 AM, said:

I'm listed as Herr Doktor Professor on one of my business accounts, they just insisted on having a title.

Germany? Because anyone with a degree gets to call themselves Doktor, Germans with postgraduate degrees actually call themselves Doktor Doktor. I am not making this up.

i use to tell my students that if they weren't comfortable addressing me by my first name they could use ober-gruppen professor instead. i stopped this after a prof in one of those highly paid science departments got suspended for actually ober-groping some of his students.

[Cathy]

Wilfrid, on Jan 21 2005, 10:17 AM, said:

Germany? Because anyone with a degree gets to call themselves Doktor, Germans with postgraduate degrees actually call themselves Doktor Doktor. I am not making this up.

My 1st business trip to Germany was with my ex-boss' brother, who lives in Berlin; he came along to navigate any language or cultural gaps. As we left one meeting with some Bundespost bigwig, I noticed John was fuming and asked why, because I thought things had gone fairly well. "He insulted you!" I was told. "He called you Frau, when it should have been Frau Doktor Direktor" and a few more honorifics I can't recall.

[ivan]

Now I can't get that stupid Doktor-Doktor-give-me-the-news-I've-got-a-bad-case-of-loving-you song out of my head.

[fantasty]

ivan, on Jan 21 2005, 01:12 PM, said:

Now I can't get that stupid Doktor-Doktor-give-me-the-news-I've-got-a-bad-case-of-loving-you song out of my head.

Maybe thinking of the Thompson Twins' "Doctor, Doctor" will help.

[GG Mora]

About to dial in to a 1-hour conference call on Technical Training Policy. Why the publications expert should be involved is beyond me. I'm tanked up on caffeine way beyond my usual intake; even so, I don't picture myself remaining awake for the whole hour. If some of my posts seem a little vague between now and 11 am, it's because I'm a little distracted.

[hollywood]

Let's see. Google goes public. Now when I Google, sites seem to take forever to "load" while I'm bombarded with popups. Additionally, instead of listing the specific site as before, I'm often referred to a list of intermediary search engines. What gives/pays?