Fairy Princess

At work the other day I got an email from Cowboy.

"Can you reset Dork1's password?" This request was followed by a brief assessment of Dork1's cognitive abilities.

Less than 5 minutes later, I got a second email from Cowboy. "Can you also reset Dork2's password?" This time he followed up the question with a statement that favorably compared Dorks 1 and 2.

It's fun to pick on Cowboy when he's under a little bit of stress. In these situations he tends to skim his email very quickly. I sensed an opportunity.

I replied saying, "Dork1's new password is 'FairyPrincess', Dork2's is 'Numskull'." A few lines down I wrote, "Just kidding...", and then gave him real info.

Cowboy called me minutes later. It was quite a while before he could actually talk, though... he was laughing too hard.

Later that day, Cowboy emailed me again to ask about an upcoming deadline. "Will [thingy] be done today?" "Sure," I replied. "It'll be ready by early next week." I added a couple of blank lines and wrote, "Ya fairy princess."

Again, I got him. Two for two, baby. It was a good day. :)