misheard

i guess i watch too many mob flicks. this morning, as i came in, one of my co-workers greeted me with an excited, "the rico man is here!"

my first thought was, "why are the feds here? was our school infiltrated by the mob?" of course, my sleep-deprived brain thought rico as in the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act so often mentioned in post-1970s mob movies. meant to bring down the organized crime, yes. investigating copier problems at school, no.

which is the ricoh man she was talking about. i added the H moments later, and it made much more sense.

i'm just glad it wasn't gerardo singing rico suave. that would've been awful...